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National Night Out at Irving Park

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August 2, 5:00 to 9:00

The Irvington Community Association invites you to a neighborhood picnic. You’ll find us in the Picnic Table area between the Off Leash Dog area and the Children’s Playground. Watch for the red and white striped tents and the big barbecue. We’ll supply hot dogs, drinks and dessert. Bring your favorite picnic eats to share and sport gear. Plus… surprises for the neighborhood kids!

NATIONAL NIGHT OUT is designed to:
• Heighten crime and drug prevention awareness;
• Generate support for, and participation in, local anticrime programs;
• Strengthen neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships; and
• Send a message to criminals letting them know that neighborhoods are organized and fighting back
Over 37 million people participated in National Night Out 2010

Questions: contact Mary Piper, 503-288-9234, dsmithpiper@msn.com

King Graffiti Cleanup Saturday Morning, 7/23

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The time is here! Meet us at 9:00 am for coffee and doughnuts at 4815 NE 7th and let’s put a dent in the surfeit of graffiti in our neighborhood. If we have enough volunteers, we can cover all of our surveyed areas on MLK, Alberta, and Killingsworth. The cleanup runs until 1:00 but feel free to take part for as long as you can. If you come a little late, that’s okay too.

Public Meetings to Discuss “Respectful Traveling” on Williams

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From PBoT:

Dear North Williams Community Members,

This summer, the City of Portland will run a special educational campaign to encourage safe and respectful traveling on North Williams.

While discussions about changes to the roadway continue as part of the North Williams Traffic Safety Project, we have heard loud and clear from the community that how people interact with one another while traveling up North Williams is just as important as engineering, and that conditions on the street feel dangerous today and should be addressed as soon as possible.

Please come to a special brainstorming meeting to answer these questions:
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Alberta Main Street Seminar Series

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From Alberta Main Street:

Join us for our six part seminar series to support you & your business and enjoy networking with your colleagues on Alberta Street.

Next Up
July 26, 2011: Urban Renewal: What it means to you
6:30-8:00 PM
1722 NE Alberta Street

Refreshments provided
RSVP requested: info@albertamainst.org

http://www.albertamainst.org/local/supporting-businesses/seminar-series/

Friends of Last Thursday Seek Community Input

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Friends of Last Thursday, the organization tasked with taking responsibility for the administration of the monthly street festival, is seeking feedback from the communities surrounding Alberta and the Last Thursday participants. This is your opportunity to explain what is good about LT and what needs to change.

From FoLT:

Friends of Last Thursday (FoLT) is on the move! Tasked by the city to localize stewardship of Last Thursday within the Alberta community, FoLT began hands on engagement during May Last Thursday to extremely positive result. Infractions were down, the street was reopened in record time and the FoLT Ambassador program made great progress in its education and outreach component. One of the cornerstones of the FoLT mission is to help create a safer event, which means working with participants to gain their compliance with city and county safety laws, including observance of ADA, parking, noise, fire and food handling codes, zero tolerance for open containers, and a Leave No Trace refuse goal. Also of high priority is engendering greater neighborhood respect. FoLT has listened to the concerns of our neighbors and is actively working to educate Last Thursday participants in the ways in which they can exert the lightest possible impact on our community.

FoLT Letter and Community Survey