Join Go Lloyd and our neighborhood partners, the Lloyd Enhanced Services District, Lloyd EcoDistrict, and Lloyd Community Association for the 2024 Lloyd Annual Meeting & Open House!

Each one of these organizations is helping to build a better Lloyd. Come discover what we accomplished in 2023 and where we’re headed in 2024 and beyond.

Join us in-person from 4 to 6 PM on Wednesday, April 3 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel (Regency Club). Learn about the important work being done in our neighborhood, reconnect with neighbors, and meet new friends. Beverages and light refreshments will be served.

RSVP for the Open House here. We look forward to seeing you!

We will be collecting donated items on behalf of Right 2 Dream Too (R2DToo) at the Open House. Any of the following items would be greatly appreciated:

• Socks

• Sleeping bags

• Large coats

• Large men’s pants

• Rain ponchos

Thank you for your support!

Steptember with Go Lloyd

Go Lloyd stepped into autumn with a series of four guided walks last month to commemorate STEPtember, Oregon Walks’ month of pedestrian celebration and activities. Thank you to those who joined us to explore Lloyd’s architecture, eco-installations, public art, and water features!

The first guided walk was a tour of Lloyd’s Historic Places with historian, Eric Wheeler. Eric taught us about the early development of the Lloyd area and pointed out the varying architectural styles represented by buildings of different eras. Eric also organized a tour for the group of the inside of the Leftbank Building, which has a long history with many purposes over the years. These include a creamery and candy factory when the building was first built in the 1920s, a popular jazz club in the 1940s that hosted Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, and Nat ‘King’ Cole, and now, a multi-use office building with a brewery on the main floor.

The second walk of the month was a Water Walk, visiting Lloyd’s many fountains and water features. We enjoyed watching the fish swimming in the Hassalo on Eighth plaza waterways and discussed the history of Portland’s iconic Benson Bubblers.

Midway through the month, Go Lloyd participated in PARK(ing) Day by reclaiming three parking spaces for community fun with The Street Trust and Lloyd EcoDistrict. Learn more about our PARK(ing) Day celebration here.

With freshly updated destinations, our third STEPtember walk utilized Go Lloyd’s new Art Walk map to navigate the beautiful murals, statues, and sculptures that bring color and vibrancy to Lloyd. Tour guests most enjoyed the series of three sculptures by Ilan Averbuch that surround the MODA Center and Memorial Coliseum, as well as the reclaimed history represented by the Keaton Otis police gun violence memorial on NE 6th Avenue and NE Halsey Street.

Our final guided walk of STEPtember showcased environmental stewardship in the neighborhood and was led by Lloyd EcoDistrict. Joshua Baker, EcoDistrict’s Outreach Program Manager, guided the group to neighborhood representations of environmental justice, sustainability, and resiliency while explaining the organization’s significant efforts to achieve National EcoDistrict Certification in 2022.

It was wonderful to walk and talk with all of our guests throughout the month. We hope you join us for more strolls again next year!

2023 Walking Meeting Challenge

Steptember is back!

During the entire month of September, participate in Go Lloyd’s Walking Meeting Challenge and be entered to win a $100 gift card to Metropolitan Tavern!

Get outside and explore the neighborhood, visit other floors in your building (or home), and if you can't leave the room, start with a few minutes of walking in place to get that blood flowing.

To be entered, follow these simple steps:

1. Take your meeting for a walk—inside or outside, as long as you’re walking/rolling.

2. Take a photo or short video during your meeting (just your feet or your view counts).

3. Post the photo or video on social media and tag @golloydpdx with #Steptember

Each post counts as one entry. A random winner will be chosen from all eligible entries at the end of the month.

Join us at our other Steptember events all month long.

Party on, Portland! in Holladay Park

Last Saturday’s Party On, Portland! (POP) event in Holladay Park was a huge success! Go Lloyd was happy to engage with many new and familiar faces throughout the event—over 400 guests joined us! We enjoyed the live music by the band, 24/7, and were entertained by balloon artists, hula hoopers, and tall bikes! Kids played in the fountains, drew chalk, and toured a firetruck. Go Lloyd was honored to join multiple organizations sharing active transportation resources and information, including BIKETOWN, Bike Loud PDX, and Earth Bicycle Service. Timothy, the bike mechanic from Earth Bicycle Service, provided free tune-ups and repairs sponsored by Go Lloyd. He even got a few wheelchairs moving smoother! We loved seeing him improve the mobility and accessibility of Lloyd community members’ lives.

