New Meadows is a transitional housing program managed by New Avenues for Youth. This community serves young people ages 17-24 who have aged out of the foster care system, providing them with support in achieving their academic and career goals. New Meadows is located one block from Bridge Meadows North Portland, giving young people the opportunity to create relationships with elders and families. Special features: Bridge Meadows created New Meadows in partnership with New Avenues for Youth. Units: 10 studios, 5 one-bedroom apartments (including one unit for the Resident Advisor) Neighborhood: Portsmouth, kitty-corner to Bridge Meadows North Portland More communities coming soon! Sign up for our general newsletter to receive updates from our team as we expand.Īddress: 8710 N Dana Avenue, Portland, OR 97203 Bridge Meadows Redmond will feature beautiful views of the Cascades, which surround the community.Ĭlick here to learn more about this community! Special Features & Amenities: This is our first community outside the Portland metro area and in a rural region. Neighborhood: Redmond, Oregon, in the Maple Meadows single-family development built by Hayden Homes Special Features & Amenities: Bridge Meadows Beaverton features garden boxes, a multi-purpose community room with wall-to-wall windows, a beautiful second-story community room overlooking the courtyard, a laundry room, and multiple therapy rooms.Īddress: 2582 NW Kingwood Ave, Redmond, Oregon 97756 The community also features a multi-purpose community room, library and computer room, the Bridge Meadows Resident Art Gallery (BRAG) and rock garden, and multiple therapy rooms.Īddress: 5995 SW Menlo Drive, Beaverton, OR 97005 Special Features & Amenities: Bridge Meadows North Portland includes several green features including bio-swales, an ecological method of stormwater management, and garden boxes located in the central courtyard.
Visit our Communities page to stay updated on our expansion.Īddress: 8502 N. There remains an urgent need for affordable housing placements for foster youth, adoptive parents, and elders in the state and region, and Bridge Meadows plans to help meet those needs. Since its founding in 2005, Bridge Meadows has replicated affordable intergenerational communities, expanding upon the principles of GHDC to include intentional, trauma-informed architectural designs that heal individuals in community, and our leadership teams have committed to doing more. Brenda Eheart, founder and leader of Hope Meadows and Generations of Hope Development Corporation (GHDC), the soon-to-form Bridge Meadows leadership team adopted GHDC’s philosophies and principles and began planning an urban community in North Portland. In 2004, inspired by the book Hope Meadows by Wes Smith, a group of nonprofit and mental health professionals passionate about helping foster kids sought to explore the possibility of building an intergenerational community in Portland, Oregon.Īfter meeting with Dr. Vision: To create a world where every generation is cherished.
Mission: Bridge Meadows develops and sustains intentional, intergenerational communities for youth formerly in foster care, adoptive families, and elders, building place, permanence, and shared social purpose one community at a time.