Neighbors take back Southeast Portland street, replacing RVs with community garden

A Southeast Portland neighborhood taking matters into their own hands after they say criminal activity on their street became too much.

For Joanne Benson and Christopher Carter-Tully, their neighborhood, right next to the I-205 bike trail, is blossoming. Silver troughs, filled with various plants line Southeast Washington Street. Even the bees seem happy.

After numerous calls to the city — one neighbor claimed to have called for 56 straight weeks — the RVs were removed. And the neighbors seized on the opportunity, moving in the troughs to the tune of $3,000 out of their own pockets.

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