Go Lloyd participated in planning the event with Lloyd EcoDistrict and the Office of Civic Life. In true community spirit, many folks donated their time and resources to make the POP event come to life. Our event in Holladay Park functioned as the ‘kickoff’ to the City’s POP event series—look out for more POP events at parks around Portland in the next few weeks. As with all POP events, every element of the party was free to community members. All 18 of our vendors gave away exciting items, which ranged from popsicles to free trees! In addition, the event planning committee was able to provide 400 free hot dogs (grilled by volunteers), drinks, and chips to our guests.

Thank you to everyone who was able to join us! We loved the connections we made and the fun energy of the event. Big thanks to the Lloyd EcoDistrict for making it all possible. We look forward to participating again next year.

Bike to Work Day in Lloyd

What a beautiful day to celebrate cycling! Friends new and old got their bikes tuned up for free by Mitch from PDX Mobile Bike Repair. And thanks to Fuego Food Carts - Burritos and Bowls and Green Bridge Coffee, we were well fed and well caffeinated.

It was great to see so many new faces trying out bikes and scooters for the first time. We got to test ride both Spin’s latest scooter model and BIKETOWN’s latest e-bike model in our own sunny Hassalo Plaza (both new models are available for rentals across the city).

We want to extend a huge “Thank you!” to all of our partners and everyone else who helped to create another great Bike to Work Day in Lloyd!

And don’t forget to check your inbox if you entered our raffle to win a free, one-year membership to the Lloyd Cycle Station—we’ll contact the winner soon!

Join us at our other remaining Bike Month events this month and in the future.

If you would like to get involved with promoting or participating in bike activities in the Lloyd neighborhood, contact ophelia@golloyd.org.

Bike the Blumenauer Bridge Challenge

It’s Bike Month!

During the entire month of May, participate in Go Lloyd’s Bike the Blumenauer Bridge Challenge and be entered to win a $100 gift card to Metropolitan Tavern!

Beat the traffic and take in the views as you ride your bike across this important bicycle and pedestrian bridge that connects Lloyd and the Central Eastside.

To be entered, follow these simple steps:

1. Go for a bike ride across the Blumenauer Bicycle and Pedestrian Bridge.

2. Take a photo or short video on the bridge (just your bike or your view counts).

3. Post the photo or video on social media and tag @golloydpdx with #BiketheBlumenauerBridge

Each post counts as one entry. A random winner will be chosen from all eligible entries at the end of the month.

Join us at our other Bike Month events.

2023 Lloyd Open House

It was great to see so many friendly faces at this year's Lloyd Open House! We reconnected with old friends for the first time in several years and met many new passionate community members.

We would like to extend a huge “Thank You!” to everyone who participated in the Open House and helped to make it a reality. We are especially appreciative of our Lloyd neighborhood partner organizations who are each working hard to help build the road ahead for Lloyd.

If you weren't able to join us for the Open House, you can watch the presentation here.

Thank you to everyone who donated items for Right 2 Dream Too (R2DToo)—your support is greatly appreciated!

Please take a few minutes to participate in an important survey about renewing the Lloyd Enhanced Service District. Your feedback on the ESD's current and potential new programs will help the Lloyd ESD board propose a renewal plan that best serves the Lloyd neighborhood. Survey responses will be accepted until Friday, May 5, 2023.

Be sure to stay up to date on everything happening in Lloyd by visiting us and our community partners on the web, signing up for our newsletters, and following us on social media.

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Go Lloyd, and neighborhood partners, the Lloyd Enhanced Services District, Lloyd EcoDistrict, and Lloyd Community Association hosted the 2023 Lloyd Open House on Thursday, April 6.

Special thanks to Downtown Portland Clean & Safe and Central Eastside Together.

