Hosford-Abernethy Neighborhood Development

The Hosford-Abernethy Neighborhood Development Association (HAND) is in the midst of helping plan the Division/Clinton Street Fair scheduled for Saturday, July 24, 2010.

For the first time, this 18th Annual Street Fair is sponsored jointly by the Division/Clinton Business Association and our neighborhood association, HAND.

Hours of the event are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and will span Division and Clinton streets from 12th-60th Ave. The day kicks off with a parade at 11 a.m. that will travel down Division from 50th to 20th and up Clinton to 26th.

HAND organizers are helping coordinate local entertainment and a stage for the “Seven Corners” portion of the neighborhood. Our neighborhood received a grant from Southeast Uplift to host this portion of the street fair, called “Roots of Our Neighborhood” that will have a focus on history and agriculture in our neighborhood over the last 100 years. We are currently looking for vendors, entertainment, local artists and others who would like to participate in this portion of the fair. Contact Amy Lewin (see below) for details!

The success of the street fair and this event is dependent upon its volunteers!

YOU CAN JOIN THE FUN!
VOLUNTEERS & PARTICIPANTS NEEDED
CALL: 503-774-2832

Help make this year’s street fair a success!
There are many ways to help.

Join other volunteers to put up balloons at businesses & vendor areas between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. on July 24th from 60th -12th on Division and 27th to 14th on Clinton. Register vendors, help staff the information booth, be in the parade, empty garbage boxes, or help clean up at 5 pm. More »

June 9th, 2010 | Category: Events |  Print This Post | Leave a comment

Come and get the skinny on Chef Nicole’s trip to the White House!

Abernethy’s Nicole Hoffmann met with other Chefs from around the nation to help launch first lady Michelle Obama’s Chefs Move to Schools program. Read more details here:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/05/13/chefs-move-schools

And there is a revolution happening right in our school kitchen. Nicole is also making great strides to improve school lunch district-wide. Come hear more and bring the kids!

When: Monday, June 14th 6:00 pm
Where: Abernethy Elementary School Auditorium

June 8th, 2010 | Category: _All |  Print This Post | Leave a comment

Here’s your chance to help support St. Philip Neri Parish and all that they do for our neighborhood. St. Philip Neri is centrally-located in the HAND neighborhood and hosts our monthly neighborhood association meetings. This is a great opportunity to treat the family to night out while also helping support a local organization facing financial hardship.

Help Support St. Philip Neri Parish
Parish Fundraiser – Burgerville Night
Thursday, June 10th
6 – 9 PM
Hawthorne Burgerville
1122 SE Hawthorne Blvd.

Come enjoy a meal at the local Hawthorne Burgerville on Thursday, June 10th from 6 -9 PM in support of St. Philip Neri Parish. Ten-percent of sales will go to support St. Philip’s.

June 8th, 2010 | Category: _All |  Print This Post | Leave a comment

The following information was sent out by our neighborhood’s crime prevention coordinator to local business associations. It’s a good reminder for everyone to be aware of their surroundings.

The recent “hot spot” on the east side of the river for commercial burglaries is in inner-Southeast and does include a portion of lower DCBA (Division/Clinton Business Association). It’s very important for all business owners to be aware of any suspicious activity around your business as well as your neighbors and to contact non-emergency right away if you see something that just doesn’t look right. Please feel free to contact me with any questions or if you are interested in a CPTED at your business. -From Havilah Ferschweiler, Southeast Crime Prevention Coordinator, Office of Neighborhood Involvement, City of Portland.

Commercial Burglary Alert – word document

June 7th, 2010 | Category: Crime, _All |  Print This Post | Leave a comment

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 Convergence check out: http://cityrepair.org/2010/05/the-10th-annual-village-building-convergence/

June 7th, 2010 | Category: Events, Sustainability, _All |  Print This Post | Leave a comment

The Division/Clinton Business Association received a small grant to restore the “Commerce and Community” mural on Rite Aid’s front wall at SE 39th & Division (in the Richmond Neighborhood).

The process starts June 12th from noon to 3:00 PM with a thorough cleaning.

Rin Carroll Jackson, our original artist, will oversee the process as well as do the repair and repainting thanks to a small grant from the APNBA. More »

June 3rd, 2010 | Category: _All |  Print This Post | Leave a comment

Saturday, July 10
Sierra Club’s Oregon Chapter Offices
1821 SE Ankeny (in the Buckman neighborhood)

This is their second annual “Sierra Club Shindig.” Last year they restyled the event in a way that embraces the Sierra Club’s volunteer and activist culture. “Instead of a costly, formal annual dinner, we now throw what is essentially a neighborhood block party and BBQ at our office in Portland. We’ve found this model to be much more accessible to our members, affords us a better opportunity to educate the public about our work in Oregon, and it has proven to be a fun and successful volunteer appreciation and fundraising event,” says organizer Russ Rotondi. More »

June 3rd, 2010 | Category: _All |  Print This Post | Leave a comment

Please join the friends and family of Stella Monteverde-Cakebread, 9 year-old daughter of local business owner Dayna Cakebread and Fernando Monteverde, for a day of family fun and entertainment, and an evening of local music and dance troupes.

Held at @Large Studios, 807 NE Couch Street, the daytime event will run from 12pm – 4pm and will feature music by Kode Bluuz, interactive theatre with Katie O’Grady, Double Dutch with the Jumping Jackie O’s, arts and crafts tables, a raffle with great prizes, food & drinks, and more!
More »

June 3rd, 2010 | Category: _All |  Print This Post | Leave a comment

A Forum on Our Regional Water Supply
Friday and Saturday, June 4 & 5, 2010
First Unitarian Church, 12th and SW Salmon, Portland OR

Most Portlanders and Oregonians think water is abundant and clean and cheap. And they think that it will stay that way. But with the climate crisis and private corporations wanting to make a quick buck, the character of our water resource may change quickly. More »

June 3rd, 2010 | Category: Events, _All |  Print This Post | Leave a comment