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

Division Streetscape and Street Reconstruction

The Division Streetscape and Reconstruction Project, under the direction of the Portland Bureau of Transportation, will develop a transportation and streetscape plan for City Council adoption. The plan will develop design alternatives with the input and involvement of...

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Washington High School Community Center

The Portland Parks and Recreation Bureau has initiated the next phase of the Washington High School Community Center project. The scope of the project is to develop a new community center in inner-southeast Portland that will serve people of all ages and abilities and...

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Current HAND Land Use Notices

Conversion of existing garage into an accessory dwelling unit: Hosford-Abernethy | 04-08-09 | 2405 SE Ladd Avenue | Historic Design Review - NOTICE | LU 09-116288 HDZ (PDF Document, 879kb) See Portland Online to download the notice, and for all additional current...

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Bull Run Watershed Meeting, Saturday April 11

Re: Efforts Needed to Secure Federal Relief from the EPA's Misguided LT2 Rule Where: Glencoe Elementary School Auditorium 825 SE 51st Street When: Saturday, April 11  10am-12am As we discussed at last month's Green Team meeting, without legislative...

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Abernethy School Auction, Saturday, April 4

The Abernethy 2009 Prom & Auction will be held on Saturday, April 4, 2009 at The Melody Ballroom from 6pm until well after the kids’ bedtimes. · 6 pm Silent Auction · 7:30 pm Dinner & Live auction · 9 pm Dancing With DJ Gregarious Advance tickets are $20 per...

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Train Horn Noise, TriMet Open House

Please mark your calendar for this Open House next week. Several people in our neighborhood are concerned about train horn noise with the expected arrival of light rail passing through our neighborhood. If you would like to get involved, attend this meeting and...

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HAND Sustainability Meeting, Tuesday 3/31

Hosford-Abernethy Neighborhood Development Association (HAND) Sustainability Meeting & Discussion Tuesday, March 31, 2009, 7:00 PM St. Philip Neri Church Paulist Center 2408 SE 16th Avenue (and Division) Join the discussion on neighborhood sustainability projects and...

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A Community Center for Inner SE — At Last!

If you are interested in getting involved with creating a community center to serve our inner-southeast neighborhood, this meeting is a great place to start! Washington Monroe Community Center Open House!!! Thursday, April 9th 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Central Catholic High...

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Bike & Streetcar Open House, May 5

Mark your calendar for this Open House coming up in May! From: "Wong, Nancy" Throughout the month of May, the Bicycle Master Plan Update project and the Portland Streetcar System Plan will be presenting their plans for public review and comment at the series of open...

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SE Clay Green Street Open House!

Thursday, April 2, 2009 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Olympic Mills Conference Center (formerly the B&O Building) First Floor Common Areas 107 SE Washington Avenue Portland, OR 97214 The City of Portland has completed concept designs of the SE Clay Green Street Project. Get...

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