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...

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...

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...

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...