Final Urban Renewal Series Event March 11th

Summary of Community Recommendations
Thursday, March 11th 6:30 – 8:30 pm
Billy Webb Elks Lodge, 6 North Tillamook St.
Snacks and drinks will be provided

Over 150 people attended the first three URA community Forums, sharing their thoughts and ideas for the future of inner North/Northeast Urban Renewal Areas. Please join us for this final forum. Come hear the draft priorities and recommendations that have been generated in the series. Provide feedback on these recommendations and help strategize future action steps for achieving community benefits from the Urban Renewal Areas. Community feedback generated during the series will be presented to the Portland Development Commission at the March 24th meeting (Billy Webb Elks Lodge, 6:30 – 8:30 pm) of the PDC’s North/Northeast Economic Development Initiative Community Advisory Committee.
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RSVPs are encouraged. Contact Shoshana Cohen at forums@necoalition.org or 503-823-4575 ext. 5.

Urban Renewal Area Online Survey!
Please take our short survey and share with us your neighborhood development priorities and knowlege about inner North/Northeast Urban Renewal Areas.
To take the survey, click here.

The responses will be compiled by PSU students and NECN staff and then made available to the Portland Development Commission, the North/Northeast Economic Development Initiative Community Advisory Committee and other city officials. All responses will be kept confidential and are in no way traceable to individual respondents.

Neighborhood Tree Steward Workshop

What: Photographing your Urban Forest, a Neighborhood Tree Steward Workshop!
Where: McMenamins Kennedy School, 5736 Northeast 33rd Avenue
When: Saturday, February 27th from 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Registration: Please Contact Autumn Montegna 503-701-7622 or autumn.montegna@ci.portland.or.us to register.

Cost: $25 payable at the workshop (scholarships are available)

Explore ways to use photography to enhance you stewardship projects and promote neighborhood tree goals. Taught by Neighborhood Tree Steward and professional photographer, Bob Langan, you will learn digital photography basics and how to best capture your subject. Using the Concordia Neighborhood as an example, we will photograph themes set forth by their Tree Team, critique photos, and learn how to set up an art show portraying local urban forest issues. For more information please contact Autumn Montegna.

Neighborhood Tree Steward Workshop Series is brought to you by the Tree Steward Coalition, members include Portland Parks & Recreation, Bureau of Environmental Services, Urban Forestry Commission, Friends of Trees, and Portland State University.

Miracles Club Good Neighbor Agreement in Arbitration

The Miracles Club, a social club for people in recovery from drug addiction on Martin Luther King Jr Blvd. is due to see ground broken on its new facility on the east side of the boulevard soon. In connection with the move, a Good Neighbor Agreement between the club, the immediate neighbors and King Neighborhood Association was in the works for many months. After negotiations broke down between the immediate neighbors, Miracles, and city planning officials last winter, the process was sent to mediation. So far, one meeting has been held between mediators, an immediate neighbor, members of Miracles, NECN, and KNA. A court ruling last year prohibited the blocking of all traffic from the site to Grand Avenue. The working group hopes to identify the remaining negotiable issues and prioritize them so that negotiations can proceed constructively.

PUBLIC COMMENT OPPORTUNITY: 2035 REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN

On Monday, March 22, 2010, Metro will open a third and final 45-day public comment opportunity on the draft 2035 Regional Transportation Plan and an air quality conformity analysis that indicates the region will continue to meet federal and state clean air standards. The comment period for both of these documents will close at midnight on Thursday, May 6, 2010. Comments received after that time will not be included in the formal public record.

The RTP is a long-term blueprint that guides transportation planning and investments throughout the region. Metro is required to update the plan every four years. The plan proposes investing more than $20 billion in local, regional, state and federal funds during the next 25 years. The plan seeks to improve safety and travel choices for everyone, revitalize downtowns, main streets, create jobs and enhance our economy, maintain clean air and reduce our region’s carbon footprint. The final RTP reflects the policies, project list and funding strategy as accepted by the Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation and the Metro Council in December 2009.

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Solarize Northeast Workshops

Going Solar with Solarize Northeast

Attend these free workshops in your neighborhood to learn about the benefits of going solar. These workshops will explain how solar-electric systems work, why volume purchasing brings costs down, review pricing, tax credits and cash incentives, and answer your questions. Come to a free workshop to learn how to get started.

The Basics of Going Solar
All Going Solar workshops cover the same material.

Wednesday, February 17 from 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Living Room Realtors
1422 NE Alberta Street

Tuesday, February 23 from 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Redeemer Lutheran Church (Narthex)
5431 NE 20th Avenue

Tuesday, March 2 from 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Central Northeast Neighbors
4415 Northeast 87th Avenue

Solar Technical Workshops

All technical workshops will be held:
Kennedy School Community Room
5736 N.E. 33rd Avenue

Tax Credits, Incentives, and Financing
Thursday, March 4 from 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

The Nuts and Bolts of Going Solar
Thursday, March 11 from 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

Net Metering
Wednesday, March 17 from 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

http://solarize.necoalition.org