N/NE Economic History–How Did We Get Here?

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Historical Perspective for Today’s Understanding: Economic Development in N/NE Portland
Economic Development Speaker Series Kick-Off Event

Tuesday, November 1, 2011 6:00pm to 8:00pm
The NECN Community Economic Development Council’s Inaugural Speaker Series Event
Curious Comedy, 5225 NE MLK Blvd, Portland, OR 97211

*FREE*

The Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods (NECN) invites the community to a panel discussion and Q & A about the history of economic development in inner N/NE Portland with an eye cast toward discovering future economic development opportunities. The panel will feature:

  • Carl Talton – Past Co-Chair of the N/NE Economic Development Alliance
  • Dr. Karen Gibson – PSU Associate Professor, Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning
  • Paul Knauls Sr – Owner, Geneva’s Shear Perfection Barber and Beauty Salon

Join us to hear three different perspectives on past economic development activities, their impacts and key learnings for our future. Carl Talton, a community leader with years of experience, will share his perspectives from work with city agencies such as the Portland Development Commission and leadership at the North/Northeast Economic Development Alliance with Sheila Holden. Author of Bleeding Albina, Dr. Karen Gibson will share an academic perspective as a researcher of the political economy of neighborhood change in Portland’s historic black community, the Albina District. A community leader, Paul Knauls Sr., will bring his first person account as a business owner experiencing the impacts of various business and economic development programs throughout the years.

Each speaker brings a unique perspective on community economic development and has strong connections with Portland’s historic inner N/NE neighborhoods and communities including the African-American community. This first event of a series is a must for newcomers and longtime community members alike.

Refreshments donated by Bridges Café & Catering, Horn of Africa and Elevated Coffee

RSVP requested, 503.823.4575 or info@necoalition.org The Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods’ (NECN) newest permanent committee, the Community Economic Development Council (CEDC), is proud to present this inaugural event. The CEDC looks at a range of local needs for jobs, asset creation, economic generators, small business supports and place and community-based investments. The committee works to gather information, provide education, advocate for solutions and incubate projects. For anyone who cannot attend this event but would like to participate in the Community Economic Development Council, please join us for meetings on the third Thursdays of the month at 8am at NECN offices. The public is welcome.

NECN – Founded in 1975, the Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods is a dynamic 501c3 nonprofit organization comprised of 12 culturally diverse and vibrant inner North and Northeast Portland Neighborhoods and their Associations. Dedicated to highly inclusive civic engagement, we operate community programs and fulfill numerous functions: gathering place, information and referral, idea and project incubator, training and technical assistance, forums and issue advocacy, and outreach service provider connecting community members to resources from agencies and organizations. Our 12 neighborhoods are: Alameda, Boise, Concordia, Eliot, Grant Park, Humbolt, Irvington, King, Sabin, Sullivan’s Gulch, Vernon and Woodlawn.

Donations to support our Council and our work in the community are always appreciated. Online donations may be made at necoalition.org. Checks may be made out to NECN and sent to NECN 4815 NE 7th Ave. Portland, OR 97211.

For further information about our community committees and programs, please contact Shoshana Cohen at 503-823-4570 and shoshana@necoalition.org. For the latest information on all Northeast Coalition activities, please visit www.necoalition.org.

The Sabin Triangle: a presentation!

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Architects Without Borders have been helping with the Sabin Community develop ideas for an under used portion of the right-of-way along NE Prescott Ave and 15thstreet. The design team and representatives from Sabin will be making a presentation on Wednesday, 10/26, at 6pm, and we’d like to invite you and neighborhood representatives to attend.  This project is one example of how our group, a 100% volunteer organization, can provide design assistance to our local community groups (absolutely free of charge).

The presentation will be at the Center for Architecture, 403 NW 11th Avenue. We hope to see you there.

You can preview the project at http://www.awboregon.org/2011/08/sabin-neighborhood-pocket-park-portland/

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King NA hope to have someone from Sabin NA at our monthly meeting in December who can update us on the Triangle, Sabin’s work to change traffic on Fremont Street, and other projects. We hope we’ll see you there!

Resolutions Northwest’s Mediator Training is open for applicants.

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Want to help Portland residents effectively resolve conflicts?

Resolutions Northwest (RNW) is now accepting applications for our annual Volunteer Mediation Training.  This 38-hour basic mediation training is free in exchange for a one-year weekly ongoing training and volunteer commitment to help diverse neighbors and communities in Portland resolve conflicts with each other. Application deadline: November 18, 2011.  Training dates in Jan., 2011.  More information and application forms can be obtained at http://www.resolutionsnorthwest.org/become_volunteer_mediator or (503) 595-4890.  RNW is committed to the goals of equal opportunity and affirmative action in education and volunteerism. We encourage all interested to apply.

Candlelight vigil for domestic violence, at Dawson Park.

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Ally Brown writes us:

I work for the Portland Women’s Crisis Line and we have been organizing an awareness raising event in your community and wanted to send out an invitation to the neighborhood associations. We are holding a community vigil this Thursday, October 20th, to honor the lives of victims of domestic violence who were killed in the last year in Oregon. 26 lives were lost and in honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month we wanted to hold a community event for people to come together, work towards healing and reach out to make others aware of this issue in our communities.

This event will be at Dawson Park from 6-8 pm, this Thursday. We will be holding a candlelight vigil, have music and speakers from the community. We will also hold space for people to speak about their loved ones or experiences. If you have any questions about this event, or want to be more involved, please feel free to contact me.

Thanks for your time,

Ally King, Volunteer Coordinator, Portland Women’s Crisis Line

503-232-4176, ally@pwcl.org, www.pwcl.org

Open House tomorrow eve at Community Warehouse!

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Friends of Community Warehouse and local community members:

Join co-founder Roz Babener and friends

for happy hour at the Warehouse!

The gathering will include a tour and a chance to meet folks and
learn more about Community Warehouse and what we do.

Beverages and hors d’ouevres provided.

Wednesday, October 19 2011

5-7pm, Open Warehouse*

*Drop in when you can

3969 MLK Jr. Blvd, Portland 97212

We simply want to welcome you and actually show you what
the Warehouse has to offer to our community. Feel free to bring a friend.
Please RSVP to Roz: roz755@aol.com so we know you’re coming.

This is not a fund raiser!

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KNA Note: Community Warehouse is an organization that raises money through an estate sale store, to be able to provide home furnishings for low-income folks. The estate store is at 3969 NE MLK, and CW has a truly fabulous blog for the store at http://estatestore.org/
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A sample partial entry from the blog:

“I’ve no idea what these figurines are for, or what they really represent. Maybe they’re instructive figurines for a series titled 101 way to flatten fauna? Right now I’m even too lazy to go figure it out so if you’ve got some insight please comment below.”