Our Programs — The City Repair Project
Placemaking fosters active, engaged relationships with our community, the spaces we inhabit, and the landscapes of our lives. City Repair has numerous programs throughout the year including our largest annual program, the Village Building Convergence. Beyond our own programs, we also support individuals/groups nesting their programs under our nonprofit umbrella, if there is alignment. Click through some of our programs to learn more about what keeps us busy these days. Our largest program and annual spring-time barn-raising in June! Through the VBC, we facilitate placemaking to encourage the emergence of a modern village spirit. The City Repair Project has completed over 70 street paintings across the Portland Metro area (and surrounding communities). We create street paintings to repurpose existing public space in order to develop a broader diversity of uses that will facilitate sustainable community development. Natural buildings are structures created by using minimally-processed, p