Tigard's current chicken keeping laws require 100' between a chicken coop and the closest neighboring residence. Most homes do not have this large of a lot. City Council is ready to amend these laws, and make them friendlier to backyard coops - they're just waiting to hear our collective chicken-loving voices! Help me organize and address city council to allow existing coops to remain, and bring more backyard chickens into our community.

We are NE Portland neighbors educating ourselves, experimenting, and taking steps toward a more self-sufficient lifestyle. We're interested in everything from heirloom vegetables to trying out different kinds of preservation methods. From bees to chickens, compost to raised beds, water conservation to minimal waste this is a group for people who want to explore possibilities. We're looking forward to meeting you. Cheers,

We are offering classes teaching people how to be self sufficient and ways to grow their own vegetables raise chickens etc. organically and from a permaculture biodynamic viewpoint.

We are passionate about innovation and creativity. We believe that if people are given the space, support and resources, that human ingenuity can thrive. This is why we have created the Ingenuity Innovation Center located in St. Helens, Oregon. We are are a group of "Ingenuers" who are committed to building and sharing sustainable solutions through igniting imaginations. Our 20 acre parcel is dedicated to bringing artists, builders, inventors, gardeners, dreamers and humanitarians together to cr …