The Healthy Regions Planning Exchange is open for virtual and in person attendance to planners, practitioners, and the public. If you can join us, please complete the Google form below.

Sunday June 11, 2023

6:00 pm departure — Welcome Bike Ride (or bus) to Barbie’s Village, a tiny home village for the Native Community in Portland located on the land formerly occupied by the Presbyterian Church of Laurelhurst at 935 Northeast 33rd Avenue will be the future home of Barbie’s Village. Dinner catered by Seven Feathers

Monday, Jun 12, 2023

• 9 am — Arrival and Breakfast at Native American Student Community Center
• 9:30 am — Welcome and Acknowledgements - Vanessa Barrios, Regional Plan Association & Charlene McGee/Brianna Bragg, Multnomah County Public Health Department
• Icebreakers and Centering Exercise - what power is in the room?
• Regional Introductions and spark talks / share outs
• 12 pm — Lunch
• 12:15 pm — Keynote — Metro Councilor Ashton Simpson, former ED for Oregon walks
• Project Briefing — Portland History, Planning and Health
• Breakouts — Planning Exchange Braintrust Workshop and Strategizing
• 2 pm — Site visit Streetcar ride to Lower Albina neighborhood walking tour
• 4 pm — Adjourn
• 6 pm — Group Dinner - shuttle to Rockwood Markethall

Tuesday, Jun 13, 2023

• 9 am — Arrival and Breakfast at Native American Student Community Center
  Planning Partners — committing to take these in-person connections beyond the convening
• 10 am — Fireside Chat with Sarah Iannarone, Executive Director of Street Trust, and Winta Yohannes, Albina Vision Trust
• Breakouts: Planning Exchange Braintrust Workshop and Strategizing
  With all hands-on deck, we will use this opportunity to delve into a specific health challenge / planning opportunity at play in Portland/Multnomah County:
  • Albina Community Investment Plan
  • Highway Expansion
  • Cully TIF District
• 12 pm — Lunch
• 1 pm — Share Outs — Strategy and Recommendations
• 2:30 pm — Appreciations and Adjourn

The Healthy Regions Planning Exchange , is a national coalition that brings together practitioners, advocates, and community-based representatives from across the US to address structural issues that influence health and equity in regional planning. With funding from the Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the effort has been led by the Regional Plan Association based in New York.

Staff from Multnomah County’s Environmental Health, Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Unit’s REACH Program participates in monthly calls and supports the implementation of the submitted and approved Multnomah County workplan activities.

The Planning Exchange will include local and regional government from City of Portland, City of Gresham, Wood Village, Multnomah County leadership, State, Metro and activities and culturally specific organizations and leaders working at the intersections of health, equity, transportation, economic development and urban planning.

To date there are 22 Planning Exchange partners who are scheduled to be in Multnomah County. The Exchange consists of more than 30 organizations representing 10 regions of the country, and involves a number of events and discussions throughout the year focusing on the role of race and racism in transportation, housing, and the environment. For four years the participants — from Portland, Oregon to Pine Ridge, South Dakota, New Orleans, Louisiana to Buffalo, New York — have explored how race and racism influences the built environment and public health by way of urban planning.

Questions? Write to [email protected]