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
Street Renaming/Historic Info on Grand Ave
As indicated earlier the City is considering a request to rename Broadway, 39th or Grand Avenue in honor of Cesar Chavez. For information on the entire process please scroll down to the bottom of this message. Thanks to one of the historians living in our...
Advisory Committee for New Community Center
Things are starting to move again on our long held plans to develop an inner Southeast Community Center at the former Washington/Monroe High School site near SE 12th & Alder. The Parks Bureau is setting up a citizen advisory committee to guide the next phase of the...
Time to Plan the Muddy Boots Festival
St. Philip Neri's Muddy Boot Organic Festival A Soulful Celebration of Sustainable Living St. Philip Neri's 4th annual Muddy Boot Organic festival will take place September 11th - 13th, 2009. The parish is currently recruiting for a few people to help with the event...
Benefits of Trees Workshop
Persuasion and the Benefits of Urban Trees A free 3-hour workshop March 30, 2009 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. Location: Northwest Natural 220 NW 2nd Ave. 4th Floor Conference Room Portland, Oregon Geoffrey Donovan, USFS researcher, will quickly cover dozens of recent studies,...
Community Advocacy In Action
Neighbors West-Northwest, CAT and Sisters Of The Road Present an Interactive Community Forum Tues. March 31, 2009 6:00-8:00 PM First United Methodist Church, Collins Hall 1838 SW Jefferson, Portland OR Join new city Commissioner Amanda Fritz and Portland-based...
Crime Prevention Information at your Fingertips
From our SE Crime Prevention Coordinators at the Portland Police Bureau: We are actually lucky in Portland to have many of our crime statistics dropping each year. Part of that decrease is due to neighbors getting involved in block watches, foot patrols and being...
DRAFT – HAND Meeting Minutes, February, 2009
Hosford-Abernethy Neighborhood Development Association (HAND) Monthly Community and Board Meeting February 17, 2009, St. Phillip Neri Board members present: Chair Alex Bassos, Vice Chair Linda Nettekoven, Secretary Carolyn Brock, Treasurer Matthew Masini, Frank Dufay,...
Next HAND Meeting, Tuesday, Feb. 17
Hosford-Abernethy Neighborhood Development Association (HAND) Community/ Board Meeting Tuesday, February 17th, 2008, 7:00 PM Land Use meeting from 6:30 to 7:00 St. Philip Neri Church Paulist Center 2408 SE 16th Avenue (and Division) Land Use Agenda – 6:30 – 7:00...
Celebrate Oregon ‘s 150th Birthday at the Abernethy Flapjack Feed!
Featuring Special Guest & Newly Minted U.S. Senator – Jeff Merkley Plus Live Music from Mr. Erickson's fabulous 40's trio: Two Sisters and a Mister Who: Abernethy Families, Friends, Neighbors, Flapjack aficionados, and anyone interested in a good time for a great...
Activists in our Schools Workshop
Saturday, February 28 da Vinci Arts Middle School 9:30 AM - 1:30 PM This is a great event for neighborhood association leaders who want to network and collaborate with school parent activists who care about Portland's public neighborhood schools and youth in our...