Hosford-Abernethy Neighborhood Development

The 2010 Southeast Area Art Walk is scheduled for Saturday & Sunday, March 6 & 7.

Preview art and find out more:
www.SEAreaArtWalk.com

February 18th, 2010 | Category: Events, _All |  Print This Post |  Email This Post | Leave a comment

Here’s a request from Abernethy Elementary School’s Garden of Wonders Coordinator Sarah Sullivan:

Specifically we’re looking for team-leaders to help facilitate groups of people/kids working. You don’t have to be a gardening expert: Me and Nori can direct you, but we’re feeling spread thin and I don’t think we can facilitate all the awesome people showing up on Saturday (including about 10-15 middle schoolers!)

And we REALLY need tools:
Shovels
Wheetbarrows
Clippers
More »

February 18th, 2010 | Category: Schools, Sustainability, _All |  Print This Post |  Email This Post | Leave a comment

These open houses will present the draft document of the design progress for the Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Project alignment and station areas. Bring your questions and comments:

Monday, February 22nd 4:30 – 6:30pm
St. Philip Neri Parish, Carvlin Hall
2408 SE 16th Ave., Portland

Thursday, February 25th 4:30 – 7:30pm
Milwaukie High School
11300 SE 23rd Ave., Milwaukie

View the Conceptual Design Report

February 18th, 2010 | Category: Land Use, Transportation, _All |  Print This Post |  Email This Post | Leave a comment

If you’re interested in staying updated on parent conversations surrounding the PPS movement to rearrange the district’s high schools, please join others in the conversation.

Informal meeting with parents:
Tuesday, Feb. 18 at 7 p.m.
Clinton St. Theater Pub

Or join the conversation on their google group:
http://groups.google.com/group/neighborhoodschools

“We are a group of elementary, middle, and high school parents concerned about the impacts that the upcoming reorganization of our high schools will have on current and future students.”

February 17th, 2010 | Category: Schools, _All |  Print This Post |  Email This Post | Leave a comment

Many of you have noticed that the empty lot at the corner of SE Ladd Avenue and Division has been paved recently and wondered what is in store for the site. The County owns the lot due to a tax forfeiture many years ago, but has worked closely with REACH Community Development Corporation in arranging grant funding to clean up contamination on the site, left from its days as a gas station. As you may remember, REACH has worked with the HAND community on its plans to construct a mixed use building which will include a mix of affordable and market rate housing units, as well as commercial spaces on the ground floor. Below is an update from Michelle Haynes of REACH.

“The asphalt cap on the site at SE Ladd Ave and Division Street has been ordered by DEQ. The function of the cap is to prevent ground water from permeating the ground and potentially causing any lingering contaminants from migrating onto the property next door. It must remain in place until construction begins; once our building is up, it will eliminate that problem. The cap will cover all but the southwest corner that abuts the alley; that will remain dirt.

Once the County finishes the cap, it can apply to DEQ for environmental clearance. This could take anywhere from one to six months, by my estimate (but hopefully, closer to one month than six). Then the County will be ready to transfer the site to REACH, a process that itself could take a month or two. So my best guess is that the property will transfer to REACH by early summer.

In the current economy, it is likely that REACH won’t be able to start construction on our building until 2012 or later. That would provide a window of at least 2 years for temporary beautification and use of the lot. REACH does not have a source of funding for temporary improvements to the lot; we’d have to work with HAND to get grant funds for that work.”

February 16th, 2010 | Category: Land Use, _All |  Print This Post |  Email This Post | Leave a comment

HAND Neighborhood Meeting
Tuesday, February 16
7 – 9 PM
St. Paul Room, St. Philip Neri (SE 16th & Division)
Land Use meeting at 6:30 p.m.

Two key items —
1) A discussion with a parent representative from the Cleveland High cluster regarding potential impacts of the high school reconfiguration (still to be finalized) and the interrelationship of healthy schools and healthy neighborhoods.

And then we’ll be talking about fun stuff like open space possibilities for our neighborhood, the Garden of Wonders, restarting our library committee and more. Hope you can join us.

AGENDAS:

Land Use Agenda (6:30 PM)
(1) Light Rail Station Area Planning Update
– Proposed location of the station area pedestrian overpass — an opportunity to weigh in
(2) Update on plans for site at SE 20th and Market

Board Agenda (7:00 PM)

Introductions

Crime Prevention Report

Treasurer’s Report

Announcements
New Business
High School Reconfiguration & its impact on our neighborhood – Mike Rosen

Dog Summit with Abernethy — Patty Fink

A Branch Library for HAND??

Updates
(1) Abernethy Garden of Wonders – Sarah Sullivan
(2) Community Open Space Opportunities
– SE 19th Ave Pocket Park & REACH Triangle Site (SE Ladd & Division)
(3) Southeast Uplift Report — Tim
(4) Portland Plan
(5) Division Streetscape
(6) (4) SB 1026-1 Change in Liquor Law

Board Issues
(1) Clean Up Plans
(2) Approval of Minutes
(3) April Bike Film Fest at 26th and Clinton

For more information, contact HAND Chair Alex Bassos, chair@handpdx.org

February 15th, 2010 | Category: Events, Meetings, _All |  Print This Post |  Email This Post | Leave a comment

The Chelsea Ballroom on lower Hawthorne has closed for business and the space in being remodeled. We are having a sale on February 13 & 14th and will be selling the contents of the ballroom to the walls as well as years of accumulated architectural salvage and other miscellaneous stuff. See below for more details:

ESTATE / REMODEL SALE
SE 9th AND HAWTHORNE BLVD
FEB 13-14 – 9:00AM-5:00PM
Contents of Historic 90 Y/o Ballroom to be Sold to the Bare Walls
300 top quality stack chairs, round and banquet tables
framed art, mirrors, kitchen items,1950’s restaurant ware
WD, DW, antique sofas and club chairs
Desks, cabinets, Art Deco lighting,chandeliers
Curtains, valences, pie safe, primitves, carpet,area rugs
More »

February 10th, 2010 | Category: Land Use |  Print This Post |  Email This Post | Leave a comment

Looking for a fun way to spend some time with your family on Valentine’s weekend? Come on down to Abernethy Elementary on Saturday, February 13th for our 2nd annual Flapjack Feed!

Doors open at 8:30 a.m. and we’re serving till 11:00 a.m.!

Entertainment by the Salmon Street Singers and Abernethy’s own music teacher David Erickson will be playing with his trio, Two Sisters and a Mister! $20 will feed your family and you’ll have fun too! (single ticket price is $6)

February 4th, 2010 | Category: Events, Schools, _All |  Print This Post |  Email This Post | Leave a comment

Several members of HAND are working to provide more information about the recent developments at the empty lot on the corner of SE Ladd & Division.

This strip of land, referred to by many as “The Triangle” was paved over this week.

If you want to know why, or find out more details about what’s going on and plans for this site, mark your calendar to attend the next neighborhood meeting, Tuesday, Feb. 16, from 7 – 9 p.m. at St. Philip Neri Church, Paulist Center, St. Paul Classroom.

A full agenda with more details is expected soon.

February 2nd, 2010 | Category: Land Use, Meetings, _All |  Print This Post |  Email This Post | Leave a comment