I stumbled on this link to an interesting article on the resurgence of the bicycle, bike culture and how it intersects with race. We live in a very diverse neighborhood in a city that tirelessly touts itself as the bicycle paradise. It would be great to see this environmental, economical, healthy, adaptable transportation form embraced in continually more creative ways.
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Portlanders have an opportunity to shape the City’s strategies for the future at the upcoming Portland Plan Fairs.
The Portland Plan Fairs will offer residents a range of experiences and opportunities to learn about and comment on three integrated strategies and an Equity Initiative. In addition to breakout discussions for each one, the fairs will feature local food, music, booths, presentations, and community exhibitors. Childcare will be provided at all locations.
The Portland Plan is a long-range plan for the city’s future, ensuring that Portland is a thriving and sustainable city, with health and opportunity for all. Portlanders say that equity, living wage jobs, student success and a healthy environment are their top concerns. In response to this community input, the Portland Plan combines these priorities with extensive research and national best practices to develop an overarching Equity Initiative and three draft strategies for Portland’s future:
1. Education
2. Economic Prosperity and Affordability
3. Healthy Connected Neighborhoods
The Portland Plan Fair–North
Thursday, March 10, 6:30 – 9 p.m.
De La Salle North Catholic High School
7528 N Fenwick Avenue
TriMet #4, #6, #75; MAX Yellow
En Espanol, tambien!
Community public engagement is especially critical at this point in the Portland Plan process. After the fairs and follow-up outreach efforts, the draft strategies will be revised based on input from the community, Portland Plan partners and national experts. These revised strategies will be the core of the City’s strategic plan, which will be available for comment and review this summer and will be presented to the Planning and Sustainability Commission this fall.
About the Portland Plan
The Portland Plan will be a 25-year strategic plan for the City, and the direction it sets will touch every neighborhood, district and resident of Portland as it grows. The plan will help to define priorities, guide investment of public dollars and set the course for Portland for the next quarter of a century. For more information or to fill out a survey please go to: www.pdxplan.com
March 9, 2011 – 6:30 to 8:30 pm
4815 NE 7th
6:30 Introductions and approval of agenda and minutes; additions to the agenda; announcements (King NA calendar of events; King’s facebook page; VisionZero transportation project)
6:50 KNA Board vacancy.
6:55 Officer Ryan Bren, Portland Police Bureau update.
7:05 Shoshana Cohen, NECN announcements, including King Action Planning meeting.
7:10 Rick Sills update on NECN’s SALT committee, & KNA’s Last Thursday letter.
7:15 Irek Wielgosz & Lyndsey Dieter-Vaughn: King Spring Clean-up.
7:20 King graffiti clean-up.
7:30 Ariana Scipioni, Audubon Society: Backyard Habitat Certification Program.
7:40 Van Bogner, landscaping improvement project at King School Park.
7:50 Blue Door Project.
8:05 Discussion on service on the 6 bus line on MLK Boulevard.
8:15 Time for further discussion on any topic.
8:30 Adjourn
From Portland Farmers Market:
Spring is slowly but surely coming, and with it comes the reopening of the popular King Portland Farmers Market! Our opening day for 2011 is Sunday, May 1 at 10 AM. New vendors for 2011 include:
• Eatin’ Alive, a bicycle powered mobile vending station that believes in harnessing raw energy in both transport and cooking. A Portland company, they use all organic, locally grown produce to create seasonal, freshly prepared raw snacks such as: seed and nut pates, wild crafted pesto, garden wraps, a variety of prepared salads, and delicious sweet treats.
• Good Natured Gardens, a small, family run vegetable and herb farm located on Sauvie Island that grows a wide verity of heirloom produce and seedlings using organic methods to insure the highest quality.
• KCK Farms, is a family owned and operated nursery in the heart of the Willamette Valley of Oregon offering fresh cut peonies, bare root, containerized trees and perennials.
• Trailhead Coffee Roasters, the bike-based Portland coffee roaster featuring coffees produced by women farmers and served from Trailhead’s rolling bike cafe.
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Coyotes in the City?!
A Presentation on Urban Coyotes by:
Bob Sallinger, Conservation Director Audubon Society of Portland,
Barbara Brower and students, Geography, Portland State University
March 3rd @ 6:30 PM
Grant High School
2245 NE 36th Avenue
Coyotes have established themselves on urban landscapes across North America. Today they can be found in cities such as Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Cleveland and yes, Portland! Although coyotes have lived in NE Portland for years, they have suddenly become much more visible in recent months.
Come learn about urban coyotes, the role they play in our urban ecosystem and how we can reduce and prevent conflicts. The presentation will focus specifically on the increased coyote sightings in Alameda, Grant, Irvington and Beaumont-Wilshire Neighborhoods.
Bob Sallinger has been tracking urban coyote issues across the Metropolitan Landscape for nearly two decades. PSU and Audubon are launching a new Urban Coyote Project which will focus on increasing awareness and understanding about urban coyotes and developing best management practices to prevent and reduce conflicts.