Veronica Booth, Procurement Coordinator for Community Warehouse, was a guest speaker at the Feb. 4th King Neighborhood Association meeting.

If you’re not familiar with Community Warehouse, it’s a furniture bank that has been in business for about 10 years. It has two locations: 3969 NE MLK Jr. Blvd in Portland, and 83830 SW Nyberg St. in Tualitin.

Community Warehouse serves about 60 families a week! They provide mattresses, tables, couches, bedding, small appliances, and other everyday household supplies.

If you want to donate items, Community Warehouse provides residential pickup services for a flat fee of $50.

For more information, check out their website at https://www.communitywarehouse.org.

If you missed Tuesday night’s King Neighborhood Association meeting, you can read the minutes here.

An architect from William / Kaven Architecture talked about the new development planned by VWR Development (Vic Remmers) at 3802 NE MLK Jr. Blvd. The development, which consists of four separate mixed-use buildings, each containing 19 residential units, is designed to look like one contiguous building. Buildings that have under 20 units are excluded from the inclusionary housing (IH) law (see https://beta.portland.gov/inclusionary-housing/inclusionary-housing-comprehensive-guide), so this development is not required to include any affordable units.

A guest speaker from Community Warehouse (https://www.communitywarehouse.org) talked about how they provide essential household items to members of our community, and Neighborhood Emergency Team (NET) members talked about disaster preparedness.

We also heard updates about Alberta Abbey’s (126 NE Alberta St.) application for commercial use, the proposed development at 1130 NE Alberta St, and the KNA’s work toward improving street safety around Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School.

Alberta Abbey is seeking a part-time Event Booking and Sales Coordinator to begin in February 2020

This role is paid hourly, expected to average 20 hours per week with additional pay for commission sales. This position can work remotely and has great flexibility built into work hours.

The successful candidate will possess strong communication and organization skills and a desire to increase Abbey event rentals as well as increasing community collaborations.

The position requires professional communication, proactive responsiveness, and consistent and organized tracking of communication and calendars.

The ideal candidate values collegiality, collaboration and shares a dedication to keeping the arts thriving in Portland.

Alberta Abbey is committed to equity so is especially interested in candidates who bring lived experience to working with diverse audiences and environments.

Preferred skills include previous experience with event sales and booking strategies, a commitment to mutually-beneficial outcomes and an understanding of how various systems interact.

Specific software knowledge to include: Gather Event Booking, Slack, Google Drive and other digital platforms. All software knowledge can be learned on the job.  Must have own laptop and cell phone to conduct the work.

Click here to see a full description of the position.

The King Neighborhood Association will hold a regular meeting on Tuesday, February 4, from 6:30 to 8:00 PM, at the NECN office, 4185 NE 7th Avenue, Portland. All are welcome!

We will have a presentation regarding the new development at 3802 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. The developer plans to demolish the existing house at that location and build four new mixed-use buildings. Each building will have 19 residential units.

According to PortlandMaps.com, the proposed project is described as follows:

• Four buildings, to be developed sequentially, from the southeast corner of NE Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and NE Failing Street south toward NE Beech Street.
• Building A is a new three-story, mixed use structure located at the intersection of NE Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard and NE Failing Street. It is composed of two stories of residential apartments over ground floor retail, lobby, and residential.
• The ground level will contain 850 square feet of retail area, a residential lobby, and three Type-B residential units.
• The building’s upper levels will contain a total of 16 residential units, combined with the ground level units, for a total of 19 apartments.
• Vehicular parking and loading are not required.
• Proposed structural systems include light wood framing and structural steel in isolated instances.
• Exterior materials include brick, box rib metal panel, fiber cement panel, aluminum store front, and painted steel.

We will also have a presentation about Community Warehouse and the Neighborhood Emergency Teams (NET) program.

Click here to see the agenda.

On December 20, 2019, Neighbors for Clean Air led a coalition of 21 partner organizations in submitting a petition to Oregon policymakers to establish regulations for toxic diesel emissions from non-road sources such as construction sites, distribution centers and rail yards.

With diesel pollution present at unhealthy levels throughout the state, and the Portland metro area in the 95th percentile for diesel particulate exposure nationally, the groups seek to implement sensible, health-based regulations to protect the health of all Oregonians. The petition was co-authored by the Green Energy Institute at Lewis & Clark Law School and the Northwest Environmental Defense Center.

The DEQ will take public comments from Jan. 13 through Feb. 14, 2020. You can also attend a meeting in person on Jan. 24. For more information, click here.