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This community has kind of been empty since it was created, I'm hoping to change that!

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2024 is going to be an interesting year politically with all the changes to city government, I will attempt to tag political threads with a [Politics] tag and encourage users to do so as well.

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Portland Timbers Pre-Season Starts in February!

https://www.timbers.com/schedule/matches#competition=all&amp%3Bdate=2024-02-10

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Hygiene services offered to vendors who sell the paper

“It makes me feel human.”

That was a recurring sentiment expressed on a rainy afternoon by Street Roots vendors emerging fresh from a shower and wearing clothes they just washed in the building’s laundry room.

The basement floor houses Street Roots’ new shower and laundry facilities, offering appointments for showers and a wash and dry laundry service.

For vendor Lore Wilson, using the facilities offered some reprieve from the experience of living outside.

“It restores a massive amount of personal dignity, self-esteem and confidence to have a shower and clean clothes,” Wilson said. “Having my basic needs so considerately cared for, with so much kindness and compassion — to have my humanity recognized in such a way — is a good reminder that I am not less than.”

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