Poet's home will lure writers to Portland area
An Oregon poet's legacy may help bolster the Portland region's literary luster.
A trustee of Carolyn Moore's estate recently endowed her family farm on Walnut Street in Tigard to Portland Community College. The donated estate, valued at $5.5 million, makes it the largest donation ever given to PCC. The home will be used as a writer's retreat, dubbed the Carolyn Moore Writers House.
"My aunt Carolyn had a love of learning," Erica Klassen, Moore's niece, said, "so PCC is a great fit for her vision."
Included in the Writers House estate is a 2,500-square-foot log cabin on nine acres and a fund to support the retreat's operations for the next 20 years. Before her death in April 2019, Moore stipulated that she wanted the home to be donated and a residency program created in her honor. The gift caps off PCC's Campaign for Opportunity, which brought in $45 million in fundraising by the end of 2020.