North Portland Tool Library

Thank you Willamette Week for showing some love of the NPTL. Thank you to City of Portland, OR for the shout out on the recent mailer from Bureau of Planning and Sustainability.

With the weather hitting 105 and the holiday..we are going to be closed on Saturday the 6th. BUT...when we open back up we will have some new merch!! T shirts and sweatshirts...$25 for t-shirts and $45 for sweatshirts.

Looks like it's gonna snow pretty bad out there, so we are gonna close up shop tomorrow January 13th

Also, we only have one snow shovel ;)

As usual, all fines will be forgiven. You know the drill, donate what you can, when you can. If you get an email, don't worry about it, we'll fix it next time we're open (1/19/2024)...

Thanks, see you next week at the library.

The City that works, isn't working well

Eleven North Portland Neighborhood Associations and about 19 non-profit orgs are supported under the North Portland Neighborhood Services (NPNS) umbrella. This organization is housed in the Historic Kenton Firehouse. NPNS is part of Portland's Office of Community and Civic Life (OCCL) which is part of Comm Dan Ryan's portfolio.
In recent years the OCCL has been in turmoil as it passed through two single-term city commissioners, and had its Director, fired. Now with Comm Dan Ryan, the office still struggles
to competently perform its assigned functions. A recent example is when OCCL allowed required liability insurance, covering neighborhood association and non-profit organization
board members, to expire. What had been a routine event turned into a disaster. Without city required and city funded liability insurance, several organizations ceased operations to protect
their volunteer board members from potential liability exposure.
That is one of the reasons that NPTL closed for several weeks in October of 2022.

Efforts to renew the insurance coverage resembles a Keystone Cops skit. Lists of insured parties are repeatedly submitted with key member organizations missing. Errors are pointed out, corrected organizational lists are provided to OCCL, and then their mistakes are repeated. Competent supervision within that organization is lacking. Our organizations are repeatedly
assured that insurance coverage has been reinstated, but OCCL is unable to send documentation proving that is true. In fact, OCCL Management sends documentation not related to the insurance in question and provides insurance documents that do not list all of the covered organizations. Let's face it, if a claim is filed and your organization is not listed as "an insured" then you have NO COVERAGE! Not being on the list is a real big omission!

We need you to email Commissioner Ryan right away at: [email protected]
to ask him to push the staff at the Office of Community and Civic Life to respond to us about insurance, and to budget for those two full time staff at the North Portland Neighborhood Office.

The snow is a little too deep and the stairs have not been cleared. We want everyone to stay home and stay safe this saturday 2.25.23...we will be closed.

We wish everyone a gentle holiday season. We are closed for the rest of the year..2022. Look for us on Saturdays from 10am-2pm..in 2023.
PS..we know the website is problematic and we are trying to get it back up and running. This is what happens when you have volunteers that leave..you forget who has the passwords and the recovery phone numbers

Dear Community Members,
Due to some unforeseen circumstances we will be closed this Saturday October 8th. We hope to be able to open back up on Tuesday the 11th, but we do not know yet. We will remove any fines that you might receive for late tools.
Thank you for understanding
NPTL Board

WE will be closed on Saturday August 6th, CJ needs a short vacation. We think he deserves it. Don't worry there will be no late fines.

Summer Tuesdays at the Tool Library are back! We are happy to announce that we will be open from 6-7pm on Tuesday evenings for the summer ☀️

Great for dropping off tools if you’ll be away the weekend they are due back for stopping by to grab a last minute item for a project.

As always, we will still see you every Saturday from 10-2pm!

Please join us on
Saturday May 7th from 10-1pm for our Veggie Plant Sale.
Hosted by KwaSha Enterprise.

👋Hi North Portland Tool Library friends! We’ve got an update for our mask policy here at the library…

- No mask is required if you’re outside returning tools or picking up anything from the yard.

- Masks are still required if you’re venturing down into the basement. It’s such a small, non ventilated area so we want to be extra careful.

- Please continue to be compassionate and understanding ♥️😷

See you Saturday’s from 10-2pm!

❄️✨ The tool library will be closed for the rest of 2021! (Only cause our Saturday’s fall during holiday weekends).

From all of us at NPTL, we wish you a very wonderful and warm holiday season. Can’t wait to see all you in the New Year. Cheers to another year of tool renting!

Hello! Hope everyone had a wonderful, and filling, holiday. We will be closed this Saturday for the day. Most folks see to be out of town or still recovering from a food coma.

We will be back next Saturday, 12.4 for all your tool needs! See you later 🦃

Saturday 10-2pm is our last day for a bit. We are only going to be collecting tools in preparation for our pause on rentals. If you have tools, please come on by the library to drop them off and give us a farewell wave 👋

Once we know when we can safely reopen, you’ll be the first to know! Keep an eye on your email and socials for updates. Dream up your next big projects and keep building!

