EACH
EACH AND
EACH AND EVERY NIGHT YOU HELP TO US US WHAT TO COVER IT
REALLY REALLY MATTER SO PLEASE
KEEP IT COMING.
>> TIME NOW FOR A STORY ON
SOLUTIONS WE'VE ALSO DEBATED
CALLING THIS SEGMENT TRASH NEWS
WHERE THE NEWS IS TRASH BUT WE
OPTED FOR SUBTLETY.
WE KNOW A FEW THINGS ABOUT IT.
WE KNOW THAT IT IS BAD THE
TRASH SITUATION.
TRASH SITUATION. WE KNOW THAT YOU KNOW IT IS BAD
THIS TRASH SITUATION AND WE
KNOW THAT PEOPLE WANT TO FIX IT
SO NOW A RETIRED TECH
CONSULTANT HAS LAUNCHED A
PROGRAM THAT'S GOT THOUSANDS
OF PORTLANDERS VOLUNTEERING TO
CLEAN UP THIS CITY ONE BLOCK AT
A TIME.
A TIME.
A TIME. HERE'S MAGGIE VOSPER ADOPT ONE
BLOCK.
BLOCK.
BLOCK. >>
BLOCK. >> IT'S A NEW NONPROFIT WITH A
HEALTHY INSTAGRAM FEED.
IT'S BASED IN PORTLAND AND THE
IDEA IS SIMPLE LIKE THE NAME
IMPLIES YOU SIGN UP ONLINE,
ADOPT AS LITTLE AS ONE BLOCK
AND COMMIT TO KEEPING IT CLEAN
LONG TERM WE HAVE REIMAGINE THE
WAY WE MAKE OUR CITY CLEANER
AND HAPPIER.
AND HAPPIER. >> RETIRED TECH CONSULTANT
FRANK MOSKAL LAUNCHED ADOPT ONE
BLOCK LATE LAST YEAR BECAUSE HE
SEES WHAT WE ALL SEE.
TRASH IN PORTLAND IS PILING UP
AT HISTORIC RATES AND CLEANUP
CREWS ARE OVERWHELMED.
>> I WAS APPALLED BY WHAT I SAW
.
.
. I
. I STARTED ADOPTING TWO REALLY
HARD BLOCKS MYSELF AND STARTED
LOOKING AROUND THE COUNTRY TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT'S SOLUTIONS
HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED IN OTHER
PLACES.
PLACES.
PLACES. >> WHAT MOSCOW FIGURED OUT WAS
FOR A LONG TIME PORTLAND HAS
ONLY REALLY RECRUITED
VOLUNTEERS FOR BIG ONE TIME
CLEAN UP EVENTS.
WHILE THOSE ARE GREAT, HE SAYS
THEY SHOULDN'T BE THE ONLY
OPTION.
OPTION.
OPTION. >> WHAT HAPPENS IS THEN THAT
ONE OFF EVENT EVERYBODY GOES
AWAY AND YOU DRIVE BY THAT
PLACE A WEEK LATER, A MONTH
LATER IT DOESN'T LOOK VERY
GOOD.
GOOD.
GOOD. >>
GOOD. >> ENTER HIS NEW NONPROFIT
ADOPT ONE BLOCK TO SIGN UP, GO
TO THEIR WEBSITE, ADOPT ONE
BLOG AND ENTER AND ADDRESS.
IT COULD BE YOURS.
IT COULD BE WHERE YOU WORK
WHEREVER YOU WANT TO CLEAN UP
TRASH.
TRASH.
TRASH. I
TRASH. I PUT IN KGW THE WEBSITE THEN
PULLS UP A MAP WITH BLOCKS
WAITING TO BE ADOPTED AROUND
THAT SITE PICK ONE AND ADOPT
ONE BLOCK WHETHER IT'S A
STANDARD AREA OR CHALLENGING
THE LATTER MEANS YOU EXPECT TO
SEE HUMAN WASTE NEEDLES OR
OTHER BIOHAZARD.
OTHER BIOHAZARD. THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE ONCE
YOU'RE DONE THEY SHIP YOU FREE
CLEAN SUPPLIES PAID FOR BY
ANONYMOUS DONORS AND IF YOU
NEED IT THEY'LL INCLUDE STORAGE
CONTAINERS FOR DIRTY SYRINGES.
YOU CAN ALSO JUST GET INFO ON
AGENCIES TO CALL IF YOU WANT
HELP WITH THOSE ITEMS.
>> WHY DIDN'T I THINK ADOPT ONE
BLOCK IS ABOUT SEVEN MONTHS OLD
AND ITS STREET CRED IS GROWING
AS KGW COVERED LAST WEEK, LONG
TIME PORTLAND ARCHITECT HOMER
WILLIAMS INCLUDED EXPANDING ITS
REACH AS PART OF HIS FOUR POINT
PLAN TO TACKLE HOMELESSNESS.
>> WE WILL BUILD COMMUNITIES
THAT WILL BE CAREFULLY MANAGED
AND THOUGHTFULLY DESIGNED.
>> ONE OF WILLIAMS OTHER
PITCHES A SERIES OF SLEEK TINY
PONTVILLE CAGES SCATTERED
THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
PORTLAND CITY COUNCIL IS ALSO
PUSHING PEOPLE TO VOLUNTEER.
COMMISSIONERS VOTED LAST WEEK
TO ALLOCATE SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS TO THE MAYOR'S
NEW CLEAN AND GREEN CITYWIDE
CLEANUP PROJECT WHICH IS LED BY
THE DECADES OLD NONPROFIT SOLVE
MOSCOW BELIEVES ADOPT ONE BLOCK
CAN SPEED THIS WORK UP
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT
THIS IN HIS WORDS HEAT MAP
OF SIGN UPS.
HE SAYS MORE THAN TWO THOUSAND
PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED UP ADOPTING
MORE THAN THREE THOUSAND
PORTLAND LACELOCKS WHAT I AM
THRILLED BY IS THE COLLECTIVE
ENERGY EMOTION AROUND BEING THE
CHANGE YOU WISH TO SEE PEOPLE
CARE.
CARE.
CARE. PEOPLE WANT TO BE ENGAGED IN A
SOLUTION THAT WORKS.
PEOPLE ARE SAYING I LOVE
PORTLAND.
PORTLAND.
PORTLAND. PORTLAND CAN BE CLEAN
AND BEAUTIFUL CITY ONCE AGAIN.
>> MAGGIE VOSPER, KGW NEWS
AND JUST A SIDE NOTE FOR
ANYBODY WONDERING ABOUT THE
STATUS OF OUR PLANNED CLEAN UP
THAT WE WERE DOING WITH THE
STORY TEAM HERE AND SOLVE THE
STORY TEAM.
STORY TEAM. WE'RE ORGANIZING THIS CLEANUP
EFFORT.
EFFORT.
EFFORT. WE WANT TO DO IT MAY I'M STILL
IRONING OUT THE DETAILS.
I KNOW A LOT OF YOU ARE
INTERESTED HEADING OUT WITH US
AND