Winter Bike Maintenance Workshop

In February, Go Lloyd co-hosted a Winter Bike Maintenance Workshop with the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT)’s Portland By Cycle program in the Lloyd Cycle Station. Instructors Timo and Rachel taught the class the “ABC Quick Check” (air in tires, brakes, chains/cogs), how to clean and lube your bike chain, and most importantly, how to fix a flat tire. We discussed the best ways to keep your bike clean and safe in wet and snowy winter weather. The second half of the class was hands-on practice. Some people worked on their own bikes, while others practiced on demo bike wheels. The instructors assisted each person, to ensure they were confident in the flat fix process. And Rachel showed us the difference in removing a bike wheel from an electric bike versus a standard bike. The class asked insightful questions, and everyone learned some highly valuable skills.

We’d like to thank everyone who attended the workshop for your enthusiasm and attention. We hope to see you our next event!

Steptember: A Month of Movement

Go Lloyd kicked off Steptember 2022 with our guided Art Walk, where we got the chance to view local artist, Jeremy Nichols, paint the new mural on the Metro garage (located at NE 7th Avenue and Lloyd Boulevard) while chatting with the muralist.

Next up was the Historic Places Walk, where we were joined by Oregon Walks Executive Director, Ashton Simpson. We were treated with a pleasant surprise when the current owners of the historic Gov. George Chamberlain House in Irvington gracious let us enter their front yard. We observed the Victorian architecture up close and admired the giant Beech tree in the southeast corner of the yard. This tree was gifted to Chamberlain’s daughter, Carrie (herself the first Rose Festival Queen in 1907) as a seedling from George Washington’s garden at Mt. Vernon. 

All month long our Holladay Park Cleanups continued strong, with our diligent park stewards collecting and removing over 75 pounds of garbage. 

Halfway through the month, Go Lloyd and The Street Trust came together to host a PARK(ing) Day parklet on NE 6th Avenue and NE Holladay Street. We repurposed the 20 foot by 6 foot parking space to create room to ‘Relax by the MAX’ with coffee, games, and comfy chairs. Many furry companions enjoyed complimentary PARK(ing) Day dog treats while we discussed transportation inspirations and barriers with their humans. 

Later in the month on our Water Walk (with a lively and engaged group of attendees), we toured the many water features and fountains within the Lloyd neighborhood. We were joined by liaisons from Community Engagement Liaison Services (CELs), a group currently working with Go Lloyd on a DEI project. 

Our last walking tour of the month was the Blumenauer Bridge Walk, which circled back to a location on our Art Walk where we revisited the newly finished Metro garage mural and saw its vibrant, final design. We chatted about adaptive bikes and neighborhood revitalization while we strolled over the Blumenauer Bridge on a summer-like late September afternoon. 

Steptember 2022 was full of fun and movement— thank you to all the community members who joined us!

Llove for Lloyd

Show your love for the Lloyd neighborhood by visiting the many great restaurants and small shops around town!

Go Lloyd and BabbleBuy partnered to create the Llove for Lloyd campaign, designed to inspire people to shop locally and visit small businesses in our neighborhood.

Visit this link to download the BabbleBuy app and explore all the wonderful, small businesses in Lloyd.

2022 Walking Meeting Challenge

Steptember is almost here!

During the entire month of September, participate in Go Lloyd’s Walking Meeting Challenge and be entered to win a $100 gift card to Metropolitan Tavern!

Get outside and explore the neighborhood, visit other floors in your building (or home), and if you can't leave the room, start with a few minutes of walking in place to get that blood flowing.

To be entered, follow these simple steps:

1. Take your meeting for a walk—inside or outside, as long as you’re walking/rolling.

2. Take a photo or short video during your meeting (just your feet or your view counts).

3. Post the photo or video on social media and tag @golloydpdx with #Steptember

Each post counts as one entry. A random winner will be chosen from all eligible entries at the end of the month.

Join us at our other Steptember events all month long.

Blumenauer Bridge Opening Day Celebration!

It was great to see so many Portlanders come out in support of yesterday’s Opening Celebration of the Congressman Earl Blumenauer Bicycle and Pedestrian Bridge!

