Help us grow a local
skill & resource sharing community
to strengthen collective neighborhood resilience.
The capacity for individuals, families, and institutions to withstand challenges or recover quickly through mutual support.
What does
Neighborhood
Resilience
mean?
The capacity for individuals, families, and institutions to withstand challenges or recover quickly through mutual support.
How can we grow
stronger together?
Share Skills
Develop skills and pass them on to benefit your neighbors & friends.
- Repair Fairs
- Mending Circle
- Skill Workshops
Share Things
Increase access to tools through common resource hubs.
- Tool Lending Library
- Maker Spaces
Share Spaces
Build common ground by gathering diverse neighbors around common interests, concerns & goals.
- Garden Spaces
- Community Nights
We Need Your Help
Take our short surveys to tell us what workshops, tools and other items we should add to our resource libraries!
Workshop Interest Survey
Tell us what skills you would like to learn from your community.
Resource Hub Survey
Tell us what you would like to see in libraries, makerspaces, and other resource hubs.
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Our Projects
These are the most-needed resources we have identified for the Rockwood Community.
Tool Library
A lending library of shared tools, from power saws to screwdrivers to gardening, crafting, and masonry. This core project will provide access to a wide range of home improvement and hobby tools for enrichment and economic sovereignty within Rockwood.
Common Woodshop
A common space with table saws, routers, sanders and more for learning construction skills and building items for personal use or commercial sale. The Rockwood Common Woodshop will provide carpentry education and shared resources for neighbors of all ages.
Community Orchard
We are reimagining the community garden as a shared space to produce free food for each other. Instead of small private plots of land with limited access, imagine an entire garden for collaborative planting and harvesting, where anyone can enjoy the restorative practice of working with nature, or stop in to harvest herbs and berries to feed their family.
Classes
Skill sharing is essential to stronger communities and neighborhood integrity. Please take our survey to tell us what you would like to learn and receive updates when your selections become available!
Woodworking
Learn basic wood joinery, finishing, and construction skills.
Gardening
Learn seed saving, garden planning, soil building and more.
Home Improvement
Build skills for repairing drywall, installing tile, replacing window screens, and more.
Our Board
Founders, friends, and neighbors.
Jason Naumann
Board President (he/him)
Jason has been a Rockwood resident since 2018. He brings eight years of experience with Green Lents Tool Library in SE Portland and 17 years of small business and communications experience.
Jennifer Naumann
Board Administrative Officer (she/her)
Jennifer has been a Rockwood resident since 2018. Jennifer brings eight years of office management experience and a zeal for community building.
Joshua Newton
Board Treasurer (he/him)
Josh has been a Rockwood resident since 2015 and is a lifelong Oregonian. He brings 27 years of experience in the outdoor gear industry and an enthusiasm for finding solutions.
Donate
Your gifts are essential to growing our programs and providing more services to the community.
Donate Directly
We appreciate all of the support you can provide. Consider donating 1 hour of your wage each month to bring services and resources to the community.
Pay Nothing Donations
Community Rewards donates money to your favorite charity based on your spending. There is no cost to you, and your rewards points are not deducted.
Visit fredmeyer.com/i/community/community-rewards to learn more.
Talk to Us
Ask us anything, or tell us what you think about the projects we are planning.
Thank you for getting in touch!
We will respond as soon as we are available.
Rockwood Common is a registered Oregon Charitable Organization and a 501(c) 3 Non-Profit.
