Verde
Verde serves communities by building environmental wealth through Social Enterprise, Outreach and Advocacy.
Since 2005, Verde has brought new environmental investments to Portland’s neighborhoods, involved community members in the planning and building of these investments, and ensured that low-income people and people of color directly benefited from the investments.
Meet suma!
In 2019, Verde launched its Suma program (translation: sum, addition, combination) to build a just, inclusive technology future with and for frontline communities, and has been excited to see the program attract a range of strong partners and support. This year, Verde determined that Suma should be established as a separate, independent nonprofit organization, allowing Suma to develop the unique expertise and partnerships required to go from a concept to a startup to a new frontline community presence in the technology sector. July 1, 2020, Suma spun off from Verde.
Verde Builds
Find out more about Verde Builds, a licensed general contractor (GC) that develops environmental infrastructure, including projects like Nadaka Park in Gresham and a 78kW solar array in the Cully Neighborhood.
Visit the Living Cully website to learn more about the amazing collaboration that is reinterpreting sustainability as an anti-poverty strategy.
