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change.orgFeedback form“My daughter, Ruby, and my Mom have made Lloyd their hangout spot for years and become closer for doing so. When they first started going there it was full mall 90s retrograde. Ruby was 5 and my mom 65. They could walk inside, be warm, watch pro skaters and an elderly couple trying ice skating for the first time alike, eat a giant baked pretzel, and giggle about the teens giggling as they (safely!) get their teen on. Some experts get snacks and sit in comfy chairs and look at books. They still do all of that at Lloyd Center, today. Ruby went to a silent roller disco in the abandoned Marshals and I mall walk with silly Ferverants to learn about Lloyd history, hoping to hang on to some old Portland. An escape room, lego store, a spot market bizarre, DMV turned club, Trackers Earth, a pinball museum, chess club ... Lloyd has become an island that small businesses and immigrants create and grow, despite decay not because. I ask you, Portland: where will the teens go? Where will the old black Dad and his son play chess? and I ask where would the teens hang out, flirt, skate, go to the movies, shop at hot topic, and be safe and warm?
Unless the builders are building a budding and free teen center with an ice rink, they aren't doing one useful thing for the city. But they are getting a helping hand, anyway. Get out of Lloyd's way and she will step in to glory on her own.” -Megan
“I go to school at the Lloyd Center Mall and it's such a beautiful community of people. From staff to shoppers, it's just incredible. the demolition of this mall would cause the community built here to fall apart. The mall has created a place for artists and creative minds to share their passion and none of us can afford to lose that. Don't let greed trample human expression.” -Peyton
“The current iteration of Lloyd Center is so delightful and unique. I’ve taken so many folks, both visitors from out of town and Portlanders who only knew it when it was super corporate, and everyone has been charmed by the shops and the passion of the owners. We should be nourishing what makes Lloyd successful, not tearing it down and starting from scratch. But if the parking lots and old big box stores get replaced with something more space-efficient, I won’t be mad” -Melinda
“The Lloyd Center is on the cusp of being a brand-new entity to the United States, the description of which has been beautifully stated by other supporters. Knowing this, I encourage you to think ahead to the city's long-term financial benefit of having another jewel -- a one-of-a-kind hub attraction -- in Portland's crown. I also encourage you to consider that if we want dense cities like Portland to be that trinity of environmentally considerate, responsive to climate change, *and* socially+culturally ideal for its human residents, the Lloyd Center is becoming just such a rare and valuable 'soft city' architectural lodestone for you. All you need do is protect, incubate, and continue to invest in it to reap incredible benefit on literally all fronts. Preserving the Lloyd Center's current iteration makes long-term fiscal, cultural, social, and infrastructural sense.” -J
“Artists, creatives, and eccentrics built Portland's 21st century reputation, the one that put the city into the national consciousness and rocketed it up the lists of best places to live. With the population and real estate boom that followed, the cost of living-- rent and housing in particular-- shot up accordingly, now the same working class artists and entrepreneurs that defined the city are being priced out. Lloyd Center is one of the few remaining affordable locations for the creative class, and its loss would be a major blow to their and the Northeast's future prospects. It is a victory that the chain store hub of the Lloyd Center is starting to swap out its failed big business retail spaces for small local businesses, it would be a real shame to squander that victory. Though Lloyd Center is not yet transformed into the kind of indoor market it could be, people there see the seeds of something great and quintessentially Portland waiting to blossom with a little help from new tenants, artists, attention, and time.” -Osra
“The infrastructure is already in place. The expense is in allowing an affordable onramp to the community services and business seeds that Portlanders already have. That expense will yield returns far beyond the investment.”
“Lloyd is organically becoming a gathering place again, a glimmering little star that highlights Portland's creative residents, a revitalization of in-person, community-based and community-positive businesses & nonprofit services.”
“Keep the mall, develop the parking lots. We literally have a giant vacant lot directly across the street that has been fenced off and unused for years. Why are we not developing that?”
“Born in 2006 and remember going here almost every weekend when the food court barely had seats and crowds overtook every passageway. I love these memories to death and I’m still happy Lloyd Center still has a big opening. I’d take a time machine back to those days to see how beautiful it was here, and experience one of many joyful times with my family.”
“Small. Business. Mall. I can honestly see that being a massive new tourist draw for the city, a new era of what we’re known for! I’m picturing the food court taken over by local food trucks, shops selling locally crafted goods, some cool tattoo parlors, an art gallery or two etc.
As an artist who vends at local markets I think to would be so cool for it to be a new creative hub, it could even have its own version of the Saturday Market! There’s so much potential for this to be a home to Portlands up and coming creatives and honestly, what a vibe!”
“In our disconnected world we need community more than ever. Getting our kids out of the house and off screens is imperative. They need a safe place to go. We need a safe place to go as a family and meet up with friends. The Lloyd Center is our third place.”
“Over the past eight months, I’ve witnessed a powerful resurgence of love and community at the Lloyd Center. What began as a small weekly mall walk has grown into a movement- now drawing more than 75 people every week from across Oregon and beyond. Visitors are planning vacations around these walks, families are celebrating birthdays here, and multiple generations are coming together to rediscover or experience the Lloyd Center for the very first time.”
“I remember going to Lloyd as a kid and my dad taking me to Joe Brown's Caramel Corn. He'd always get the caramel corn, and I'd get jellybeans, hard little bricks of candy Legos, or chocolate rocks. The fact that Joe Browns is still open keeps me going sometimes. Its where I go when I want a little treat. Its on of the last places that makes feel like a little kid again. Lloyd Center has been a part of my life for so long, I don't think my heart could handle the break if it was gone.”
“I am one of the organizers of the Portland Zine Meetup that has taken place in the Lloyd Center food court every Sunday for the better half of a year. The meetups are casual, free, run by just a few community members offering up our own art supplies to share, and open to anyone to make zines and build friendships. It started in coffee shops, but when we had outgrown 3 different locations we knew our next move needed to be somewhere big. We don’t have the budget to rent space and found that libraries were a little too quiet and didn’t have the scheduling consistency we needed for a weekly social event. We kept coming back to the idea to try out the Lloyd Center food court. Now we are only 1 of 4 groups that had the same idea and can be found in the food court on Sundays sharing space and building community connections.”
“In a place being discarded for its perceived lack of value, the community that makes up the Lloyd Center today sees the potential and opportunity to create what we want to see in the world.”
“I started coming to the Lloyd Center by myself just to walk around and get my steps in but also shop occasionally and maybe get some caramel corn or a pretzel. When I heard about the Food Court 5000 mall walking group in early September 2025, I started going there to further my fitness and to socialize which I find hard to do otherwise. It's helped and changed my outlook on life.”
“I have many great memories at the Lloyd center. Most of them involve community events, like visiting the Synth Library, going to shows at Virtua gallery and ILY2, to browsing throughFloating World Comics. Lloyd center is a such a special place and I’d love to see it continue becoming a reimagined place that’s led by community.”