Depave empowers disenfranchised communities to overcome social and environmental injustices and adapt to climate change through urban re-greening.

Depave’s Pop Up Plaza is back!

Depave's Future green plaza space at SE 7th Ave and Sandy Blvd. will be temporarily demonstrated during the summer of 2025 through a variety of built and programmatic activities from August 9 to September 19. This year, the project team will be working with local artists and designers to install a "living" stage structure with live plants providing a sound barrier and green backdrop for performers on the stage.

During the month and a half long closure, the street will be closed mirroring the footprint of the future plaza. Check out our plans for the summer!

Plaza Schedule

Depave now has early 2025 volunteer opportunities listed with signups available here.

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

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IN THE SPOTLIGHT 〰️

NASA DEVELOP PARTNERSHIP

In summer 2023, Depave partnered with NASA DEVELOP to better understand the impact of our work. Overwhelmingly, satellite imagery showed that depaving can significantly reduce urban heat.

Watch the video made by our partners at NASA DEVELOP:

UPCOMING EVENTS

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UPCOMING EVENTS 〰️

  • March 8 Green Thumbs Planting Event

    Volunteer with Depave to help add plants and mulch at a past project site!

    More Info

  • April 19 Earth Day Planting Event

    Join Depave and the Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership for an Earth Day planting event at Sitton Elementary!

    Click Here
Sign Up to Volunteer!

WHAT WE'RE UP TO

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WHAT WE'RE UP TO 〰️

View fullsize Donate $10 or more today to Depave or any of the other awesome nonprofits in @giveguide this year and you’ll be entered to win one of four amazing prize packages featuring beloved Portland faves! This Big Give Day is brought to you by a long li
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View fullsize Attention all humans! Stop what you’re doing: It’s Give!Guide kickoff day and we are going BIG right out of the gate. Depave is grateful to be returning to Give!Guide this year as a non-profit in the Community section of the many awesome
View fullsize Join us for the first planting event of our Green Thumbs season this Saturday, November 2 from 10am - 1pm at Horeb Oromo Ethiopian Church in Southeast Portland! We will be adding planting to the depaving project site area and generally giving the sit
View fullsize The build out is well under way at Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church project site in Cully! We are grateful for Bencho and his team at @gptconstructionor for their awesome work on the Picnic Pavilion structure that will create place for communit
View fullsize We are still looking for more volunteers for our fall native plant sale next month with @sparrowhawknativeplants! Link in bio and below to sign up for volunteer at the sale! Extra points if you are a plant savvy person who can help guide customers to
View fullsize Depave is hiring! Apply to join our team and help in the creative reimagining of our urban landscape! For more information and full job postings, visit www.depave.org/jobs. #depave #oregon #job #jobs #jobposting #portland #cooljobs
View fullsize It’s been a wild ride at Depave’s first ever long-term street plaza this summer, and it is coming to an end this Friday, September 20 from 4pm - 7pm for our last event of the season, Park(ing) Day! Park(ing) day is a global, public, par
View fullsize In another chapter of the many things to do in a street other than drive cars, check out these beautiful photos by @elle.hygge at the String and Shadow puppet show at our Future Green Plaza in the middle of 7th and Sandy Boulevard! Thank you to the m
View fullsize The temporary skate plaza at our Future Green Plaza has been getting some great news coverage! We’re stoked to see the space being used positively and keeping the Central Eastside active and community focused. Watch full @katutv news story: h
View fullsize Join us for another event at the SE 7th and Sandy Future Green Plaza (737 SE Sandy Blvd.) next Tuesday at 6:30pm! This incredible puppet show put on by the touring company, String and Shadow Puppet Theater (@stringandshadow) is another demonstration
View fullsize Sparrowhawk Native Plants partners with community organizations to provide habitat-friendly and climate-resilient native plants to local gardeners, while giving back tens of thousands of dollars to conservation efforts. This fall, they are teaming up

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