National PARK(ing) Day is Friday, September 17, 2010.
In participation with this world-wide event, HAND is hosting a space at SE 19th Ave. & Division Street, the site of our proposed “Pocket Park/Green Street.”
Find out more here: http://my.parkingday.org/group/parkingdayportland/forum/topics/se-19th-and-se-division?xgs=1&xg_source=msg_share_url
To get involved in this project, please join us for an informal meeting, next Tuesday, Sept. 7, 7:00 p.m. at the Pizzicato on SE 20th & Division Street. You can also email us your thoughts and ideas! Or just mark your calendar to join us for a snack, drop by on PARK(ing) Day, Friday the 17th at SE 19th & Division.
Also, just a reminder HAND meets the third Tuesday of the month, our next meeting is coming up on Tuesday, September 21, 7 – 9 p.m. in the St. Paul Classroom at St. Philip Neri Church on SE 16th & Division. To submit an item for our agenda, please contact our HAND Chair at chair@handpdx.org.
September 2nd, 2010 | Category: Events, Pocket Park Project, _All | 
Print This Post
| Leave a comment
The Richmond Neighborhood Association invites you to a fun evening this Saturday, August 21st at Sewallcrest Park. Grab a picnic blanket and join your neighbors for a special screening of “The Lost World” — a silent film that will be accompanied by the Filmusik Chamber Orchestra.
Details:
“The Lost World”
Sewallcrest Park
SE 31st & Market St.
Saturday, August 21
Movie starts at dusk.
Free popcorn!
For a full list of sponsors, etc. visit: www.portlandparks.org
August 19th, 2010 | Category: Events, _All | Print This Post
| Leave a comment
Town Hall with Attorney General John Kroger
Oregon Attorney General John Kroger and Senator Diane Rosenbaum will be joining our State Rep. Jules Bailey for this Town Hall! This is the same day as the release of the August State Revenue report so bring your questions about the condition of Oregon’s budget, as well as about the Dept. of Justice.
The high volume of interest in this event has necessitated a location change. The Town Hall will now be at the Community Music Center, at 3350 SE Francis St.
The details:
Date: Thu., August 26, 2010
Time: 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Location: Community Music Center
Address: 3350 SE Francis St., Portland, OR 97202
Please RSVP by responding to this email (rep.julesbailey@state.or.us), or by calling 503-236-3681.
August 19th, 2010 | Category: Events, _All | Print This Post
| Leave a comment
The Hosford-Abernethy Neighborhood board meets monthly (on the third Tuesday of the month) throughout the year, though in August and December we tend to take a break.
Please join us for our next neighborhood meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 21 from 7 – 9 p.m. in the St. Paul Classroom at St. Philip Neri Church, SE 16th & Division.
For questions, comments or to add something to the agenda, please contact our board chair Alex Bassos at chair@handpdx.org.
August 19th, 2010 | Category: _All | Print This Post
| Leave a comment
You are invited!
Hosford-Abernethy Neighborhood
NATIONAL NIGHT OUT ICE CREAM SOCIAL
When: Tuesday, August 3, 2010 4:30-7:30pm
Where: Piccolo Park Between SE 26th and 27th and SE Division and SE Clinton
Meet your neighbors
Meet your police
Meet your local firemen
Run through the sprinkler…for those who are young and young at heart
Have some ice cream
What is National Night Out?
A community event, celebrated in the United States and Canada on the first Tuesday of August every year, that focuses on prevention of crime and drug activity, and is an opportunity for fun and to meet your neighbors.
Nation Night Out is designed to:
Heighten community awareness of crime and drug prevention;
Generate support for, and participation in local anti-crime programs;
Strengthen neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships; and
Send a message to criminals that neighborhoods are organized and fighting back.
Promote emergency preparedness awareness.
Please Join Us.
August 2nd, 2010 | Category: _All | Print This Post
| Leave a comment
Please join us for an informal art viewing and reception with some of the artists who photographed rain gardens and green streets as part of their PCC photography classes this past spring!
Celebrate the Art of Stormwater!
Thursday, July 29th from 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
New Seasons Cafe
SE Division and 20th
This is a thank you and recognition of their fine work and an opportunity to get inspired about what we can all do in our own yards to help the Willamette River by managing stormwater on site.
The photos are up in the cafe now, highlighting recently completed and soon to be completed private and public stormwater retrofits.
The photos are just wonderful – please come and see them on July 29th!
For more information about the reception, contact Erica Timm at 503-823-5729 or erica.timm@portlandonline.com. To learn more about the Art of Stormwater photography exhibit, visit http://www.portlandonline.com/bes/index.cfm?c=45470.
