Neighbors Helping Neighbors
2025 has been a tumultuous year for the nation and the world. At times it can feel overwhelming to know where to put our energy, passion, time, and dollars. We can’t fix the whole world, but we can work to make our neighborhood hub a place where all people feel safe, welcome, and connected.
Since Friends of Woodfords Corner began, people have been at the heart of this organization—neighbors helping neighbors, finding connection through serving our community, and making this place not just a corridor to drive through, but a place that is well worth the walk.
Your donation will support our operations and help to expand FWC’s initiatives. With your support, in 2026 we will:
Create opportunities and events for neighbors to gather and get involved, like the Garden Tour, Yard Sale Trail, Woodfords Weekend, Craft Bazaar, and Live at Odd Fellows Hall;
Install large-scale traffic calming demonstration projects to test solutions to make Forest Avenue safer and more inviting for pedestrians, bicyclists, and transit users;
Support our legacy businesses and welcoming new ones to fill storefronts;
Work to bring back the Farmers Market in a new location and with a dedicated Market Manager.
Advocate for Woodfords Corner with elected officials and State and City staff to address a variety of issues, such as allocating MaineDOT resources to slow traffic on Forest Ave;
And enhance our streetscape and public spaces to reflect our fun, friendly, and diverse Woodfords community by installing planters, painting street murals, organizing neighborhood clean ups, and more!
Like you, we have chosen to establish our roots in the Woodfords Corner area. This special part of Portland has so much potential to be a thriving village hub for all of us living and working here — accessible to all people with diverse markets, restaurants, business, nonprofits, public spaces, beautiful planters, great signage, safe and welcoming sidewalks and more! It can be the go-to place where we all enjoy gathering with friends, and the pride of all the surrounding neighborhoods.
Join your neighbors who are helping to make Woodfords Corner a place we all want to live, work, visit, shop and thrive: make a year-end donation!
With gratitude,
The Friends of Woodfords Corner Board of Directors