Fri, May 23rd - Sun, June 1st

Free Daytime Workshops
[Workshop Schedule]

19 Portland Neighborhood Projects
[Project Sites]

Evening Events
Food | Speakers | Music
[Event Schedule]
Bossanova (722 E Burnside)
5pm to late
Tickets on-sale NOW! Go to: BrownPaperTickets

For Out of Town Tickets, housing included! Go to:
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The Village Building Convergence 2008 (VBC8) is a 10-day event from Friday, May 23rd – Sunday, June 1, 2008 in which neighborhoods activate to build shared public places that they have envisioned, designed, funded, and will maintain for themselves. VBC8 will include hands-on education in permaculture design and construction, ecological building, and public art. All projects are built through collaboration, community conversations and commitment of a neighborhood to strengthen itself. Everyone is invited to attend evening events at a central location, to participate in workshops or listen to visionaries speak about various aspects of sustainable culture.

VBC will feature projects located in or adjacent to the public right of way and private projects that support community in various neighborhoods. Private site projects will be structures or systems that are built by and available to the communities concerned with that site, and hopefully available to some extent to the larger community. These will include public squares and meeting houses, community kiosks and benches, solar-powered and artistic innovations, and many other new ideas. Each project is initiated and managed by neighborhood groups with support from the VBC Placemaking Committee. The Placemaking coordinators will help neighborhoods facilitate and coordinate the outreach/public involvement process, community decision-making and design workshops, and the permit process with the City.

Early Registration ends May 1st!

Village Building Convergence 2008 Fees

Tickets for Out of Towner’s… BrownPaperTickets_Visitors
Out of town ticket value includes:
• Housing accommodations
• All Access admission to Evening venue: Dinner, speaker series, Music Entertainment.
• Daytime site activities and workshops (free for all)

• 10-day $350 BEST BARGAIN!
• 10-day Worktrade $290
• 5-day $190
• 5-day Worktrade $150
• 1-day $40

(Includes evening event, dinner, & workshops. No housing.)
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In Town ticket value includes:
• All Access admission to Evening venue: Dinner, speaker series, Music Entertainment.
• Daytime site activities and workshops (free for all)

• 10-day $160 BEST BARGAIN!
• 5-day $90
• 1-day $20

Evening Event Only (at the door)

• $15 at the door, $20 w/meal and speaker

Evening tickets will be available at a local ticketing vendor near you (TBD)

Ticketing questions? Please email: vbcregistrator@gmail.com

Many remarkable people participate in the VBC from all over the country. If you would like to share some space in your house during the VBC click here

Questions: Housing

VBC8 Evening Event Information

Full event schedule, speaker and musician bios

VBC8 Publicity
Publicity - Press Articles & Information

VBC8 Village Market
Every year our evening venue creates a living Village Market space. The VBC Village Market is a fun and resourceful space filled with local artisans, non-profit organizations, sustainable resources, literature and products, health and wellness resources, knowledgeable people and community connections. If you have an exciting resource that people should know about and would like to be a part of the Village Market please contact us and tell us about it: Village Market

VBC Core Help Plan VBC8! → Tue 5:45-8:15p at CRHQ (3125 E. Burnside St)

Placemaking VBC Sites get the support they need to be successful → Mon 6:30 - 8:30pm, Mt. Scott Community Center (5530 SE 72nd Ave, in the Craft Room above lobby), contact Mark (moontrout@gmail.com)

Event Design & Venue Plan the VBC venue & evening event programming → contact Mark if you’d like to help (moontrout@cityrepair.org)

Nourishment Ensure the community is well fed at the VBC venue → TBD, contact Julia (juliacphoto@gmail.com)

Building Materials & Logistics Ensure VBC sites get the materials they need → Next Mtgs: contact Matt (vbcmaterials@cityrepair.org)

Village Builder The printed guide to all VBC sites & more → TBD, contact Henry (henry_indy@hotmail.com)

The VBC core group is still looking for a few good folks to join the crew. Below are the open coordinator positions. If you are interested in a position, get in touch with Clea (vbcvolunteer@cityrepair.org).

• Screen Printing Coordinator
• Village Market Coordinator (On Site)
• Auction Coordinator (On Site)

The time commitment for each of these positions, depending on the position, is between 5 and 12 hours a week, getting progressively more busy as the VBC approaches. Some of these positions may require upwards of 25 hours during the actual week of the VBC.

Linked here is a list of Neighborhood Grant Opportunities.

Click here for VBC7 information and inspiration!