Tannenbaum Madness on Alberta Street!

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Tannenbaum Madness:
Join us on Alberta Street this holiday season!

Tannenbaum Madness is a season long walking tour of whimsical, wacky and sometimes-weird window displays created by Alberta Street’s local, independent retailers and an atmosphere created by our community.

Tannenbaum Madness opens on the day after Thanksgiving (Nov 23rd) and continues throughout the season. Incorporated into the festivities is Shop Local Shop Late, where many Alberta retailers will remain open until 7PM on Fridays between Thanksgiving and Christmas just for YOU! Please support your local independent businesses this holiday season.

Opening Night (Fri., Nov. 23rd) will include celebrations from 4-8PM. The street will be aglow with festive lights, music, gallery openings, restaurants serving some of the best food in town, and a little of the usual madness. All are welcome to come out and join the fun — grab some friends and carol your way up the street, enjoy a hot beverage, get a start on your holiday shopping, and bring the kids for crafty DIY ornament-making with Art on Alberta at Umpqua Bank. We are actively looking for carolers, wacky Santas, mischievous elves and more. If you would like to join the madness, visit: http://albertamainst.org/whats-happening/tannenbaum-madness/opening-night/join-madness/.

New this year, we hope you’ll join us for the Alberta Street Christmas Treet Lighting on Sat. Dec 1st at 4:30PM. Check albertamainst.org for the latest updates. Festive events will continue throughout November and December. Walking maps and additional events will be regularly added to our website as they become available!

Participating businesses include: abrahams&duffy | Alberta Main Street | antler gallery & store | Backtalk | Bin 21 | Bristlecone | Community Cycling Center | Flywheel Skate & Style | Frock | Garnish | Grasshopper | Green Bean Books | Guardino Gallery | Local Discoveries | Mimosa Studios | Modern Domestic | pedX | Random Order Pie Bar | RED SAIL | Redbird Studio | Salt & Straw | Screaming Sky Gallery | Six Days Art Co-op | Suite 6 Boutique | The Make House | The Pencil Test | The Shoe Store | The Waffle Window | Tumbleweed | Umpqua Bank Alberta/Art on Alberta

Does the OLCC consider community input when granting liquor sales licenses?

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KNA member Rick Sills has been attending meetings of the Oregon Liquor Control Commission, as it weighs liquor license, in Rick’s role as King neighborhood representative to the Safety and Livability Team at the Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods.

In response to OLCC’s granting of a liquor license to a convenience mart in close proximity to the Beverly Cleary School, Rick writes:

Beverly Cleary School (BCS) is a second-grade through eighth-grade public grade school located in the Grant Park neighborhood (GPN) at 1915 N.E. 33rd Ave.; about seven hundred children currently attend BCS.

Recently some of our GPN neighbors have documented with photographs longstanding alcohol-related problems within 500 feet of Beverly Cleary School.

On the morning of October 25, 2012, two GPN neighbors went to an OLCC hearing and presented these (and other) pictures and testimony to the five-member OLCC Board of Commissioners in opposition to the OLCC license application denominated “Jacksons #562”.  Jacksons #562 involved an application for an OLCC license for a proposed “Jackson’s Market convenience store” to be located at the northwest corner of the intersection of N.E. 33rd and N.E. Broadway, within 500 feet of Beverly Cleary School. Continue reading →

King Thanksgiving Harvest Market November 18th

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From Portland Farmers Market:

Join us at the King Market location on November 18, where vendors will reunite for a special Thanksgiving Harvest Market.

Come rain or shine to fill your market basket with seasonal delights like winter squash, Brussels sprouts, potatoes, cranberries, wild mushrooms, fresh eggs, apples, pears, artisan cheeses, baked goods, pickles and preserves, pastured meats, Oregon wines and floral arrangements from LOCAL FARMERS & FOOD ARTISANS, including:

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Citywide Land Use Group Seeks Input on Apartment Parking Issue

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From the Citywide Land Use Group:

Neighborhood Apartment Parking Survey

Dear Neighbors and Community Leaders:

Our Portland community is experiencing unprecedented growth in the development of apartment buildings that include little or no off-street parking. Although a number of these types of older apartments remain along the former trolley lines, the approval of 28 new apartment buildings over the past 18 months has alarmed many of us.

Due to the recent community concern regarding the approval of so many apartment buildings with no parking, the City’s Bureau of Planning and Sustainability (BPS) is conducting a study of residents and neighbors of eight of these older buildings. As a group of volunteers that participate in the Citywide Land Use Group, we felt it was important to conduct our own, complementary survey. This survey is the result of our Apartment Parking Task Force and Editing Team’s work on the no-parking issue over the past four months. It is our attempt to clarify your concerns and needs.  We want to give neighborhoods the opportunity to provide constructive criticism to the City on this issue.
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November KNA Board Meeting Agenda

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King Neighborhood Association

Wednesday, November 14, 2012 6:30pm

Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods

4815 NE 7th Avenue, Portland, OR

 

Draft Agenda

6:30 Introductions, approval of agenda and minutes

6:40 New development @ Failing and Garfield – Garner Moody

7:00 Communications Policy – Discussion of  procedure for outbound communications on behalf of the KNA (OR Mr. Polk, owner of MLK Carwash & safety near Simpson/MLK)

7:15 Mural at the Union Market

7:30 North Williams Traffic Safety

8:00 Adjourn