08/13/2014
Arbor Lodge Garden Tour, August 17th, 4-6 pm
Come join us and tour 5 Audubon Certified Backyard Habitats and one Community Sharing Garden this Sunday, August 17th. Meet at Arbor Lodge Park in the corner near the intersection of Dekum and Delaware. Bring your walking shoes! Maps provided if you prefer to drive or bike. We have a free raffle for all participants, prizes include: 1) native plant start, 2) a Mason Bee house for bee tubes, and 3) one Gift Certificate to waive the $25 fee to apply for Backyard Certification. Each yard is unique, we'll have fun. Questions? ginger.edws@gmail.com
08/13/2014
By the Numbers - Draft FY15 Budget Available for Review (edited)
We've been working to develop a budget for our current fiscal year. , and invite neighbors to review. and submit comments - either here or at our meeting next week, 6:30pm at the Kenton Firehouse. We will discuss the budget again later this year.
Here's a link to our current draft: http://ow.ly/AhEMj
08/07/2014
Update: August 7th 2014
Fill Our Closets!Please support both Chief Joseph/Ockley Green "Community Zone" and Peninsula PTA Clothes Closets. Bring gently used, clean donations to our event tent during Harper's Playground Community Play Day and Arbor Lodge Movies in the Park on August 17th from 11am until dark. Peninsula's focus is on helping children recover from embarrassing situations and quickly return to the classroom. We need new underwear in all sizes, belts for boys and men, kids pants size 4-16. CJOG runs an outreach closet and they are low on deodorant, soaps of all kinds, toilet paper, new socks, clothes hangers, girls pants size 10-16, girls medium size shirts, and girls shoes sizes 5-8. No tank tops please. Any cash or check donations will be graciously accepted and split between both closets to fill in as needed. Thank you for cleaning out your closets to fill ours! For more information or to volunteer send e-mail to Nicoleleggett32@gmail.com
08/06/2014
Update: August 6th 2014
Pesticide Free Park work party this Saturday, August 9th, 9-12, noon.
Come help us keep Arbor Lodge Park one of 3 remaining pesticide free Parks in Portland. It all depends on volunteers like you!Meet up at the baseball diamond off Dekum, near Greeley.We'll do some basic clean up throughout the Park, get to know our neighbors, share snacks, and make the Park shine for the Movie in the Park event just one week later. Thank you!
07/21/2014
Comp Plan Map App open for comments
The City of Portland has just released it's latest round of documents as they continue the process of updating the Comprehensive Plan that will direct how the city grows over the next 20 years. From their website:
"Portland has only created one Comprehensive Plan before, and that was adopted almost 35 years ago. Today’s advances in technology provide planners with so much more information and data that it takes more time to analyze and apply the findings to our work."There’s definitely more to consider this time around. Portland is a third again as big as it was then, mostly due to annexation. And our increasingly diverse population has grown by 200,000 people."The issues the plan is addressing are also broader and more complex. In 1980, the key goals of the Comprehensive Plan were to develop vibrant neighborhoods around a robust transit system and reduce air pollution in the Central City."
You are also invited to familiarize yourself with the maps that go along with the plan and make comments that will go into finalizing the next draft for the city council's approval. Find the Map App here. For directions on how to navigate the app click on "View the Tutorial" on the upper left or click on "Go to the Map App" to get started.