ALBINA VISION TRUST, INC.
PORTLAND, Oregon
The Albina Vision Trust (AVT) is a community-driven non-profit 501(c)(3) created to buy back land, rebuild Lower Albina, and re-root Black legacies and Black futures in the heart of Portland’s central city. We are developers and stewards of a communally-held freedom dream anchored across a 94-acre project area and guided by our highest aspirations: a neighborhood where social, physical and financial wealth are accessible and abundant, where sustainable infrastructure supports mobility and access to the river, and where innovative policy and planning frameworks center the needs and futures of our children and families. Our work intentionally connects place, wealth, joy, and culture, transforming what we build, how we build, and who we build it for.
The story of Albina is the story of urban America.
Historically, Albina was home to 80% of Portland’s Black population. Dubbed “Harlem on the Willamette,” Lower Albina was a vibrant community with world-renowned jazz venues, family-owned small businesses, and single-family homes. Children played in walkable streets and neighbors looked out for one another. During the 1950s and 1960s, racist urban renewal policies displaced families and forced them to leave this stable and abundant ... Lire la suite
