North Portland Tool Library

We replaced the window with polycarbonate lexan, it's an indestructible plastic that was suggested because it does not break. We are getting a metal grate for the inside of the window. For now the plastic will be up on the window so thieves can not see inside the annex. We lost 2 chainsaws, some cash and our bank of dewalt batteries. We know there are other small items missing but it's hard to tell till someone asks for a specific tool. Thank you for all your support over the years and please consider putting a couple of bucks in the donation jar next time you visit.

A very sad day at the tool library. Someone smashed the window to the annex. It happened some time between Saturday afternoon and Monday afternoon. They took our donations jar, a couple of chainsaws and other items. We are looking still trying to figure out what went missing. We will be open on Saturday if you want to stop by and give CJ a hug.

I hope everyone is staying dry and safe. We will be open on Saturday November 8th usual hours 10am-2pm. Don't forget we have sweatshirts and t-shirts if you need some new items to wear.

WOW...look how organized the Annex is now!! NPTL was lucky enough to get a grant from Office of Community & Civic Life to help get us organized. We finally got the shelving set up today and the annex is clean and organized for now. We have ladders hanging on the wall and shelving for the heavier items so you don't have to haul items up and down the stairs. There are a lot of lawn mowers for you to check out too!!!

It's going to be cold out this weekend, make sure you buy a North Portland Hoodie or a t-shirt. Both are available on Saturday when we are open...10am-2pm. Hoodies are $45, T shirts are $25

Thank you Willamette Week for showing some love of the NPTL. Thank you to City of Portland, OR for the shout out on the recent mailer from Bureau of Planning and Sustainability.

With the weather hitting 105 and the holiday..we are going to be closed on Saturday the 6th. BUT...when we open back up we will have some new merch!! T shirts and sweatshirts...$25 for t-shirts and $45 for sweatshirts.

Looks like it's gonna snow pretty bad out there, so we are gonna close up shop tomorrow January 13th

Also, we only have one snow shovel ;)

As usual, all fines will be forgiven. You know the drill, donate what you can, when you can. If you get an email, don't worry about it, we'll fix it next time we're open (1/19/2024)...

Thanks, see you next week at the library.

🚨 It’s happening! Tool sale on Saturday, June 3rd, 10:30 til 2. Looks like it's gonna be a nice day, and we have A TON of tools to sell!

Miter Saws, Circular Saws, Sanders, Garden Tools, Automotive Tools, Shop Vacs, etc, ect etc...

C'mon down, say "hey," get some great deals and help support the Tool Library and other local charities.

See you there!!

The City that works, isn't working well

Eleven North Portland Neighborhood Associations and about 19 non-profit orgs are supported under the North Portland Neighborhood Services (NPNS) umbrella. This organization is housed in the Historic Kenton Firehouse. NPNS is part of Portland's Office of Community and Civic Life (OCCL) which is part of Comm Dan Ryan's portfolio.
In recent years the OCCL has been in turmoil as it passed through two single-term city commissioners, and had its Director, fired. Now with Comm Dan Ryan, the office still struggles
to competently perform its assigned functions. A recent example is when OCCL allowed required liability insurance, covering neighborhood association and non-profit organization
board members, to expire. What had been a routine event turned into a disaster. Without city required and city funded liability insurance, several organizations ceased operations to protect
their volunteer board members from potential liability exposure.
That is one of the reasons that NPTL closed for several weeks in October of 2022.

Efforts to renew the insurance coverage resembles a Keystone Cops skit. Lists of insured parties are repeatedly submitted with key member organizations missing. Errors are pointed out, corrected organizational lists are provided to OCCL, and then their mistakes are repeated. Competent supervision within that organization is lacking. Our organizations are repeatedly
assured that insurance coverage has been reinstated, but OCCL is unable to send documentation proving that is true. In fact, OCCL Management sends documentation not related to the insurance in question and provides insurance documents that do not list all of the covered organizations. Let's face it, if a claim is filed and your organization is not listed as "an insured" then you have NO COVERAGE! Not being on the list is a real big omission!

We need you to email Commissioner Ryan right away at: [email protected]
to ask him to push the staff at the Office of Community and Civic Life to respond to us about insurance, and to budget for those two full time staff at the North Portland Neighborhood Office.

The snow is a little too deep and the stairs have not been cleared. We want everyone to stay home and stay safe this saturday 2.25.23...we will be closed.