Portland Repair Finder is more than a directory. It intends to serve Portlanders as a community hub for repair work, unifying disparate parts into a community of people who value repair.
Our goal is to reduce logistical barriers as much as possible while building a case for repair as a relevant, valuable and fun practice. We gauge success both by the number of objects repaired, and by success in positioning the practice of repair as a meaningful alternative to business-as-usual consumer culture. Alongside reduce, reuse and recycle, let’s add repair as the 4th R of sustainability.
Portland Repair Finder is:
Joel Newman, Sara Quinn and Kory Northrup