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.
Oregon City eyed as location for world s largest log church
Pastor Joe Wardlow fundraising $2.6 million to purchase 8.5-acre location on Beavercreek Road
Pastor Joe Wardlow has a dream to build a log church in Oregon City and is fundraising $2.6 million to purchase more than eight acres of land on Beavercreek Road.
Trail s End Log Church obtained 501(c)(3) tax status from the Internal Revenue Service last month, meaning funds donated to the organization are now tax-deductible.
No precise address for the construction on Beavercreek Road has been announced, but if fundraising efforts to purchase the property are successful, Wardlow has big plans for the site. Separate buildings are envisioned for a school and a prayer chapel, as well as an 800-seat worship space in the church s main auditorium, all built out of cedar.