Mid-County Memo Information

Founded in May 1985, the Mid-county Memo is one of Portland's oldest community newspapers. The monthly neighborhood newspaper is mailed to every home in a geographic-specific area of Portland, in the middle of Multnomah County, Oregon. Completely advertiser supported, the Memo circulates more than 17,000 copies in the Gateway and Parkrose neighborhoods. More than 15,000 papers are directly mailed, free of charge, to homes in the area bounded on the east and west by Northeast 82nd and 162nd avenues, and Sandy Boulevard and East Burnside Street on the north and south. An additional 2,000 copies are distributed at popular gathering places throughout the Mid-Multnomah County area of Portland. The Memo focuses and reports on positive forces, issues and people in the Gateway and Parkrose communities of Mid-Multnomah County. The Memo reports on, and encourages participation, in civic affairs, thereby serving as a means to promote active citizenship and civic participation. Every month the Memo publishes and disseminates pertinent school, neighborhood and business news. Community, library, church, senior, social and fraternal organization meetings and events in the Gateway and Parkrose communities are also published monthly. In this way, the Memo enables Gateway and Parkrose community members to communicate with themselves and others, strengthening cultural participation and engagement. The Memo publishes news and perspectives of the diverse neighborhoods of east Portland that include Parkrose, Hazelwood, Russell, Parkrose Heights, Wilkes, Glenfair, Mill Park and Madison South, strengthening Mid-County's cultural vitality. By being rooted within the community, the Memo serves as a means to strengthen connections and deepen understanding across the diverse Gateway and Parkrose communities of east Portland and Mid-Multnomah County. The Mid-county Memo neighborhood newspaper represents and reflects the Gateway and Parkrose communities of east Portland. The Mid-county Memo circulation area encompasses one school district ...