Join The Lloyd EcoDistrict Board

Thank you for your interest in joining the Lloyd EcoDistrict board! We are a small nonprofit with a big vision: to ensure Portland’s Lloyd neighborhood is one of the most sustainable neighborhoods in North America, and a leader in equity, resilience, and climate protection at the local level.

Our Mission

Two adults and one child are painting a street with green paint over a white primer paint base coat. — Board members uplift and further the mission, vision, and objectives of Lloyd EcoDistrict. Here, volunteers from the community help paint a street mural, a type of placemaking project that not only beautifies the neighborhood but brings community members together creating new bonds and a more resilient community.

Lloyd EcoDistrict engages the community, forms partnerships, and develops programs that create a connected, prosperous, and resilient neighborhood.

How We Work

We set goals and implement initiatives in Lloyd that promote climate protection, equity, and resilience. We prioritize projects addressing connectivity, health & wellbeing, living infrastructure, peace, place, prosperity, and resource regeneration.

Upcoming Projects

Lloyd is a neighborhood brimming with potential. We have an array of exciting projects on the horizon, including future development around Lloyd and Lower Albina, the launch of the Portland Clean Energy Fund, collaborations with city leaders on planning updates, master planning efforts, climate action, affordable housing initiatives, and fundraising efforts such as the 2023 Give!Guide. As a board member, you’ll have the opportunity to shape these groundbreaking projects and contribute to our dynamic neighborhood’s evolution.

Joining Our Board

Lloyd EcoDistrict is managed by a volunteer Board of Directors who provide strategic direction and financial oversight for the organization. We strive to make being part of the Board of Directors as accessible and rewarding an experience as possible, and we offer all new board members orientation, training, and mentoring so they can thrive.

Currently, we’re seeking new board members committed to equity, resilience, and climate, and who are ready to roll up their sleeves to help implement our community-driven plan for a connected and prosperous neighborhood.

We value having a broad range of personal and professional experiences and skills represented on the board in order to most effectively serve the entire neighborhood. As we expand our board in 2023, we are planning to pay particular attention to ensuring increased representation of people who identify as BIPOC and/or LGBTQIA+; youth and/or seniors, Lloyd residents and/or business owners; people who have experienced housing insecurity; and/or people with a public safety and/or mental health background.

A board position is a great way to use your skills and passion to give back to the community. Join us to help shape the future of our neighborhood, city, and region. We hope you’ll consider joining us!

Apply Here

FAQ’s & Role Desicription Here

Recent Accomplishments

You can find more information about our projects at ecolloyd.org. Here are some highlights:

A Nationally Certified EcoDistrict

In 2022, Lloyd EcoDistrict became recognized as a nationally-certified EcoDistrict, with a community-developed plan to promote equity, resilience, and climate protection on the neighborhood level.

Conducted a two-year process to gather and synthesize the input of hundreds of stakeholders about their vision of place, prosperity, health & wellbeing, living infrastructure, resource regeneration, connectivity, and peace in Lloyd.
Developed a 2030 Roadmap with specific targets and benchmarks, and strategies to be implemented over the coming decade.

A Living Laboratory for Sustainability

Lloyd EcoDistrict’s Energy Action Plan targets a 33% reduction in building energy use by 2035.

Our LED retrofit installation program, LAMP, provides energy reduction, cost savings, and direct social & community benefits.

A man wearing a safety helmet install a LED light overhead in a room with an orange wall. — Board members contribute their experience, knowledge, skills, and expertise to advancing the programmatic activities of the organization. For example, board members with experience in energy and property management, are key to providing strategic direction on our carbon reduction programs, like LAMP.

Board Members support the continued success of Lloyd EcoDistrict by contributing resources of time, networks, and/or funds as they are able. Projects, like building tiny homes, cannot happen without board members helping to facilitate new partnerships or supporting fundraising efforts.

Board members are requested to sit on at least one standing or ad hoc committee as needed. Committees may include grant development, annual fundraising event, roadmap and program implementation, executive committee, etc. For example, over the past two years, one committee was instrumental in assisting staff plan outreach activities to make sure our 2030 Roadmap included voices and perspectives from across our community.

Board members contribute their experience, knowledge, skills, and expertise to advancing the programmatic activities of the organization. For example, board members with experience in energy and property management, are key to providing strategic direction on our carbon reduction programs, like LAMP.

Board Members support the continued success of Lloyd EcoDistrict by contributing resources of time, networks, and/or funds as they are able. Projects, like building tiny homes, cannot happen without board members helping to facilitate new partnerships or supporting fundraising efforts.

Board members are requested to sit on at least one standing or ad hoc committee as needed. Committees may include grant development, annual fundraising event, roadmap and program implementation, executive committee, etc. For example, over the past two years, one committee was instrumental in assisting staff plan outreach activities to make sure our 2030 Roadmap included voices and perspectives from across our community.

A Model for True Resiliency

The Right 2 Dream Too (R2DToo) homeless emergency rest area moved into the Lloyd neighborhood in 2017. Lloyd EcoDistrict helped ensure R2DToo got up and running quickly and resiliently. Learn more.

Local Partners

“Our partners in the area…bring things to the table that are unique to them and when you put them together the sum of parts creates a synergy that has made Lloyd EcoDistrict one of the most renowned EcoDistricts in the country.”
– Sheila Holden, PacifiCorp; past Lloyd EcoDistrict Board Chair

American Assets Trust
Audubon Society of Portland
Bonneville Power Administration
Calaroga Terrace
Central City Concern
City Repair
Colliers International
DoubleTree
EcoDistricts
Energy Trust Oregon
Forth
Friends of Green Loop
GBD Architects
Go Lloyd
Green Sports Alliance
Hassalo on Eighth
Holladay Park Plaza
Justice for Keaton Otis Collective
Kalberer Company
Lloyd Center
Lloyd Community Association
Lloyd Enhanced Services District
Metro Regional Government
Oregon Convention Center
PacifiCorp
Portland Bureau of Emergency Management
Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability
Portland Parks and Recreation
Portland Pedal Power
Portland Trail Blazers/Rose Quarter
Prosper Portland
Right 2 Dream Too
RWDI
The Louisa Flowers
Wells Fargo

For a complete description of what being a board member entails, see the Board of Directors Role Description here and complete the application here. Contact us with any questions.