Want to help make a difference for families in need? You can volunteer to help at the Franklin Family Foundation’s second annual Thanksgiving Dinner event at Prescott SEI Sun School on Thursday, November 14, from 2:30 to 5 PM.
Set up is from 1:30 – 2:30 PM, food serving is from 2:30 – 5:30 PM, and clean-up is from 5:00 – 6:30 PM. For more information, contact Michelle Braxton Williams at (503) 408-2191, or email her at michelleb@selfenhancement.org.
If you missed last night’s King Neighborhood Association meeting, you can read the minutes here.
Guest speaker Heather Flint Chatto of the Portland Main Street Design Initiative presented a compelling case for creating better-designed buildings in Portland. You can learn more about the Portland Main Street Design Initiative at their website at https://www.pdxmainstreets.org/
If you want to comment on the proposed new 60-foot hotel/spa/conference center at 1130 NE Alberta St., you must send written feedback by 5 PM on Nov. 5, 2019, by email or letter, to the addresses below.
Reference Case File Number LU 19-187641 DZM in your letter/email.
Email: Benjamin.Nielsen@portlandoregon.gov
Letter:
Benjamin Nielsen, Land Use Services
1900 SW 4th Avenue
Suite #5000
Portland, OR 97201
You can download detailed plans of the development from the KNA blog at https://kingneighborhood.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/1130-Alberta_Exhibit_Plans-and-Elevations-Rev-4-191009.pdf.
The plans show SEDUs (small efficiency dwelling units) of about 280 square feet on floors 3 and 4, and smaller (80 square foot) “lofts” on floor 5. From previous meetings with the developer, we understand that these micro-units will be “short-term furnished rentals.” Floors 1 and 2 are devoted to shops, offices, spa services, and conference rooms.
The King Neighborhood Association will hold a regular meeting on Tuesday, November 5, from 6:30 to 8:00 PM, at the NECN office, 4185 NE 7th Avenue, Portland. All are welcome!
See the draft agenda at https://kingneighborhood.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/KNA-agenda-Nov-2019-2.pdf
Community Warehouse is a local furniture bank that has served the Portland area for more than 15 years. They collect donated home goods and work with social service agencies to get those goods in the hands of those who need them most.
The stuff you no longer need becomes the solution for a family in need. At Community Warehouse, it’s the simple stuff – the extra dishes, towels, beds, and more – that changes lives.
For more information about how you can help, click here.