Life in Portland Blog

Earthquake Preparedness: Making Your Home and Neighborhood More Resilient

March 19th, 6-7:30PM | Urban Nest Realty

A family emergency kit is just one piece of the earthquake preparedness puzzle. Join Urban Nest for an empowering presentation on making your home and neighborhood more resilient.

Carmen Merlo, the director of the Portland Bureau of Emergency Management, will share lessons learned during a month-long visit to Christchurch, New Zealand, a city much like Portland in size and landscape but deep in the recovery from a devastating earthquake in February 2011.

Carmen will discuss different possible emergency scenarios during an earthquake and provide suggestions on improving preparedness and reducing the impact of heavy shaking on your home. This class is a great opportunity to be aware and make sure that your family is prepared. Urban Nest is proud to host this valuable course as a free resource for the community.

Register here.

File It To Find It : an Organizers Northwest Workshop

Frustrated with overwhelming paper piles taking over your life? Too many pieces of mail, and no idea where to put them once they've been opened? Spending hours searching for important documents when you needed them yesterday? We pile them, because we don't file them, and that's where the problem begins. It's time to take control!

Join Urban Nest for FILE IT TO FIND IT!, a workshop presented by the experienced 5S experts of Organizers Northwest, who will share a proven system for turning your paper piles into organized files. This fun and informative even will give you the tools to function more efficiently to create a more streamlined and peaceful home. 

What: File it to File it
When: Friday, September 26th. 6PM-7PM
Where: Urban Nest Realty - 3041 N Williams Ave. Portland, OR 97227
RSVP: http://fileittofindit.eventbrite.com