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
Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Citizens Advisory Committee Meeting, Feb. 17
The next meeting of the Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Project Citizens Advisory Committee is Thursday, February 17, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend. Location: Holgate Plaza TriMet Offices, 1625 SE Holgate Blvd, Portland. More
SE Area Art Walk, March 5 & 6, 2011
Best Portland Art Walk! March 5 & 6, 2011 Over 150 artists, many in "native environments" will be showing their works and meeting art lovers over the first weekend of March. What a wonderful way to spend a day...wandering around Southeast Portland, experiencing...
Stay Engaged and “Opt-In” with Metro
Below is information on new online tool, developed by Metro, that will help engage more citizens across the region and gather public opinion to inform policymaking decisions. The tool is called Opt In, and the goal is to create a timely and cost-effective way for the...
Abernethy Pruning Workshop and Spring Clean Up!
The announcement below is from Tom, the Food & Garden Educator at Abernethy Elementary School. Everyone from the neighborhood is welcome to attend! Pruning Workshop and Spring Cleanup hosted by: Abernethy School Kitchen Garden February 27th, 10am-1pm Abernethy parent...
Historic Preservation and the Portland Plan
The Portland Plan: Historic Preservation’s Future Saturday, February 12, 2011 10:00 am – Noon All Tickets: $10 The past 18 months of the Portland Plan “update†have been loaded with meetings, forums, websites to monitor, and a crush of additional issues that...
UPDATED 2/9/11: Bioswale Construction in the Neighborhood
Have you caught yourself going down a side street you regularly turn on just to discover it's been closed for construction? Construction for the Bureau of Environmental Services' Tabor to the River project is well underway in parts of our neighborhood. To get a better...
PBOT Open House for Central Eastside, Feb. 22
CENTRAL EASTSIDE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT PARKING MANAGEMENT PLAN COMMUNITY WORKSHOP Tuesday, February 22, 2011 from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. @Large Film Studios, 807 NE Couch Street We want your input and insight! You are invited to learn about the work the Stakeholder Advisory...
Equity in Education: A Level Playing Field? Tuesday, Feb 8th
A panel discussion from the League of Women Voters: Tuesday, February 8, 7:00 pm Board Room, Multnomah County Building, 501 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland How do school districts use the resources available to them to help every child succeed? The LWV of Portland has...
Washington High Community Center – Project Status
For those interested in finding out the latest on the Washington High Community Center project, please take note of the upcoming meeting: The meeting scheduled for Thursday, February 24th has been reschedule for Monday, February 28th. There was a conflict with a...
Upcoming Central City 2035 Symposiums
The Central City 2035 team is continuing its Symposium Series in 2011 with four events in February and more to come in March. Each symposium is an intense and focused work session organized around one topic that is of particular importance to Portlanders and the...