A HUGE “Thank you!” to Congressman Earl Blumenauer, Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty, Kimberly Branam, and Lloyd’s own, Wade Lange, Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT), and our partners, the Central Eastside Industrial Council, The Street Trust, Friends of the Green Loop, and Prosper Portland.

Despite the heat, friends and neighbors joined together for a fun, car-free day celebrating our communities and this new, important connection between Lloyd and the Central Eastside. Not only does the Blumenauer Bridge provide a safe and easy crossing for people walking, biking, and rolling between these two great neighborhoods, it will also serve as an important segment of the future Green Loop.

Go Lloyd is proud to have helped fund the construction of this transformative piece of infrastructure and we are happy to underwrite the cost of the pedestrian and bike counter that will be added to the plaza at the north end of the bridge (stay tuned!).

We’d like to extend a special shout out to all those who helped make the Lloyd Block Party at Hassalo Plaza such a success—Friends of the Green Loop, PBOT, Kuto, the Garrett Baxter Quartet, PDX Mobile Bike Repair, The Bookmobile Babe, Staccato Gelato, Yeah Mon Food, FoodiMenus, 40 Mile Loop Land Trust, and especially Congressman Earl Blumenauer and Commissioner Mingus Mapps (Thanks for leading our parade to the bridge, Commissioner Mapps!).

Finally, thank you to all attendees and vendors for sticking it out in the heat and helping to create such a positive atmosphere all day long.

What a fantastic way to celebrate Bridge City’s newest bridge!

Call for Lloyd Vendors!

This is a call for Lloyd businesses, food vendors, and organizations that want to participate in the Blumenauer Bridge Opening Event on July 31, 2022!

The day will include a variety of community-led bike rides and neighborhood activities. New plazas on the north and south sides of the bridge, as well as nearby destinations in Lloyd and Central Eastside, will have pop-up block parties and open streets.

We will be filling up the bridge’s north landing at NE 7th Avenue and NE Lloyd Blvd with vendors and tents—join us!

The event is expected to attract hundreds of attendees and will begin with a press conference and news media at noon.

Contact ophelia@golloyd.org by July 10 to sign up to participate in the event.

Learn more about the opening of the new Blumenauer Bicycle and Pedestrian Bridge at PBOT.

The Grand Floral Parade Returns to Lloyd

After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Portland Rose Festival’s Grand Floral Parade is back in 2022!

The parade route is shortened this year and will travel exclusively through the Lloyd neighborhood on Sunday, June 11, 2022 from 10 AM to noon.

The parade will begin by traveling through the Memorial Coliseum, continuing along N Broadway and heading east down NE Weidler St. It then travels south down NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd., turns left and heads east on Lloyd Blvd., and continues northeast along NE 16th Dr. Finally, the parade will turn west on NE Multnomah St. and disband near the Lloyd Center.

Portlanders can watch the parade by purchasing reserved indoor seats to the Veterans Memorial Coliseum, from the street along the route, or via a live telecast of the event on Fox 12 Oregon.  

Visit rosefestival.org to purchase tickets and learn more about the Grand Floral Parade.

If you expect to travel into or through Lloyd on the morning of the parade, plan ahead and expect delays.

Bike to Work Day

Thank you to everyone who helped to make our first in-person Bike to Work Day in two years such a success! We were very happy to see so many new and familiar faces supporting cycling in Lloyd.

A special, “Thank you!” to our partners, Left Coast Bicycles - Mobile Bike Repair, BIKETOWN, and Spin e-scooters.

We hope to see you all at more events in the future.

If you would like to get involved with promoting or participating in bike activities in the Lloyd neighborhood, contact ophelia@golloyd.org.

2022 Virtual Lloyd Open House

Go Lloyd, and our neighborhood partners, the Lloyd Enhanced Services District, Lloyd EcoDistrict, and Lloyd Community Association hosted our second Virtual Lloyd Open House on Thursday, March 17. If you weren’t able to tune in live, you can watch it here!

We would like to extend a huge “Thank You!” to everyone who participated in the Open House and helped to make it a reality. And a special thanks to Ground Score Association and Central Eastside Together.

