2024 Village Building Convergence

Village Building Convergence 2024 - Spark the Village!

June 15 – 22

The Village Building Convergence (VBC) is an annual community building event, bringing activists, community members, and organizations together for a summer of grassroots placemaking and sustainable community building throughout Portland, Oregon.

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About VBC 2024

Join us June 15 – 22 as we kick off our Summer of Change with eight days of workshops, placemaking, presentations, and community building. VBC 2024 offers daytime activities ranging from intersection painting and natural building to permaculture, rewilding, and social forestry. Each evening, we gather as a community for connection, dinner, entertain and hearing from leading speakers.

The VBC is open to everyone, families with children are welcome. No experience is necessary, come learn, collaborate, and contribute to building resilient and thriving communities.

After that, we will continue to converge all Summer long to complete amazing projects all across Portland, from Food Forests to Natural Building to Intersection Repairs, and so much more!

The Village Building Convergence, organized by the City Repair Project, has been a catalyst for positive change in communities since its inception. By bringing people together and empowering them to take action, the VBC aims to create vibrant, inclusive, and sustainable neighborhoods.


Thanks always,

The City Repair and VBC24 Teams


Intersection Repair Projects!

Ecological Landscaping and Permaculture!

Natural or Earthen Building!