July 28th, 2010 | Category: Events, Sustainability, _All | Print This Post
| Leave a comment
The 2010 Division/Clinton Street Fair is wrapped up, the tents are almost put away…and the farmer tan isn’t all that bad…
Thanks to all of you who helped make our neighoborhood shine yesterday! With your help, we transformed two quiet and stale spaces into vibrant and compelling places to be.
Board member Wendy Kunkel took a few great photos…take a look!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/handpdx/sets/72157624452883351/
And thank YOU for lending a hand!
July 25th, 2010 | Category: Events, _All | Print This Post
| Leave a comment
Below is just a small sampling of the “Colored Pencils” performances expected to join us for the street fair this Saturday, July 24 at the 7 Corners stage (1949 SE Division), from 2 – 4 p.m.:
- Parfait Bassale – Originally from Benin, also living in Niger, Senegal, and then the U.S. “To hear Parfiat’s music is to hear genuine soul beats combining seamlessly with fresh cadenced melodies.”
- Capoiera – Brazilian fusion between dance and martial arts.
- Gary Higashi
- Ronault “Polo” Catalani – Story teller extraordinaire. Originally Indonesian Polo came to Salem as an adolescent and now works for the City of Portland and is a community leader.
- Gauri
- Bollywood Dancers – 4 dancers dancing contemporary Indian film type dance.
- Alberto Moreno – Mexican born poet.
- Rekha’s Indian dance troupe – teen traditional dancers.
- Alice Sumida and Jess Oscilla – Japanese-American, 96 year old ballroom dancer, international competition winner.
- Jeff Strange and crew – Congo drum crew.
Don’t miss it!
July 23rd, 2010 | Category: Events, _All | Print This Post
| Leave a comment
Here’s an update to what’s going on at 7 Corners for the Street Fair Saturday, July 24. We hope to see you there!
Live Music at the Ladd Triangle Stage (1949 SE Division)
12 – 1 - Children’s Musician David Hall Filling in for Dave is Children’s Musician Dave Orleans (aka -”The EarthSinger”)
1 – 2 - John Gilmore Trio
2 – 4 – Colored Pencils Art Collective (For an updated list of artists performing, click here!)
Check out a multimedia presentation on history of the Hosford-Abernethy neighborhood. Bouncy house, games, messy art on 19th Ave.! Good weather, good food and good times with neighbors, what could be a better way to celebrate your weekend!
Ladd Triangle, 1949 SE Division St.
HAND History Booth
HAND Info/T-shirts/trees, etc.
Kairos Narrative Oral History
Bishop’s Vegan Gelato
Colored Pencils – Food from Bali
Colored Pencils Art Collective
Jon Warmflash, Dentist
Portland Plan/BP&S Booth
SE 19th Ave.
HAND Park Project
BES “Tabor to the River” Project
Portland’s “Grey to Green” Project
Metro’s Mobile Garden
Muddy Boot Festival
Children’s Healing Art Project
15′ bouncy house & game trailer
kids clothing
Henna tattoo artist
Wobe Naturally
The Gilded Mirror
Pasha Boutique
July 23rd, 2010 | Category: Events, _All | Print This Post
| Leave a comment
For those of you that haven’t been by Abernethy Elementary lately, we are losing several more elm trees around the playground (on Elliott and Birch) – 6 more (“more” because we lost several last year too). They are being removed because they have Dutch Elm disease. There is another Dutch Elm hotspot in Ladd’s at Ladd & Lavender – another 6 are being removed there, and another 2 on Hemlock.
Below, for those who are interested, is some information about our elm trees:
These trees are about 100 years old and are young relative to their lifespan – American Elms reach maturity at about 150 years, and live to about 300 years. Here’s a link with more info about American Elms if you’re interested:
http://www3.northern.edu/natsource/TREESA1/Americ2.htm
Dutch Elm disease is very aggressive and has devestated many parts of the country by killing entire stands of elm trees (approx 77 million trees in the US). A lot of you know about this, but for those who don’t, we have an innoculation program – the neighborhood organization, Save Our Elms, has been innoculating the elms in Ladd’s for 15 years -about 1/3 of the trees are innoculated each year, so that all trees get innoculated once every 3 years. The fungicide that is injected is not a cure or total prevention – it basically slows the progression of the disease.
Other than the innoculations, the other things that help the trees are pruning (when dormant and with a permit) and checking the trees’ leaves for wilting. If you see wilting leaves at the tops/crowns of the trees, you should call the Urban Forestry Division at 503-823-4489.
There is a person with the Urban Forestry Division that serves solely as the Elm Monitor – it’s a seasonal position and the current person is Danielle Fuchs. If you have questions, her number is 503-823-8859.
Another good source of info is the Save Our Elms website www.saveourelms.org
July 22nd, 2010 | Category: History, Sustainability, _All | Print This Post
| Leave a comment
National PARK(ing) Day is Friday, September 17, 2010.
