King Neighborhood Clean-up Day This Saturday, June 4

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It’s the moment you’ve been waiting for–the day the dumpsters show up outside the police precinct and you can get rid of that clutter filling the bowels of your basement or lurking under that blackberry bush in the yard. The dump rates are reasonable and all proceeds go to charity.

9:00-1:30, 449 NE Emerson $15/car, $25/truck.

Accepted items are: wood, EXCEPT yard debris, electronics, scrap metal, reusable items for donation to charity, household waste, EXCEPT kitchen waste, NO hazardous waste.

KNA Seeks Safer Crossing at MLK/Failing

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The King Neighborhood Association has requested that the City of Portland make pedestrian safety a higher priority at Failing Street. A high number of vehicle pedestrian conflicts and an ever-increasing number of residential units in the area spurred the letter. The letter states:

Several near-fatal accidents have occurred at this intersection in recent history, one involving a young mother carrying her child across the street, and an aggressive driver sped up and honked at the pedestrian; another when an elderly gentleman was clipped by a car but fortunately not gravely injured six months ago. The King Neighborhood Association invites you to find a way to help us mitigate the unsafe crossing now in place at this intersection.

The association requests that, at a minimum, a marked crossing be installed. Other, more expensive options include a pedestrian activated signal.

Click here for the full letter..

Festival Proposes Street Closure at King Park

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This year, the Good in the Neighborhood festival at King School Park proposes closing Going from Grand to 6th and Grand from Going to Wygant during the three days of the event, June 24th to 26th. The street closure permit application asks for community feedback to be directed to the organizer, Cheryl Roberts at 503-595-3517.

Click here for the closure application.

King NA Supports Juneteenth Forward at MLK/Alberta

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At the May meeting of the association, Woody Broadnax, the organizer of one of the two Juneteenth events in Portland this year, asked for KNA support. This will be the first year for the Juneteenth Forward event and it will be held where the longstanding Juneteenth event was last year. That older event will take place at Jefferson High School this year. Mr. Broadnax asked for KNA support for his use of the PDC owned lot for the event and sought an unspecified financial contribution.

At its special board meeting at Reflections Coffee on May 21st, the KNA board voted to write a letter of support to the Portland Development Commission for the use of the location. KNA, which has yet to develop an income stream other than a $1000/year outreach stipend, declined to provide any financing to the event.

Click here for the letter.

King History Comics

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Artist Joe Sneed, working on a partnership between da Vinci School and King School students, connected with the Dill Pickle Club as a way to orient students to the history of the neighborhood. The Dill Pickle Club led a tour and workshop based on the Oregon History Comics series. The tour was a way for the kids to experience the neighborhood, while comics were a medium for class to create art documenting what they had learned.
Check out the story on the Dill Pickle Club’s website.