Café au Play in the News
The Bee: April 2008
Grant money and volunteers move ‘Tabor Commons’ project forward
Remember the “drive-through meth stop” on SE Division Street that was busted, closed, and all set to become a community center? ... Read Article
Metro Parent: July 2007
Café au Play’s Moves Forward!
Café au Play’s effort to start a nonprofit community coffeehouse for families keeps brewin'... Read Article
Mt Tabor Newsletter: Summer 2007
Support the renovation of the Tabor Commons
Community members need your help to raise $10,000 to renovate the community-owned Tabor Commons building at 57th & Division. Community design workshops have identified three goals for the site: ... Read Article
Southeast Examiner: November 2006
Derelict building gets renovation
Parents and neighbors joined together to review design ideas for a new school/ neighborhood community center being developed on a former drug crime site at S.E. 57th and S.E. Division... Read Article
Oregon Humanities: Fall/Winter 2006
Field Work: Vision + Work + Luck. A kid-friendly coffeehouse finds a home on a former drug site.
This is Kristin Heying's vision come to fruition: three towheaded toddlers run circles around an art deco sofa while a nursing mother chats with a friend, oblivious to the jubilant chaos... Read Article
Metro Parent: September 2006
Café au Play, Where Coffee, Community and Kids Come Together
When Kristin Heying moved back to Portland with her 6-month old daughter, she was in the process of becoming a single mom. Like a lot of parents, Kristin found that having a community of support was a necessity, not a luxury... Read Article
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