🪚 We have some unfortunate news to share with everyone, the tool library will have to close down for a bit. Here’s how it’s going to work…

🟢 Open Saturday, Sept 11 10-2pm for tool rentals and returns
🔵 Open Saturday, Sept 18 10-2pm for tool returns only
🔴 Not open on Tuesdays

After that we will be closed until we get further notice. Be on the lookout for an email with more details. We will share out what we know as we know it!

Pleaseeeeee be sure to stop by either Saturday to return any tools you have checked out before we go into hibernation mode.

North Portland Tool Library updated their business hours.

👋 Hi friends! Just a reminder that we will be closed this Labor Day weekend, 9.4.21. If you have tools rented out, you can either stop by this Tuesday to the Library to return them from 6-7pm or wait till the following Saturday. We will be waiving the return fees for the Saturday we are closed.

Tool Members we have some great news! We will be open on Tuesdays from 6-7pm for tool drop off any any quick rentals you might need.

It’s only an hour, so it might be a little hectic with drop offs. If you do need to grab something, take a look at our inventory online. This will make it easier to know what tool you need!

We will also be phasing out the reservation system. Now that we have the capacity to let members back into the basement, we can resume our regular tool perusing! 🙂

The right to repair things that break is very important. It's sad when we have to dump tools because the cost of repair is more expensive than the tool..or worse yet you can not get the tool open to repair it.

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak: 'It's time to recognize the right to repair' Woz is throwing his weight behind the "right to repair" movement.

I hope everyone survived the heat the last 3 days. We will be closed Saturday July 3rd. All tools that were due on July will be extended to July 10th.
Remember this year Portland Fire & Rescue has banned all fireworks....everything out there is tinder dry. Don't burn down your house or your neighbors house. Stay safe out there.

https://www.kptv.com/news/effective-immediately-portland-fire-rescue-issues-ban-on-all-fireworks/article_2983a1b0-d8ea-11eb-874a-bf789349cac5.html

Effective immediately: Portland Fire & Rescue issues ban on all fireworks PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) - Portland Fire & Rescue has issued an immediate ban on the use of all fireworks ahead of the Fourth of July holiday weekend.

Hey tool members! With all the new guidelines coming out in that past week, we wanted to give you an update on ours. We ask that if you are going downstairs into the tool library to please wear a mask 😷. Because it’s such a small space downstairs, we will be limiting the amount of members in the area at a time.

If you’re outside in the yard, and have been vaccinated, we don’t mind seeing your smiling face 😃! Just continue to be courteous about the space around you.

Overall, we ask for you to please continue to practice compassion. Every persons situation is different and we want to make sure to keep each other safe ♥️.

This is what WE are asking of you, our members, to practice while you come get tools. Can’t wait to see you this Saturday!

Hi there friends 👋
We are back open on Saturday from 10-2pm! Hope to see you at our library

Hey Tool Community.....We get a lot of great tools donated to us from folks downsizing. The biggest problem is a lot of tools are not repairable, or the replacement parts cost almost as much as a new tool. Fasteners are hidden making it impossible to take a tool apart without breaking the tool. PLEASE consider signing the Right To Repair petition...ask the legislature to make companies accountable for their tools. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdbd8O60z4eQhAEZBR7Kexa_PFatQFY4pCri288FEnDbREATg/viewform

I Support Right to Repair Dear Legislator, Consumer electronics like smartphones, laptops, tablets have come to play integral roles in our lives. Unfortunately, the more indispensable they’ve become, the more they have filled up our landfills. In fact, according to a 2013 report from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agenc...

Hello Wonderful North Portland Tool Library members and supporters,
We have opened back up with limited hours Saturdays 10am-2pm. We have a new Tool/Volunteer Coordinator and they are getting trained and are almost ready to take over where Darin left off. We are currently reserving tools through the website. You can go to the Covid-19 tab and registar. This will allow folks that are already members to reserve tools and see what is currently in the tool library. If you have tools that were checked out when we closed back in March..you do not have to make an appointment to drop them off, please just bring them back to us so we can get them back into rotation. Thank you for your patience while we work through this new process and get back to loaning out tools.

North Portland Tool Library added a button to help you learn more about them.

The North Portland Tool Library is hiring! Please share. http://northportlandtoollibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Volunteer-Coordinator-Job-Description-and-Application.pdf?fbclid=IwAR3DF4PlJ8G4qRw0gzcbndgmDt9t8nRz2yWc9oVJ7VI_QnK8FS2xMnPms0Y