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Depave transforms paved places into community greenspaces. Depaving is a fairly simple, yet super high-impact tactic; and we’ll help you get started.

Greenspace Projects

The projects Depave undertakes are grand examples of the creative urban amendments that are possible. A whole lot of passion goes into our events in order to inspire and promote Depave techniques and philosophies. Results

Over 123,000 square feet of asphalt depaved to create 40 new greenspaces in Portland since 2008! Over 2,875,317 gallons of stormwater diverted from storm dr

12/28/2025

Check out our recently completed Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church time lapse video! This video really demonstrates the transformative work of Depave.
https://vimeo.com/1147522413?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci

12/25/2025

We’re proud to support Depave through our 1% for the Planet membership. Depave partners with communities to remove unnecessary pavement and transform hard, overbuilt spaces into green places that absorb water, cool neighborhoods, and make room for plants, people, and wildlife.

By replacing asphalt and concrete with soil, rain gardens, and native plantings, helps cities become more resilient while reconnecting people to the land beneath their feet.

Photos from Depave's post 12/25/2025

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Help us reach our yearend fundraising goal, we are almost halfway there and only have until December 31! If you donate $50 or more this week, you have a chance to win two 2 hour visits to the Knot Springs spa. Help keep the Depave dream alive!

Photos from Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership's post 11/11/2025
Photos from Portland Indigenous Marketplace's post 09/04/2025

Our dreams are really coming together in the designing phase of this project!! Here is a glimpse into what we have planned BUT we are so excited to share even more updates with you all Sep 7th!!

Thanks to the artists featured as our community celebrities and their visionary ideas for the new PIM head quarters, we will be sharing a more Indigenous Dream/Rendering with you all Sep 7th!!

Thank you to Arusha, Kitana and Rowena for working on this project!

The renderings that are shown are the first renderings for the 737 SE Sandy remodel/PIM head quarters. Sep 7th we will unveil an updated rendering for the project!!

See you all then!!

Photos from Ground Score Association's post 08/01/2025
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