Hosford-Abernethy Neighborhood Development

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!

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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

Please join us for an informal conversation with State Representative Jules Bailey at our regular HAND meeting this evening, July 20th. This is an opportunity to discuss any ideas or concerns you may have. It also could be time for an update on the State budget, the previous legislative session, and what’s ahead for 2011, etc, etc.

DATE: July 20th
TIME: 7:00 PM
PLACE: St. Philip Neri (SE 16th & Division) in the Paulist Center (westernmost building on their campus)

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Here are the list of updated land use notices for our neighborhood:

Hosford-Abernethy | 06-21-10 | 1569 SE Elliott Ave | Historic Design Review – HEARING | LU 10-118051 HDZ (PDF Document, 5,257kb)
Hosford-Abernethy |7-2-10 | 2031 SE Ladd Ave | Historic Design Review – NOTICE | LU 10-148927 HDZ (PDF Document, 1,393kb)
Hosford-Abernethy |7-2-10 |1442-46 SE Hawthorne Blvd | Historic Design Review – NOTICE | LU 10-142078 HDZ (PDF Document, 3,139kb)

FYI – HAND is currently without an acting land use chair. If you’d like to get involved, please join us for our meeting, Tuesday, July 20, or email our chair, Alex Bassos: chair@handpdx.org.

July 20th, 2010 | Category: Land Use, _All |  Print This Post | Leave a comment

Safeway is looking to replace the existing on facility on SE Hawthorne with a new store at the same location in late 2011.

To the right is a color drawing of the new Hawthorne Blvd. exterior elevation, provided by Safeway Real Estate Manager Diane Phillips, as well as a site plan of the main store level and the underground parking garage.

Site Plan: Site Plan REC-approved

According to Phillips, there are no outstanding land use issues since they are in compliance with the requirements of the City of Portland Development Code.

If you’d like to comment on this update to the store, please join us for tonight’s HAND board meeting.

July 20th, 2010 | Category: Land Use, _All |  Print This Post | Leave a comment

Hosford-Abernethy Neighborhood Development Association (HAND)
Community Meeting
Tuesday, July 20, 2010, 7:00 PM
St. Philip Neri Church Paulist Center, St Paul Room
2408 SE 16th Avenue (and Division)

Agenda
Introductions
Crime Prevention
Announcements
(1) Roots of Our Neighborhood
(2) Hawthorne Street Fair/Block Party
(3) [Announce your event here]

Updates
(1) The Acupuncture Project – Adam Kuby and Michelle Travers
(2) Division Street Art – Linda
(3) Roots of our Neighborhood/Pocket Park – Amy Lewin
(4) SEUL Update – Laura Vail

Internal Board Issues
(1) Approval of minutes

Close windows and lock up St Philip Neri

If you have something you would like mentioned at this month’s meeting, please email our chair Alex Bassos at chair@handpdx.org.

July 20th, 2010 | Category: Meetings, _All |  Print This Post | Leave a comment