A site for all who live, work and play in our inner-southeast Portland neighborhood.
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Village Building Convergence is wrapping up at St. David’s on SE 28th & Harrison. Today, volunteers are putting the finishing touches on the tile mosaic along the sidewalk in front of the church’s parking lot. Thanks to all the neighbors who helped support such a festive weekend! For more information about the Village Building [...]
The Community Design Plan for SE Clay Street (between SE 12th and the River) can now be viewed on line. Lynda Wysong is the artist who was commissioned to gather ideas, conduct a community workshop and produce the art plan for the Clay Street Green Street referenced below. To see a pdf go to: http://www.portlandonline.com/bes/index.cfm?c=47012& [...]
After several months of discussions with designers, engineers and experts from PBOT, volunteers on the Division Streetscape Reconstruction Project’s Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC) have composed a Consensus Letter to be presented to City Council. Click here to read a copy of the letter from the committee. PBOT’s presentation on the Division Streetscape Project to the [...]
It’s time to clean out the garage or basement! Bring your stuff to our annual neighborhood cleanup Saturday, May 8. Drop off begins at 9 a.m. and lasts until 1 p.m. at our same location, the Cleveland High School parking lot on SE 26th Ave., please enter on Franklin Street & exit onto SE 26th. [...]
At this month’s HAND board meeting, Adam Boesel, the owner of The Green MicroGym in Northeast Portland presented a creative idea to neighbors. If you’d like to see a Green MicroGym built in our area, sign their petition of support. The goal is to have 300 immediate neighbors sign on in support of the idea [...]
There are lots of community activities happening at the old church on the hill. Check our their website or drop in for a visit! St. David of Whales Episcopal Church 2800 SE Harrison Street. http://www.saintdavidpdx.org/index.html This month the’ve added music a “Music Studio on Harrison Hill” providing music lessons in violin, flute, voice and piano. [...]
This year’s Village Building Convergence by City Repair is in our neighborhood! Please plan to come out to show your support and help neighbors make steps to improve the grounds at St. David’s Episcopal Church. Dates: May 28th – June 6th Theme: Intersection – Reclaiming the Crossroads Central Venue: 2800 SE Harrison St., Portland, OR [...]
Slated to open May 1, 2010, the SE Portland Tool Library is an all-volunteer library of home and garden tools that may be borrowed free of charge by SE Portland residents. We’re just like a library that lends books, we just happen to deal in saws, hammers, rakes, ladders, and now seeds! Membership will be [...]
