Announcements
General messages from the HAND board – reminders, notices, and updates for the neighborhood.
How this works
The board posts short announcements here as they come up – upcoming meetings, meeting changes, neighborhood updates, meeting minutes, and other general notices. For forwarded newsletters for HAND, see HAND Sharing Square instead.
Latest Announcements
Hawthorne Civic Ecology Project
HAND has recently joined the Hawthorne Boulevard Business Association (HBBA) and the four other neighborhoods that border Hawthorne in a new sustainability initiative known as the Hawthorne Area Civic Ecology Project (HACE). The HACE group won a $6,000 grant from...
Save Our Elms/Ladd’s Addition Receive 2011 Landslide Award
Congratulations to board member David Kaplan and the rest of the Save Our Elms volunteers for their work in preserving the elm tree grove in our neighborhood. This fall, they were recognized by The Cultural Landscape Foundation as one of 12 places in the country...
Results of the Ladd Circle Survey
Thanks again to all who took the time to take the Ladd Circle Survey last month. We received 836 responses from people who use the circle in a variety of ways. To get to work, get to school, recreation, etc. A large majority of cyclists, drivers, and pedestrians who...
Safeway Construction Project Update and Article in The Oregonian
The Oregonian has its most detailed article yet about issues with the new Safeway, online this afternoon: http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2011/11/at_the_new_safeway_store_on_so.html Feel free to weigh in with comments online. Additionally, Safeway sent...
Sellwood Bridge Open House, Wed., Nov. 16
Sellwood Bridge open house Nov. 16 will focus on design and construction An open house for the Sellwood Bridge Project will be held on Wednesday, November 16 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Llewellyn Elementary School , 6301 SE 14th Avenue in the Sellwood Moreland...
Next HAND Meeting, Tuesday, November 15
HAND meets the third Tuesday of every month (excluding August & December). To stay informed of topics on a regular basis, please sign up for our list serv by emailing: HAND-ANNOUNCE-SUBSCRIBE@lists.riseup.net. Hosford-Abernethy Neighborhood Development Board &...
SE Mayoral Candidate Forum, Part 1, Wed., Nov. 16
Several of the neighborhood associations to the south of us have invited us to participate in a 3-session conversation with our mayoral candidates. Immediately below is an invitation to the first session with Charlie Hales on November 16th. Please invite your friends...
Community Forum On the City’s 2012 State & Federal Legislative Agendas
Thursday, November 10, 2011 6:30 – 8 PM Portland Building, Room C, 2nd floor 1120 SW 5th Ave Commissioner Fritz invites you to participate in a Community Forum to give your input into the City’s state and federal legislative agendas. This event is designed to...
The Portland Plan is Now Available!
This is reposted from our neighborhood coalition, Southeast Uplift. Please take a moment to peruse the cheat sheet here: http://www.southeastuplift.org/content/portland-plan-now-available SE Uplift encourages you to take a look at the Portland Plan and attend the...
Take the Ladd Circle Traffic Survey
A BUSY CIRCLE -- IN SEARCH OF SOLUTIONS Ladd Circle is a memorable landmark in the Hosford-Abernethy neighborhood and during commuting hours can be a very busy thoroughfare. Thousands of cyclists, drivers and pedestrians make their way through each day. In the last...