Last April the Union Market at corner of Martin Luther King Jr. and Failing was repeatedly hit by taggers. As an aesthetically pleasing alternative, a mural was painted on a void green wall. The owners are now threatened with high civil penalties and monthly enforcement fees until they paint it over. If you like art in your neighborhood, stop by the Union Market 3837 NE MLK Jr Blvd and sign the petition (over 60 neighbors already did over the last two days.) Keep art in our lives.
Free Energy Audits from Energize Northeast
From NECN:
If you haven’t already, please consider signing up for a home energy performance audit with Energize Northeast. This collaboration between NECN, Neil Kelly and Umpqua Bank will make it easy for you to enjoy greater home energy efficiency and save money. Registration only take a few minutes at Energize.necoalition.org/registration. After you register, you will receive a call from Neil Kelly to schedule a home energy audit. This comprehensive audit takes several hours and is valued at $500. However, with a $150 rebate from the Energy Trust of Oregon, Neil Kelly is offering the home energy audit free to the homeowner. Additionally, for every home energy audit completed through Energize Northeast, Neil Kelly has generously agreed to donate $150 to NECN to help further community programs such as Neighborhood Small Grants.
Not sure you are ready for a home energy audit? Attend a free workshop to learn more first.
Energize Northeast workshops:
Saturday, October 13th, 11:00am at Umpqua Bank Alberta
Tuesday, October 16th, 6:30pm at NECN
Saturday, October 27th, 11:00am at NECN
More workshops listed at http://energize.necoalition.org/energize-ne-cal
October KNA Agenda
King Neighborhood Association Meeting
King Neighborhood Facility, 4815 NE 7th Avenue
October 9, 2012 – 6:30 to 8:30 pm
6:30 Welcome, introductions, last meeting minutes, agenda.
6:40 Update from Portland Police Bureau.
6:50 Update from NECN.
7:00 KNA ongoing tasks and projects:
Quick Trip letter / SALT report Teri
Backpack Program Alan
Rock the Vote Alan
By-laws Alan
Land Use Andrew
7:30 King Mural Project Rodolfo Serrano
7:40 PPS bond ballot measure
7:50 Postal crisis and our response
8:00 New business
Summer camp – Tsuga
PSU MURP – project planning
8:10 Public comment
8:30 Adjournment
Join us for a Rock the Vote event this Sunday at Portland Playhouse!
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PPS Publishes Student Density Map, Begins School Meetings
As Portland Public Schools begins its meetings at each of the North and Northeast Portland schools under consideration for boundary changes or possible closure, it has released a PPS student population density map of the area. The full document is here:
HSClusters_2012_Jefferson-DA with student density
Here is the template PowerPoint for the school-based meetings:
Enrollment Balancing meeting template
School-based enrollment balancing meetings start today at 8:45 am at Boise-Eliot/Humboldt. Next week has meetings at Woodlawn (6:30 pm, Monday, 10/08), Beach (6 pm, Wednesday, 10/10) and Vernon (6 pm, Thursday, 10/11). Later this month, there will be meetings at Faubion (10/15,10/30) Ockley Green (10/15), Chief Joseph (10/17) and King (10/19, 10/23).
Check the full schedule at: http://www.kingpta.org/2012/09/29/pps-releases-enrollment-balancing-meeting-schedule/