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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. ....

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