KNA Meeting, Wednesday Oct 12th

What a great meeting we have planned! We’re so sorry that this agenda is being released so late… Columbus Day preparations had us running around all of last week, and we’re just catching our breath.

This week’s King NA meeting will feature our last visit with Officer Ryan Bren, who has served our neighborhood as District Officer for the last couple of years and has been a pleasure to work and communicate with.

We’ll be hearing from Emily Wilson, who has worked tirelessly to put together a project to improve Two Plum Park, in particular by raising money to install a bench. Two Plum Park is one of four neighborhood parks in King, and we’re happy to help out folks who are looking to take a hand in the care and improvement of them!

Speaking of, neighbor Diego Gioseffi and his neighbors have developed a project to remove invasive species from part of the King School lot, and replace them with native plants in the ground. We have struggled to get permission from the City to go ahead with the project, but progress is being made; also, the folks who run the King Farmers Market have offered to help. Once we have a date set, all are invited to come pull weeds and help us clean up part of the King School grounds! Please join us to get an update on the planning of this project.

We’ll be getting an update on the Portland Playhouse, & its efforts towards getting a Conditional User Permit from the City, in order to resume using their building at 602 NE Prescott. In addition, King NA has had discussions with the Playhouse and nearby neighbors about parking issues ~ we’ll have a short update on this.

The Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods is looking for feedback about Last Thursday. In addition to a survey of residents living near Alberta Street, NECN is reaching out to the nearby neighborhood associations to get feedback, ideas, compliments, and criticisms about how Last Thursday operates. Please join us and share your experience with us.

There will be other short presentations on topics of community interest, as well as a bit of time to bat around ideas, projects, questions, and thoughts. Please join us for Wednesday evening’s meeting – all are welcome at our Neighborhood Association!

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Loaves and Fishes Half-Night

It’s Half-Night!

Join us at the Widmer Gasthaus on Tuesday, October 25, 2011, and Widmer Brothers will donate half of all proceeds to Loaves & Fishes Centers, The Meals-On-Wheels People! “Half-Night” hours are from 4-10 p.m. in the dining room and from 4-11 p.m. in the pub. Bring a friend or two and dine! Parties of five or more are asked to make reservations. Beat the crowd and come early! Feed Portland area seniors. Feed your appetite.

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Free tickets for this weekend’s Loaves & Fishes Jambalaya luncheon at Dawson Park!

King Neighborhood Association has five free tickets to this Saturday’s Jambalaya luncheon and party at Dawson Park, hosted by the MLK Boulevard Loaves & Fishes Senior Center! If you’d like some tickets, please get in touch with us at alan.silver@kingneighborhood.org.

The King NA is proud to be a fiscal sponsor of the Loaves & Fishes Jambalaya Festival.

Eat, Drink for the NE Tool Library, June 9th

From NEPTL:

Come out and join us for a fundraiser and a fun evening at No Ho’s. The tool library needs financial support to keep up with it’s growing needs (tool, technology, rent, etc.)

NoHo’s Hawaiian Cafe (Fremont location) is hosting a big fundraiser to support the Northeast Portland Tool Library. All day long (11am-9pm), NoHo’s is graciously offering to donate 20% of all food (and alcohol!!!) purchases to the tool library.

■Thursday, June 9th 11am-9pm
■NoHo’s Hawaiian Cafe 4627 NE Fremont Ave
Here is a link to NoHo’s Yelp page. Good stuff!

Tell all your friends and family. See you on the 9th!

NEPTL must be mentioned for the proceeds to make it to NEPTL appropriately. Please, print the coupon below and show it to your server before paying.

FoLT Seeks Volunteers

From Friends of Last Thursday:

Friends of Last Thursday (FoLT) is seeking more Friends!

In our effort to lift much of the responsibility for Last Thursday from city shoulders, we need friendly volunteers to help manage the event.

FoLT has several Ambassador positions available now. Ambassadors are the face of LT. They will promote awareness and outreach to artists and visitors during the event and provide a buffer between participants and outside city and county agencies. Roaming the streets in colorful hats and vests, Ambassadors play a vibrant role in ensuring a fun & safe LT.
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