Central Northeast Neighbors
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We have Some Great Holidays in the Month of May
Cinco de Mayo
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National Teacher Day
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Mothers Day
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Victoria Day
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MemorialDay
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National Physical Fitness and Sports Month, Asian American Heritage Month, Jewish American Heritage Month, Skin Cancer Awareness Month, National Bike Month,
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Upcoming Meetings in the
Central Northeast Neighbors
Meetings are being held through Zoom. Please look at the Neighborhood Associationwebsites for updates.
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CNN Board Check In via Zoom, May 6, 2020 for information on the meeting contact rondaj@cnncoalition
ing,
Sumner General VIRTUAL MEETING Tuesday, May 19,2020 7:00-8:00 pm
Contact
Ronda.
Madison South Neighborhood Association Meetings,
Up to date information on the meeting will be posted on their web site
Click here
Beaumont Wilshire Neighborhood Association Meetings
,
Up to date information on the meeting will be posted on their web site
Click here
Cully Association of Neighbors (CAN) Meetings,
Up to date information on the meeting will be posted on their web site
Click here
Roseway Neighborhood General/Board Meetings,
Up to date information on the meeting will be posted on their web site
Click here
Friends of Wilshire Park Playground Project
Up to date information on the meeting will be posted on their web site
Click here
Rose City Park Neighborhood Association Meetings,
Chair Deborah Kafoury to speak at our Gen. Membership Meeting on Tuesday, May 26th via Zoom.
Up to date information on the meeting will be posted on their web site
Click here
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Hollywood Neighborhood Association(HNA)
Up to date information on the meeting will be posted on their web site
Click here
Grant Park Neighborhood Association Board Meeting
Up to date information on the meeting will be posted on their web site
Click here
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Don't forget to Vote!
Primary Ballots are Due May 19th!
If you have not registered to vote you should for future elections. The deadline for registering for Oregon’s May 19 primary election was Tuesday, April 28. Please register for future elections and runoffs in the fall. The fastest and most reliable way of registering is directly on the State’s
website
. Alternatively, you can complete a Voter Registration Form and return it to the County elections office. For the form and more information (and a direct link to the registration page), visit the
Online Voter Registration webpage
.
Remember that, in Oregon, major parties (currently only the Democratic and Republican parties) have the option of choosing to have either an “open” or "closed" primary. In an open primary, the party allows registered voters not registered with another party to vote for candidates in their party's primary; in a closed primary, only registered voters affiliated with that party can vote for candidates of the same party.
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COVID-19 RESOURCE GUIDE
Did you receive your Resource Guide? In partnership with our fellow neighborhood coalitions, we produced this bilingual Covid 19 Resource Guide to provide vital resource information to all Portlanders.
It was direct-mailed to over 200,000 households in the city and thousands more were reprinted for direct-service providers.
If you did not receive or would like additional copies for your business please contact
Ronda
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A Special Sunday Parkways
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We’re not canceling Sunday Parkways. We’re getting creative.
But as we all know, this isn’t a normal time. We’re not giving up. We’re going to adapt to this new reality, so we can keep the spirit of Sunday Parkways alive.
Instead of holding the May and June Sunday Parkways in the traditional way, we want to partner with you to bring Portlanders together in a new way that is safe and fun.
For May’s all-digital Sunday Parkways, PBOT and Kaiser Permanente have organized a series of digital events for Portlanders, including exercise classes, bike repair tutorials, and art and wellness projects. To support our local vendors and organizations, we will be showcasing Portland’s businesses on our
virtual platform
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While we cannot gather in our regular way, like all of our Portland residents, we are resilient, creative and know how to rise to the occasion. We will launch a series of community-focused activities on a
virtual platform
to support each other, share information, and offer solidarity and positivity. We will approach the transformation of our events on an event-by-event basis and do not plan to cancel any of our events.
We will need your great support and feedback to keep this event rolling. Please take a moment and complete a
short online questionnaire
and tell us how you would like to stay involved during the May and June events. We will also provide resources below that focus on supporting local businesses and local nonprofits throughout the Covid-19 crisis.
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Ride Connection COVID-19 Free Relief Services
With the ongoing pandemic of COVID-19, Ride Connection continues to serve older adults and people with disabilities by connecting them to the essential services they need to survive. Access to transportation is a pivotal piece for individuals to be connected.
Providing Rides is at the core of what Ride Connection does. Connecting people to hunger relief services like the grocery store, to life-sustaining medical appointments like dialysis and cancer treatments and to other social services needed. For up to date service information visit Ride Connection's COVID-19 Updates page
here
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Delivering Food Boxes Ride Connection has teamed up with Food Pantries to deliver customers healthy groceries. Customers can sign up to receive free food boxes. Currently delivery is taking place Monday-Wednesday in the area of East County. For more information and to sign up call us at
503.226.0700
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Ride Connection like many other nonprofits does fundraising to provide services. This year
Ride Connection’s Lunch in Motion is virtual this year!
