Rail Road Crossing Construction at 11th & 12th

In the link below is a notice of coming construction on 11th, 12th, and Milwaukie. Transportation officials strongly suggests anyone using 11th and 12th between Powell and Division during January look for alternate routes, especially during rush hours. There will be...

Hawthorne Safeway Store: Update on Neighborhood Concerns

March 2012 is the target date for the opening of the new Hawthorne Safeway store. For the past nine months during the construction process, HAND has continued to ask Safeway to: 1) participate in a “crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED)” review of...

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...

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...