Love City Programs
Mighty Oak Academy
Mighty Oak Academy is a K-8, community school in the Portland neighborhood. We seek to empower our students by providing them with knowledge and resources to help support them in every area of their lives. Our five pillars are academics, nutrition, physical education, social-emotional learning, and parent partnerships. By helping equip them in multiple areas of their lives, we hope to encourage them to be community minded problem-solvers and lifelong learners.
Porkland BBQ
Porkland BBQ is a catering business that creates jobs in the community as well as creates economic sustainability for Mighty Oak Academy. Porkland BBQ offers hickory-smoked meat and hand crafted sides.
Merriment Thrift
Merriment Thrift provides neighbors near and far with a dignifying shopping experience with affordable prices. Whether you have a kid looking for some new clothes for school, or it is time for a new pot and pan, stop by and check us out.
St Cecilia Tees
St. C’s Tees is a custom apparel screen printing shop. It allows us to be able to create custom apparel for local businesses while also providing economic stimulation to help support Mighty Oak Academy.
Fish Frydays
Fish Frydays started in 2015 as a way to pay the bills for the gym so that kids could come in and play basketball after school. Through all the different stages of Love City’s journey, the Fish Fry has always been there, bringing people in our community together for a nice meal every Friday.
Love City Community Gardens
Love City has two coded USDA urban farms with high tunnels and rainwater collection systems. These properties provide Mighty Oak Academy students an opportunity to learn how to grow fresh fruits and vegetables and provide our culinary arts programs fresh produce to utilize.
Love City Internships
Love City Internships are designed to help individuals learn how to develop community and Love those around them. It equips interns with work experience in multiple areas such as business, food service, and education. It also allows interns to stay on campus and experience life in an urban setting.
Hustleville
Hustleville is an Entrepreneurship program for adults that helps take learners from an idea to a fully functional business by the end of the course, along with other community business leader connections. The curriculum has also been converted into a K-8 friendly version that is taught at Mighty Oak Academy.
Volunteering Love City
At Love City, we seek to bring neighbors near and far together to help revitalize our neighborhood. Whether you are looking for a one time group project or a weekly role we have plenty of ways to get involved. Weekly individual volunteer opportunities include tutoring Mighty Oak Students, helping out at our Fish Fry, lawn care, and facility maintenance opportunities. If you have a passion or special talent that you would like to contribute to the mission of Love City please reach out, we would love to talk to you about what that could look like.