Category Archives: Community Involvement

N/NE Community Oversight Committee – October 6th

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N/NE Community Oversight Committee:
Next Meeting is October 6th

When:
Tuesday, October 6th from 6pm – 7:45pm

Where:
Maranatha Church
4222 NE 12th Ave
Portland, OR 97211

The Community Oversight Committee is a community-based group formed to oversee the Portland Housing Bureau’s work to increase housing opportunity and address issues of displacement in North and Northeast Portland. (Click here for a list of committee members). The committee meets quarterly to hear progress updates on the N/NE initiative. These meetings are open to the public.

This meeting will be an opportunity for more in-depth discussion and public comment on topics of interest from September’s meeting, and to learn about upcoming plans for Interstate funding. You can find Tuesday’s agenda here.

Oversight Committee meetings are open to the public.
Meeting schedules and agendas are posted here.
http://www.portlandoregon.gov/phb/67191

Volunteer on your hood – Sept 12 & Sep 19

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skp_1649Gardening Fun
September 12th & September 19th, from 10 am to 1 pm

The King School PTA and Green King are organizing this community events. Get to enjoy the fun and the good feeling that comes from changing some ugly neglected areas into beautiful green areas. Don’t miss this opportunity to help out your community, meet your neighbors and give something back to our King community. Please RSVP if you can. Location is at King School 4906 NE 6th | Portland, OR 97211 Parking is available in the parking lot in NE 7th and Wygant

Join Green King and get updates of the event at https://www.facebook.com/greenkingproject
Or email diego@kingneighborhood.org from Green King if you have any questions.

Life’s most persistent and urgent question is “What are you doing for others?”

Martin Luther King, Jr

The events are to help restore the beauty of the King School surroundings and to do maintenance of the School Garden Project.
Gardening, connecting with neighbors and having fun

Volunteer and Win: In both events, each participant gets a chance to win a pair of tickets to Timbers 2 vs Sacramento @ Providence Park

Thanks to our funder East Multnomah Soil and Water Conservartion District

Community Gathering at King School Park, 6 pm, Sept 2nd, to address violence.

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From Portland Police:

 

I trust everyone has heard about the 118th GVRT deployment this past Monday to a shooting that took place at King School Park on the NE Grand Ave side of the park? This was a gang related shooting where a young woman was shot in the hand. The Gang Enforcement Team was called to the scene where they recovered 18 shell casings and discovered a van with a shot out window along with two additional bullet holes in it. Many of the other rounds that were fired travelled into the neighborhood. It is a miracle that no one else was hit.

 

North Precinct, GET, YSD along with our community partners will be gathering at the park up at the site of the shooting (top of the park next to the park benches) at 6pm on Wednesday, Sept 2nd.

 

Our goal for this meeting is to pass along factual information about what happened surrounding the shooting and to message to the community that their park is safe and that we want them to continue to use the park and not allow this act of violence to drive families away.

 

Stephon Hartley who is an intern in the Mayor’s office and I had a follow up discussion after he sent me an email that he received from a concerned citizen regarding the recent shooting. Stephon and I decided that we would call this meeting in an effort to bring together the community and make something positive happen out of something negative. Our intention is to move forward purposeful conversations and dialogue as it pertains to building community engagement and outreach (CEO) with neighbors and park patrons.

 

  1. GET will present facts about the shooting and discuss where they are at in the process of the investigation and how the community can assist the police.

 

  1. YSD will make a statement surrounding school safety and reaffirm to the community that their children are safe to attend school.

 

  1. Officer Zoeller from North Precinct will have an opportunity to discuss how he can assist neighbors with crime issues as their Neighborhood Response Team Officer.

 

  1. The Parks Bureau will provide a statement and information about city parks.

 

  1. All additional partners will be given 1-3 minutes to speak about their role in keeping the park, school and community safe.

 

There will be opportunities to hand out flyers and other safety information if you would like to do that.

 

The meeting will wrap up after Q and A from the community.

 

If anyone would like to attend the planning meeting we will be available to meet next Wednesday, Sept 2nd at 4:30pm at North Precinct in the community room to vet through the 6pm meeting agenda. Drop by if you can otherwise we will plan to see you out at the park at 6pm.

 

Please forward the meeting date and time to anyone you believe could benefit from taking part in this meeting next week.

 

Take care,

 

Chris

 

Chris Uehara

Commander, North Precinct

Portland Police Bureau

449 NE Emerson St

Portland, Oregon 97211

  1. 503.823.5757

KNA Informal Meeting — Tuesday September 1st

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Hello,

KNA’s Board has gone through some changes and we’re meeting to informally discuss where we are headed and how best to get there.

This will be primarily for current board members, but please join us if you’ve got ideas.  This is about how KNA can be a more efficient and responsive organization.

We’ll be discussing our goals as a neighborhood association, bylaws and getting to know each other.  No changes or binding decisions will be made, just neighbors talking about the neighborhood.

Tuesday September 1st

NECN Office

4815 NE 7th Ave, Portland, OR 97211

6:00 pm – 7:15 pm

Please let me know if you have any questions.    nicklarue@gmail.com

Nick LaRue (KNA Secretary)

Oregon Public House fundraiser for the North Star Village aging at home movement: June 8th.

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Oregon Public House Hosts North Star Village

 

Monday, June 8th    Noon – 9:00 pm
700 NE Dekum St.
All ages welcome. Kids play area available.

 

Bring friends and family to the Oregon Public House in the historic Woodlawn neighborhood for a meal, a pint and community. North Star Village volunteers will be there to greet and serve you. A portion of the evening’s proceeds will be donated to North Star Village.

 

The menu has something to cater for everyone’s tastes including vegetarian entrees and dessert lovers. Need to be tempted? Check out the Oregon Public House menu at http://oregonpublichouse.com.

 

Mark your calendars now for this special event!

Oregon Public House, the first nonprofit pub in the US, is a profit-generating machine for, and only for, the charities it supports. We hope to see you there.

Want to know more about this unique public house?  Check out this TEDXuConcordia Portland YouTube video to hear founder Ryan Saari’s entertaining talk on the birth of the Oregon Public House and its vision to support nonprofits seeking to make a difference by creating a family-friendly pub environment where neighbors from the surrounding area can come to enjoy community around good food and craft beer while supporting great causes.

 

For information about North Star Village, go to www.NorthStarVillagePDX.org or call 503.978.0540.