diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 42186d6903d3..d83156875388 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,20 @@
 ## Current develop
 
 ### Added (new features/APIs/variables/...)
+
+### Changed (changing behavior/API/variables/...)
+
+### Fixed (not changing behavior/API/variables/...)
+
+### Infrastructure (changes irrelevant to downstream codes)
+
+### Removed (removing behavior/API/varaibles/...)
+
+## Release 0.3.0
+Date: 10/29/2020
+
+### Added (new features/APIs/variables/...)
+- [[PR 317]](https://github.com/lanl/parthenon/pull/317) Add initial support for particles (no MPI support)
 - [[PR 311]](https://github.com/lanl/parthenon/pull/311) Bugfix::Restart. Fixed restart parallel bug and also restart bug for simulations with reflecting boundary conditions.  Added ability to write restart files with or without ghost cells by setting `ghost_zones` in the output block similar to other output formats.
 - [[PR 314]](https://github.com/lanl/parthenon/pull/314) Generalized `par_for` abstractions to provide for reductions with a consistent interface.
 - [[PR 308]](https://github.com/lanl/parthenon/pull/308) Added the ability to register and name `MeshBlockPack`s in the `Mesh` or in package initialization.
@@ -25,7 +39,6 @@
 - [[PR 281]](https://github.com/lanl/parthenon/pull/281) Allows one to run regression tests with more than one cuda device, Also improves readability of regression tests output.
 - [[PR 330]](https://github.com/lanl/parthenon/pull/330) Fixes restart regression test.
 
-### Removed (removing behavior/API/varaibles/...)
 
 ## Release 0.2.0
 Date: 9/12/2020
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a87e0df9f4b6..9d7e60db6769 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ else()
     "Note, that the machine file can be placed in any directory (also outside the repo).")
 endif()
 
-project(parthenon VERSION 0.2.0 LANGUAGES C CXX)
+project(parthenon VERSION 0.3.0 LANGUAGES C CXX)
 
 include(CTest)
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 315dfebe28c7..11af24a22366 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,28 +1,33 @@
 # parthenon
 
 [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/lanl/parthenon/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/lanl/parthenon)
+[![testing](https://gitlab.com/theias/hpc/jmstone/athena-parthenon/parthenon-ci-mirror/badges/develop/pipeline.svg)](https://gitlab.com/theias/hpc/jmstone/athena-parthenon/parthenon-ci-mirror/-/commits/develop)
 
-Parthenon AMR infrastructure
+Parthenon performance portable AMR framework
 
 # Community
-* [Matrix](https://riot.im/app/#/room/#parthenon-general:matrix.org)
+* [Chat room on matrix.org](https://app.element.io/#/room/#parthenon-general:matrix.org)
 
-# Required Dependencies
+# Dependencies
 
-* CMake 3.10 or greater
-* gcc or intel compiler
-* mpi
-* openMP
-* hdf5
-* kokkos
+## Required
 
-# Dependencies Other
+* CMake 3.12 or greater
+* C++14 compatible compiler
+* Kokkos 3.0 or greater
 
-* catch2
-* python3
-* h5py
-* numpy
-* matplotlib
+## Optional (enabling features)
+
+* MPI
+* OpenMP
+* HDF5 (for outputs)
+
+## Other
+
+* catch2 (for unit tests)
+* python3 (for regression tests)
+* numpy (for regression tests)
+* matplotlib (for regression tests)
 
 # Installation