Be sure to stay up to date on everything happening in Lloyd by visiting our community partners on the web, signing up for our newsletters, and following us on social media.

Lloyd Enhanced Services District
Lloyd EcoDistrict
Lloyd Community Association

Virtual Lloyd Open House

Go Lloyd, and our neighborhood partners the Lloyd Enhanced Services District, Lloyd EcoDistrict, and Lloyd Community Association hosted our first Virtual Lloyd Open House on Wednesday, March 31. If you weren’t able to tune in live, you can watch it here!  

We would like to extend a huge “Thank You!” to everyone who participated in the Open House and helped to make it a reality.

Be sure to stay up to date on everything happening in Lloyd by visiting our community partners on the web, signing up for our newsletters, and following us on social media.

Lloyd Enhanced Services District
Lloyd EcoDistrict
Lloyd Community Association

Duckworth Dock Gets New Swim Ladders

Go Lloyd was very excited to work with Human Access Project this summer to help create a world-class outdoor swimming area right here in the Lloyd neighborhood. Funding from Go Lloyd paid for the installation of eight new swim ladders on the Duckworth Dock. The new swim ladders helped transform the dock from an under-utilized moorage for boats into a popular summer escape for swimmers and sunbathers. The dock is accessible via the Eastside Esplanade, just south of the Steel Bridge on the east side of the Willamette River. Human Access Project hosted a few socially distanced parties to celebrate the new dock this summer. Check the photos and links below to learn more.

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Portland Tribune

Bike Portland

KGW

Portland Mercury

KOIN

Portland Marathon Road Closures

The Portland Marathon presented by OHSU will take place on Sunday, October 6, 2019 between 7 AM and 2 PM. Full marathon runners will complete a two-mile section of the race through the Lloyd neighborhood between 7:15 and 9:45 AM. Runners will enter Lloyd via the Broadway Bridge, run a clockwise loop around the Moda Center, and exit Lloyd over the Broadway Bridge.

It will NOT be possible to drive on, or drive across, any of the streets used for the race until the last runner has passed through the location. Vehicles will be turned away one block prior to reaching the race route.

Portland Marathon route through the Lloyd neighborhood.

The Broadway Bridge will be closed to all vehicles (including Portland Streetcar) from 7:15 - 9:45 AM. All westbound vehicles attempting to access the Broadway Bridge will not be able to travel west of N Benton Avenue from 7:15 - 9:45 AM.

All streets that are used for the race will be designated "No Parking" from 2:00 PM on Saturday, October 5th, to 2:00 PM on Sunday, October 6th. Within the Lloyd neighborhood, these streets are:

• N Broadway​ between Broadway Bridge and N Benton Avenue

• N Benton Avenue​ between N Broadway and N Winning Way

• N Winning Way​ between N Larrabee Avenue and NE Wheeler Avenue

• NE Wheeler Avenue between N Winning Way and NE Multnomah Street

• N Larrabee Ave​nue between N Interstate Avenue and N Broadway

One-way streets that run into a street used for the race route will also be designated "No Parking" during the same time period. Residents and businesses whose driveways access the race route will NOT be able to pull their vehicles into or out of their driveways during the closures. If your driveway accesses the race route, please plan to park your vehicles on a nearby street that is not located on the race route.

Any vehicles parked on the street during the designated "No Parking" hours will be courtesy towed to the closest street that is not posted as "No Parking." If your car is towed, please call 503-823-0044.

If you plan to travel into or through any neighborhoods near the race route between 7 AM and 2 PM on Sunday, October 6, plan ahead and expect delays. Visit ​portlandmarathon.com/traffic​ to read detailed traffic control descriptions for each neighborhood.

To view an interactive map of the entire route, please visit ​portlandmarathon.com/courses.

Bike to Work Day

Thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate Bike to Work Day with Go Lloyd! In spite of the windy weather, we had another great turnout.

Special thanks to Mixteca PDX for providing us with over 100 delicious tamales, Nossa Familia Coffee for keeping us caffeinated, and SprocketFly Mobile Bicycle Repair for their on-the-spot skills and expertise.

See you all again next year!