Please
join Ride Connection online
as their CEO, Julie Wilcke Pilmer shares how Ride Connection continues to provide essential services to our community as well as a special message from Branden Harvey, founder of Good Good Good. Proceeds raised through Lunch in Motion will provide free, accessible, reliable transportation options and delivery of food to individuals in Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties. They need your support now more than ever. Thank you!
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No Time Like the Present to Know About NETs
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Article by Beaumont Wilshire Neighbor SusanTrabucco
With reports of store shelves bereft of toilet paper and long lines outside grocery stores, one might think COVID-19 was tantamount to preparing for the BIG ONE—the oft-used title for a significant earthquake that may occur in the Pacific Northwest within the next 50 years. While the coronavirus and the BIG ONE are totally distinct from one another, fear is the
common denominator affecting behavior.
Given the collective emergency mind-set at present, an update on
Neighborhood Emergency Teams (NETs)
couldn’t be more relevant—the organization’s mission, training for its volunteers, and, of particular interest, Beaumont-Wilshire area NET activityboth in the recent past and in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis.
Who & what are NETs?
NET members are Portland residents trained by the Portland Bureau of Emergency Management and Portland Fire & Rescue to provide emergency disaster assistance within their own neighborhoods. NET members are trained to save lives and property until professional responders can arrive. These volunteers are specially trained to help others without putting themselves in harm’s way.
Con Bricca is the NET team leader for the Beaumont-Wilshire and Alameda neighborhoods. Neighborhood and block preparedness are crucial for any disaster scenario, he says, but especially for a regional emergency such as a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake.
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NE 47th Ave Rebuild, New Park Entrance Part of Bright Future for Airport Access and Beyond
By next summer, Portlanders will have a new park they can bike to and a popular route to the airport will be vastly improved. Furthermore, an industrial area with thousands of jobs will be easier to get to.
If you don’t drive much you might not even know about
Whitaker Ponds Nature Park
. That’s because the 25-acre park is located north of Columbia Boulevard off of 47th Avenue a place that’s all but inaccessible to people who walk and bike. Columbia is a dividing line in our bike network and our city in general. It acts like an urban freeway that runs east-west from I-84 to St. Johns, wreaking havoc on everyone who tries to use it outside of a car or truck (a 15-year-old was
nearly killed on the street last August
). And 47th Avenue north of the Cully Neighborhood doesn’t offer much of a respite even after you cross Columbia.
But several projects in the works will make this part of our city much more inviting to vulnerable road users. This month the City of Portland and the Columbia Slough Watershed Council will break ground on a project to improve the Whitaker Pond’s 47th Avenue entrance. And next spring, the City will begin a major rebuild of 47th from Columbia to Cornfoot Road that will include new sidewalks, street trees, and protected bike lanes in each direction. Two future projects a bike path on Cornfoot and bike access upgrades on 42nd/47th south of Columbia are planned but still unfunded.
The park entrance project will include sidewalks, a parking lot, a bike parking area, new landscaping, and upgrades to educational facilities (it’s a popular spot for school field trips). Funding for the project comes from Parks Bureau system development charges (SDCs) and a $422,000 grant from
Metro’s Nature in Neighborhoods program
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Grant Park How the Place Got Its Name
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Grant Park is named after General Ulysses S. Grant, the eighteenth president of the United States. Grant visited Portland three times. He lends his name to the neighborhood, Grant high school, as well as the beautiful Grant Park which is almost 20 acres and includes a pool and play area, lighted tennis courts and dog park.
Grant Park neighborhood was partially settled in the 1850s, by a donation land claim known as the Bowering Tract, a long and narrow strip of 160 acres from NE Fremont to Halsey near NE 33rd Avenue. In a plat recorded in August 1924, a subdivision of Grant Park known as Dolph Park was dedicated by Eliza Dolph, a descendent of Charles Cardinell. Dolph had inherited two large tracts in the original Fernwood section between NE 28th and 32nd Avenues, from Northeast NE Thompson to Tillamook Streets. Dolph Park remains within Grant Park neighborhood by its own historic neighborhood marker signs.
