10/07/2026
Today, we officially broke ground on Alyssa Daye Gardens!
This afternoon, at The Peer Company’s Recovery Campus, we gathered with our funders, partners, staff, community and elected officials to break ground on 31 units of Permanent Supportive Housing for families in Southeast Portland.
Thank you to our guest speakers Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson, Commissioner Julia Brim-Edwards, Metro Councilor Duncan Hwang, Roberto Franco with OHCS, and Representatives for Senator Wyden and Senator Merkley.
Special thank you to our Board President, Dave Otte, for emceeing the event and being such a great partner.
As well as Jerrod Murray, Tribal Member from Rocky Boy M***ana and Executive Director of Painted Horse Recovery, for the blessing of our land where these homes will be built and our ceremony today.
These homes are named for Alyssa Daye Marsh, the oldest of five children, a devoted aunt, a fierce cheerleader, and someone who made room in her heart for absolutely everyone. She believed her family could recover and held onto that belief even when the way forward was hard to see.
Alyssa passed in September 2021 at just 34 years old.
Today, we’re honored to say her name becomes a home.
Alyssa Daye Gardens will sit right next to our Recovery Campus. Where families will have a stable place to rest, establish routines, and build beyond the next crisis. Where children will know where they will sleep at night. Where parents will have room to breathe and take the next step. Where peer support is a neighbor to the everyday work of family life.
In the words of Emily Nelson, Alyssa’s younger sister and Director of The Peer Company’s Oregon Peer Training & Innovation Center:
“As we break ground today, we carry that spirit forward: a belief in people, a place to call home for families, and room for hope to take root.”
Alyssa loved to sparkle. She knew how to shine!
Today, her light takes root in something that will hold other families’ futures for years to come.
Thank you to everyone who made this possible! Our partners, contractors, supporters, staff, elected officials, and community. We are honored to build this together.
