Pink Martini Kicks Off Jefferson Benefit Concerts

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Pink Martini plays this Saturday

Internet Ticket Purchases Only! No tickets at the door! Saturday, September 25, 2010
Jefferson High School Auditorium

Part of the Rose City Music Festival
Doors open 6:45 p.m.
Event begins 7:30 p.m.

This is a benefit concert with all proceeds dedicated to bringing the arts and music program back to Jefferson High School and the Jefferson Cluster.
Presenting Organization or Promoter: Jefferson High Alumni Association.

The Jefferson High Alumni Association is a 501c3 organization. $50 of your ticket price is tax deductible.

Pink Martini
09/25/10 7:30 pm
Jefferson High School Auditorium

Jefferson Dancers …DoJump!, Polaris
09/30/10 7:00 pm
Jefferson High School Auditorium

Mike Phillips Live at the MAC!
10/01/10 7:00 pm
Multnomah Athletic Club

Rose City Music Festival
10/02/10 2:00 pm
Jefferson High School

For more information, go to the ticketsoregon website:
http://ticketsoregon.com/event_group.php?gid=34

Safeway Agrees to KNA’s Requests

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Diane Phillips, Real Estate Manager for Safeway has informed the King Neighborhood Association that the company intends to fulfill KNA’s requests that the King Safeway store add covered bicycle parking and make a financial contribution to Friends of Trees. KNA made its support for Safeway’s requested adjustment from city landscaping code contingent on the fulfillment of the requests. If Safeway were not granted the adjustment, seven parking spaces would have been given over to additional trees and plantings. By making the donation to Friends of Trees, more low-income homeowners will be able to plant trees, thereby meeting the intent of the requirement. Also, bicycle parking at the store seems to have been an afterthought with wire loops welded on the bollards in front. A new, actual bike rack for 20 bikes is planned under the canopy by the door.

NECN Endorses King’s Call for More Police

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The Northeast Coalition of Neighborhood’s Executive Committee voted, at their meeting on Sept 14th, to support and endorse the KNA’s letter to Mayor Sam Adams calling for improved police staffing and response time at the North Precinct. Copies will be submitted to all city commissioners, lawmakers Lew Frederick and Chip Shields, and Chief Reese.

Read the letter at:

http://kingneighborhood.wordpress.com/2010/09/10/kna-urges-increased-police-staffing-in-wake-of-shooting/

Build It Green! Home Tour and Information Fair 2010

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Tour Portland’s first-ever permitted straw bale house, and a historic home energy upgrade project by Clean Energy Works Portland

Portland’s first-ever permitted straw bale house and a Victorian home that received energy-saving upgrades from the Clean Energy Works Portland program (www.cleanenergyworksportland.org) are two reasons to buy tickets early for the 9th annual Build It Green! Home Tour on Saturday, September 25th. This year’s tour features twenty-one green remodels and new homes around the Portland metropolitan area. Tickets are on now sale at Ecohaus and at www.portlandonline.com/bps/builditgreen.

Many of the homes and affordable housing include solar panels, ecoroofs, rainwater harvesting, natural landscaping, water and energy conservation, reused building materials, alternative construction techniques, small footprints and much more. Homeowners and contractors will be available to share their personal experiences and to answer questions. Come be inspired!

A FREE family-friendly information fair will follow at Ecohaus with green vendors, demonstrations, food, drink and music.

Saturday, September 25, 2010

Home Tour: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Twenty-one tour stops throughout the Portland metro area

Information Fair: 3 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Hosted by Ecohaus, 819 SE Taylor St, Portland

Tickets: $15 adults; $10 car-free, students, and honored citizens, FREE for children 14 and under. Purchase tickets (credit card) at www.portlandonline.com/bps/builditgreen or in person (cash or check only) at Ecohaus (819 SE Taylor St, Portland, 503-222-3881).

Presented by the City of Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability

Sponsored by Metro, Energy Trust of Oregon, Solar Oregon, Oregon Home magazine, and City of Portland Bureaus of Environmental Services, Development Services and Water

For more info: visit www.portlandonline.com/bps/builditgreen, e-mail greenhotline@portlandoregon.gov, or call 503-823-5431.