Home Energy IQ Workshop at Kennedy School

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Pacific Power is sponsoring a Home Energy IQ Workshop on October 6th from 6:00–8:30 p.m. at the McMenamins Kennedy School Gymnasium, 5736 NE 33rd Ave. The event is free for all Pacific Power customers and includes dinner!

However, seating is limited and we are asking that everyone register ASAP to ensure we have enough catering and seating. You can register at www.pacificpower.net/energyiq .

Pacific Power is working with Energy Trust of Oregon to deliver this workshop that will educate homeowners about improving their home’s energy efficiency and lowering their electric bills. Attendees will learn how to:

• Identify your household energy use and how it changes over time.
• Take a whole-home approach to energy efficiency.
• Recognize the most cost-efficient energy improvements for your home.
• Save energy and improve your home’s comfort, health and safety.
• Reduce your environmental footprint.
• Save money with Energy Trust incentives.

Participants will receive a free Energy Saver Kit, including:

• Compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) that use 75 percent less energy, last up to seven years – depending on your daily usage – and give off natural-looking light.
• High-performance faucet aerators and showerheads that reduce water heating costs by using up to 20 percent less water – compared to standard fixtures – without impacting water pressure.

If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please feel free to contact:

Kari Greer
Community Relations
Oregon Energy Efficiency
Pacific Power
825 NE Multnomah, Ste 2000
Portland, OR 97232

(503) 813-5642 office
(503) 816-9032 cell
(503) 813-7274 fax
kari.greer@pacificorp.com

Precinct Commander Responds to King’s Request for More Police

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September 27, 2010

Dear Members of the King Neighborhood Association:

Chief Reese received your September 9th letter to Mayor Adams and asked me to respond to you. First, I appreciate the fact that you are asking questions of your police department. It is important that we communicate freely and transparently, so that the Police Bureau can give our community the best service possible. We also appreciate the support given by the residents of the King Neighborhood. North Precinct has long enjoyed a productive and positive relationship with the King Neighborhood.

As to your concern about officer response times, the Police Bureau’s goal for arrival on emergency or priority calls for service is five minutes or less from the time a police unit is dispatched on a call. I asked our Crime Analysis Unit to look at response times in the King Neighborhood from January 2010 through September 2010. Overall, the numbers suggest that we are meeting that goal. For example, our average response time for emergency 911 calls for service in District 630 during that period is 3.5 minutes.

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Rock ‘n’ Roll Camp for Girls Fall Enrollment

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Rock ‘n’ Roll Camp for Girls announces open enrollment for Fall 2010 Girls Rock Institute programs

Girls Rock Institute (GRI) is a year round after school music program located at the Rock ‘n’ Roll Camp for Girls in NE Portland. The Rock n’ Roll Camp for Girls mission is to empower girls ages 8-18 through music creation and performance.

Every class at GRI is a fun and intensive way to learn how to play music, improve skills, write, and perform. GRI instructors are talented women who help students with performing, recording, booking shows, making band merch, touring, and many other aspects of playing in a band and/or being a solo performer. As always, we welcome students of all skill levels. No experience necessary! FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE FOR ANY GIRL WHO NEEDS IT.

For more information, email gri@girlsrockcamp,org or go to www.girlsrockcamp.org to download an application.

School Board to Discuss High School Plans Tonight

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The Portland school board will consider proposed high school changes tonight, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 5 -7 p.m. at the Blanchard Education Service Center, 501 N. Dixon St.

o Board members will spend the first hour discussing with staff members plans to support Marshall Campus students as they transition into new schools.
o The second hour will be spent on an in-depth look into the middle college program proposed for Jefferson High School.
o Community members are welcome to attend the work session, however public testimony will not be taken.

Benson Polytechnic High School, Jefferson High School, and existing charter schools would make up a network of focus schools – open to students from across the school district.

◦Benson will continue to offer a four-year program of career and technical education, serving approximately 425 to 850 students full time on the campus, enabling students to pursue one or more in-depth career focused programs.

◦Jefferson would build on a strong partnership with Portland Community College to offer a middle college program that provides students the chance to earn college credits while pursuing their high school diploma. Students residing in the current Jefferson boundary could choose to attend the Jefferson focus school, or have guaranteed entrance into Grant, Madison or Roosevelt high schools, depending on their address.

•The Harriet Tubman Leadership Academy for Young Women would no longer offer a high school program, but would become a stand-alone focus middle school, independent of Jefferson High, serving grades 6 to 8.

The board is scheduled to vote on the changes at a meeting Oct. 12.

Register Now! Metro Grants Workshops

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Helping make the region a great place
Metro grants and technical assistance

The liveliest cities and neighborhoods don’t happen by accident. It takes vision, leadership and investment. But how do you turn a good idea into a great project? Metro can help.

If you have an innovative idea to integrate the natural world into your community please join us for a workshop about Metro’s Nature in Neighborhood grant programs. Participants will learn about the goals, criteria and application procedures of the grant programs as well as how to create a program plan and what resources are available to help get a project started.

The Metro Council’s 2006 Natural Areas bond measure established $15 million for the Capital Grants Program to inspire innovative partnerships that enhance ecological functions and increase the presence of nature where people live, work and play. This includes projects that acquire land for public ownership or result in a capital improvement on public land.

A workshop focusing on the Capital Grant program will be offered at two locations:

Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010
7 to 9 p.m.
Beaverton City Hall, 4755 SW Griffith Drive

This workshop is being co-sponsored by OSU Extension, Washington County Citizen Participation Program, City of Beaverton Neighborhood Program, Clean Water Services, Tualatin Riverkeepers and the Tualatin Watershed Council.

Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010
9 to 11 a.m.
Metro, 600 NE Grand Ave., Portland

Metro’s restoration and enhancement grant program supports hands-on activities and environmental education programs that protect and contribute to watershed health in the region. The program connects community-minded people to their neighborhoods, natural areas, backyards and beyond. New this year the program will fund a small number of planning grants to assist communities in developing their projects.

One workshop will focus on Metro’s Restoration and Enhancement Grants Program

Saturday, November 13, 2010
9 to 11 a.m.
Metro, 600 NE Grand Ave., Portland

The deadline for Nature in Neighborhoods Restoration and Enhancement Grants pre-applications is 4 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011.

To RSVP or for more information, contact Kristin Blyler at 503-797-1834 or Kristin.Blyler@oregonmetro.gov. For more information, visit www.oregonmetro.gov/grants.

Kristin Blyler
Grant program
Metro – Sustainability Center
600 NE Grand Ave.
Portland OR 97232
503-797-1834
kristin.blyler@oregonmetro.gov