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Article from Roseway Neighbor Margaret Davis
Regardless of when and in what form City Council passes the Residential Infill Project (RIP), Roseway already registers a loss of (usually modest) housing torn down to make way for new construction. RIP likely will increase this trend, offering multi unit returns where simple single-family “old-growth” homes stand. The city instituted an appeal process (free if endorsed by the neighborhood association), but it is involved and neighbors wanting extra time to negotiate with a tear down builder have a short amount of time to file. Even if successfully filed, as seen recently with the demolition at the corner of Northeast Alton Street and 63rd Avenue, the city may work with the tear down builder to circumvent the appeal.
Roseway neighbors who want to avoid being exposed to the hazardous materials fallout of demolition and loss of affordable housing may try to use other means to prevent demolitions of viable housing. Among them: get to know your neighbors, consider circulating the Neighbor Pledge, and watch out for elderly residents who may succumb to low ball offers from predatory intermediaries who flip to the tear down builders, as happened on Northeast Alton Street and probably in the demolition at 3344 NE 77th Ave.
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HEARD AROUND THE ’HOOD
Have you checked your license plates lately? We’ve noticed recently (on Nextdoor) that neighbors in Rose City Park and surrounding neighborhoods (as well as elsewhere in the city) have been discovering (sometimes after having been stopped by police) that their vehicles are “wearing” mismatched license plates. It turns out that, in addition to breaking into and stealing vehicles, thieves are now also stealing license plates with current tags and replacing them with either plates with expired tags or simply plates from (likely stolen) cars to minimize the likelihood of detection. Accordingly, it would be a good idea to regularly confirm that your vehicles are carrying only their proper plates!
Click here
to Check out Rose City Park Neighborhood Newsletter
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Rose City Park Playground Project Launches 100 Families for
$100K Campaign
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The Rose City Park Playground Project kicked off its new fundraising campaign in March, called 100 Families for $100K! The goal of the campaign is to build strong support from Rose City Park residents in support of building a new playground in the park.
The RCPPP is looking to find 100 families who are able to contribute $1,000 or more to the campaign. Each family that gives at this level will be featured on the RCPPP Facebook and Instagram pages to celebrate their donation. This is also an opportunity for neighbors to come together to celebrate their contributions toward revitalizing the playground in Rose City Park and to help inspire others to give. Those that wish to stay anonymous can participate, as well.
Since the campaign was launched, two families have donated a total of $4,000. The first featured donor was Alison Taylor and her family, they donated $3,000! Alison and her family have lived in RCP for several years, and she is inspired by our community. When asked why she is supporting the RCPPP, Alison stated, "I'm fortunate enough to give both my time and money to a project that is so dedicated to improving our playground in RCP."
If you would like to be one of the 100 Families for $100K, email rosecityparkplaygroundproject@gmail.com to learn more. You can also help us spread the word!
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Missing and Murdered Indigenous Womens Awareness (MMIW) Week.
I know this pandemic is on everyone’s minds right now, but there’s something else I want to help raise awareness about. Something many of you have probably never heard of—or thought about before. All week long, the City of Portland is recognizing and supporting efforts to acknowledge the epidemic of Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW).
Too many Portlanders are unaware of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women movement and the gravity of the issue. That’s why in City Council this week, we are issuing a proclamation declaring May 5th as the official Day of Awareness of Missing and Murdered American Indian and Alaska Native Women in the United States.
This humanitarian crisis has reached unprecedented levels on tribal lands and in urban areas such as the City of Portland. Four out of five native women have been affected by violence in their lifetime. In some tribal communities, American Indian and Alaska Native women face murder rates that are more than ten times the national average.
Locally, we are urging Portlanders to wear red on the fifth day of every month to show solidarity and to raise awareness about missing and murdered indigenous women. The City’s week-long observance—titled “Strengthening our Safety Net”—will include the following events:
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2020 CENSUS: SHAPE YOUR FUTURE
It's Quick and Easy
The 2020 Census takes just a few moments to complete.
It's Not Too Late
You can still complete the census today.
It's Safe and Secure
The U.S. Census Bureau keeps your answers safe and confidential.
How To Respond
The 2020 Census is happening now. You can respond online, by phone, or by mail.
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Habitat for Humanity ReStores to Reopen May 9th
Welcome back, donors and shoppers!
May 6, 2020 (PORTLAND, Ore.)
We are thrilled to announce the reopening of two ReStores in the Portland Metro Area. We will be welcoming back donors and shoppers to the
Portland ReStore
(10445 SE Cherry Blossom Dr.) and the
Beaverton ReStore
(13475 SW Millikan Way)
starting Saturday, May 9.
Our new hours of operation are Thursdays through Mondays, 10am to 6pm.
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This newsletter has been made possible through funding by the City of Portland, Office of Community & Civic Life
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Views or findings expressed here do not necessarily represent those of the City of Portland or the bureau.
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