Components of a Healthy Community: Education, health care, food, transportation, capital, jobs and housing

Connect with North and Northeast Portland’s leading community practitioners for dynamic presentations and discussions on these
topics. Join two focus areas to both learn and share your knowledge as we begin a community asset mapping project. Create your own new
connections as we discuss the components of a healthy community!

When: Tuesday, April 3rd, 7pm to 9pm
Doors open at 6pm for networking and snacks – program begins promptly
at 7. Show up early!

Where: OAME, 4134 North Vancouver Ave.
Who: The Community Economic Development Council of the Northeast
Coalition of Neighborhoods

Featured speakers and discussion facilitators will include:
• Nita Shah, Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon
• Owen Ronchelli, Lloyd Transportation Management Association
• Scott Sheldon, Alberta Co-op Grocery
• Alejandro Queral, NW Health Foundation

Occupy St. John’s passes along this information about  putting pressure on 7-11:

7 Eleven Corporate Office

Phone:  972-828-7011 

Here are some of the management at the corporate office you could ask for.

Joseph D Depinto, CEO; Masaaki Asakura, Executive VP; Darren Rebelez, Executive VP; Stanley W Reynolds, Executive VP; Carole Davidson, Senior VP; Alan Beach, Vice President; Krystin Mitchell, HR Executive; Brad Jenkins, Sales Exec; Rita Bargerhuff, Marketing

He is the Developer for 7 Eleven

Marc Clough, Development Director of 7-11

e-mail: marc.clough@7-11.com
This OLCC form takes less than a minute to fill out:

http://www.oregon.gov/OLCC/LIC/input_form.shtml

Help fight their liquor license. Here is the ordinance you might want to reference:

471.313 Grounds for refusing to issue license

(1) That there are sufficient licensed premises in the locality…or that the granting of a license in the locality is not demanded by public interest or convenience.

License Not Demanded by Public Interest or Convenience

ORS 471.313(1) allow the Commission to deny a license that public interest or convenience does not demand

(1) Alcohol-related problems at other licensed premises:

(a) The applicant has had repeated problems at another license location during the two years preceding this application… problems with disturbances, unlawful activities or noise

(B) Include but not limited to public drunkenness, fights, altercations, harassment, unlawful drug sales, alcohol-related litter, trespassing on private property and public urination.

Here are the Commissioners of the OLCC’s emails. You can tell them directly about your concerns.

CHAIR CASSANDRA SKINNER-LOPATA cass@agatehealthcare.com,

ROBERT RICE rarice1946@MSN.COM,

ALEX DUARTE alex.duarte@stanfordalumni.org

MICHAEL E. HARPER, SR.meharpersr@comcast.net,

RON ROOME rlr@karnopp.com

Lataya Dailey of Occupy St. Johns writes us:

I wanted to let you know that Occupy St. Johns has decided to have people speak at City Hall about our concerns with 7 Eleven. We will have people talking for then next few meetings. March 21st through April 4^th, we have people going. It would be great to have people from other communities as well. If you are interested we have car pools you can join. You can email us at occupystjohns@gmail.com

The City Council meetings start at 9:30am on Wednesdays. March 21st is the first one we will be at, then the 28th and the 4th of April.
Here is the email for the clerk’s office: LaVonne@portlandoregon.gov. I believe this is the email you can send a request to speak at the City Hall meeting. You can hand deliver, fax or mail as well.

More information on addressing city council: Continue reading →