Since the grant money for childcare at our meetings has run out, we have voted to fund continuing it throughout the summer to see if demand is there to provide this service. This is an attempt to remove barriers to Neighborhood Association involvement among busy parents. If childcare is important to you as an incentive to attend, contact us at info@kingneighborhood.org. If we don’t attract parents with children to the July, August, or September meetings, we will decide if we should continue or provide childcare on a reservation only basis.

A planning meeting for this year’s 10th avenue block party takes place this Saturday, June 27th. The block party will take place on 10th avenue between Alberta and Wygant streets. If you live on the block or adjacent to it and would like help make this year’s block party an even bigger success than last year, come to the Bye and Bye at 10th and Alberta at 6:00pm. Some possibilities are live music and a better kid’s play space.

If you don’t live on this block and want to block off the street and have a party on yours, go to: http://www.portlandonline.com/oni/index.cfm?c=33907 or stop by the King Neighborhood Facility at 4815 NE 7th avenue and get your forms filled out. Finally, the King Neighborhood Association will assist in the planning and payment of fees for block parties in our neighborhood that promote involvement in the neighborhood association.

For more information or to RSVP, contact “The Governor,” aka Brian aka Bre at 971.235.5065 or email at mdarne”at”hotmail.com