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Support Your Local Comedy

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From your local comedy folks:

Hello Curious Comedy Community!

First off, we are still trying to reach our $10,000 goal before the end of the year and it’s coming up fast. Any little bit helps more than we could ever express, so please help if you can! To donate click here:
https://robot.boxofficetickets.com/800-494-TIXS/WebObjects/BOTx2005.woa/wa/inspectSubprogram?id=881935&passKey=c154bd10a7

For those who don’t know, Curious Comedy is a 501(c)3 non-profit so your donations are tax deductible. In addition to supporting our shows and performers, you are also supporting an affordable venue for community meetings, fundraisers and events plus partner non-profits including Theater Brigade which teaches improv to kids.

We have some great classes starting up in January including Improv, Stand Up, Sketch Writing, and Public Speaking. Register by December 28th for a discounted price!

We have so many exciting shows this weekend! All shows are at 8PM with doors at 7:30PM.
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PPS School Modernization to Be on Ballot

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Typical 1920's PPS Boiler

From Portland Public Schools:

Portland Public Schools voters will decide in May on a $548 million bond measure that would pay for projects for schools and classrooms.
Those projects include:

•Safety updates such as fire and security systems, replacing deteriorated outdoor play areas, replacing unsafe school stage rigging.
•Renovating and updating buildings, classrooms and grounds.
•Rebuilding or comprehensively renovating schools that are not cost-effective to repair piecemeal.
•Retiring debt on school projects.
The work would be funded mainly through a “pay-as-you-go” system, with short-term financing, which saves more than $200 million in interest payments compared to conventional 20-year bond financing.

The bond would cost approximately $2 per $1,000 of assessed property value for six years, reduced to 15 cents per thousand after that, for no more than 20 years in all. The median homeowner would pay approximately $300 a year.

View more about the facilities bond measure, including the ballot measure explanatory statement.

For an outline of the work to be done at Inner NE schools:
http://www.pps.k12.or.us/files/schoolmodernization/CS-Neighorhood_Work-InnerNE.pdf

Groundwork Portland Seeks Funds to Meet Challenge Grant

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From Groundwork Portland:

Groundwork Portland is actively working with the community to create the Emerson Street Garden, and with your support, will be able to start organizing East Portlanders to act on their right to live in a healthy environment.
Help us begin to meet our challenge grant from Spirit Mountain Community Fund to raise $53,600 to build up youth as leaders to restore land and watersheds. We are also looking for in-kind support for translation/interpretation, childcare, transportation for youth tours, and printing.
Please consider your commitment to these issues by becoming a donor to Groundwork Portland, supporting community-based development.
Just click here for a quick way to make a secure online donation, or go to our website: http://www.groundworkportland.org/contribute.html
Thank you!

Cassie L. Cohen
Program Director, Groundwork Portland
cassie@groundworkportland.org
2407 SE 49th Avenue, Portland, OR 97206
(503) 662-2590
http://www.groundworkportland.org

Alberta Street Market to Revert to Original Owner, Liquor License Application Open for Public Comment

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The OLCC has received a liquor license application for the Alberta Street Market in the King neighborhood area and would like to know if you are aware of any concerns. Located at 909 NE Alberta Street, the original owner, Pil Jun Chung, aka “Jack” of the market has applied for a Limited Off-Premises sales license (which allows the sale of malt beverages, wine and cider for consumption off the premises). After the Market was torn down and rebuilt in 2005-06, Mr. Chung sold the business to the current operator but maintained ownership of the building. Now he is buying the market back.

There have long been complaints of issues at and in the vicinity of the market such as panhandling, youth loiterers, street drinking and drug activity. It is a high vehicle and pedestrian traffic location that lies in the Last Thursday on Alberta area. Crime Prevention Program Coordinator, Celeste Carey, recommends a Good Neighbor Agreement be negotiated between the Neighborhood Association and the owner to proactively address community concerns.

The proposed hours of operation are Sun – Sat – 8:00 am – 11:00 pm The license application incorrectly lists operating hours of 8:00 pm – 1:00 am. This issue should be clarified prior to approval of the license.

If you are aware of any existing problems or concerns at this location, please notify Theresa Marchetti at (503) 823-3092 by January 9, 2010. If you have concerns regarding this license, please list the concerns in writing and remember they must be related to crime, alcohol, alcohol related behavior or drugs. Traffic, parking and trash are not considered during the licensing process at OLCC.

If you have any questions, contact:
Dennis Paul LoGiudice
City of Portland | Office of Neighborhood Involvement
1221 SW 4th Avenue, Room 110
Portland, Oregon 97204
 Phone: (503) 865-2626
 Fax: (503) 823-3050
 Email: Dennis.LoGiudice@portlandoregon.gov
 Web: www.portlandonline.com/oni

Get King Selected for a Tree Inventory

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Walking around your neighborhood, do you see areas available for tree planting, street trees in need of maintenance, and neighbors who are concerned but don’t know where to begin? Urban Forestry is helping Portlanders take action to improve their community’s street trees by conducting tree inventories and creating Neighborhood Stewardship Plans.

Active community groups interested in the cause begin by gathering volunteers to help conduct a street tree inventory. Volunteers are guided by Urban Forestry staff, who provide training, tools, and event organization. Together, information is collected on tree species, size, health, site conditions, and available planting spaces. Data is analyzed by Urban Forestry staff, and findings are presented to neighborhood stakeholders. Achievable strategies are set by the collective body to improve existing trees, identify opportunities for an expanding tree canopy, and connect the neighborhood with city and non-profit resources. The result is a Neighborhood Stewardship Plan. The plan identifies the current status and health of neighborhood street trees and provides recommendations for neighborhood action. This final product serves as a catalyst for neighborhood implementation.

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