05/13/2014
Demolitions, Residential Infill, and Housing Affordability
North Portland Neighborhood Services is co-sponsoring a panel to discuss: Demolitions, Residential Infill, and Housing Affordability
Join us for an Informative Evening with a Panel of Experts
Wednesday, June 11th 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Concordia University
Luther Hall Auditorium, 2811 NE Holman St.
Guest speakers from the City's Bureau of Development Services, Bureau of Planning and Sustainability, home builders, housing and community organizations will address:
•What are the City's regulations around residential tear-downs and new construction?•How do these trends affect neighborhood affordability, stability and equity?•What are the environmental issues around the demolition of buildings?•What is attracting home builders?
Moderated by Amalia Alarcón de Morris, Director of the Office of Neighborhood InvolvementSponsors:Central Northeast NeighborsNorth Portland Neighborhood ServicesNortheast Coalition of NeighborhoodsSoutheast Uplift
For more information about the event please contact Sandra Lefrancois at (503) 823-2780 or sandral@cnncoalition.org
We will make reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities, people needing assistance with language interpretation. Please notify us no less than ten business days prior to the event (503) 823-4099 mary@npnscommunity.org TTY: (503) 823-6868,
05/12/2014
May 2014 Neighborhood Meeting Agenda
AgendaArbor Lodge Neighborhood Association Meeting, Thursday, May 15th, 6:30, Kenton Firehouse6:30 Welcome, introductions6:40 review/additions to Agenda6:45 Mack McFarland, Piedmont neighbor with invitation6:50 Barbara Quinn, Cathedral Park neighbor with information about Toxic Waste Dump proposed for the Willamette River close to us7:10 Annoucements/planning for coming events: * May 27th info walk on Lombard, review of Commercial zoning changes with city planners * Young Tree work shops July 12th, 15th, 22nd * Sunday Parkways, June 22nd * Movie in the Park, August 17th * booth for Movie * helping PTA with clothing drive for schools * leading garden walks in neighborhood between 3-6 that day * Block Parties * Neighborhood Night Out at the Park7:30 Review of minutes/budget issues * $200 voted for Block parties are actually in the next budget cycle * maybe buying "ooze tubes" for newly planted trees in the neighborhood, branded with ALNA Logo, then loaned to those with new trees to improve survival of those trees through the summer.7:45 any additional Agenda items brought forth, or Adjourn
05/05/2014
Help us keep Arbor Lodge Park Pesticide Free
2 of the 5 original Pesticide Free Parks are no longer in this category. Why? Lack of volunteers to keep them spray free.
If this is important to you, please consider volunteering this Saturday, May 10th, between 9-12. It's easy. Duane Eldred will be leading the work party. Look for him by the west baseball diamond tool shed on Dekum. Come join the fun and keep us spray free! Thanks.
04/30/2014
Get Prepared!
Ever wanted to prepare for a disaster but felt daunted by all the how-tos? Us too. We know better than most how hard it can be to parse good information from all that's available. If that mountain of info scares you like it did us - good news! We read all that stuff so you don't have to.
The Arbor Lodge and Kenton Neighborhood Emergency Team (NET) has curated the following list of preparedness resources. Please take a look at any time.
Who are we? We're your neighborhood NET team, and we're trained by the Portland Bureau of Emergency Management and Portland Fire to assist in a disaster. We hope to build disaster resilience in our community.
PrepOregon -http://www.preporegon.org/
Family Emergency Supply Calendar - http://www.multco.us/sites/default/files/em/documents/family_emergency_supplies_calendar_0.pdf
Multhomah County Office of Emergency Management - http://www.multco.us/emPortland Bureau of Emergency Management - http://www.portlandoregon.gov/pbem/28988
Emergency Kits - http://www.simplesafety.com/
Be Informed - http://www.ready.gov/be-informed
FTC - Weather Emergencies - Recovering After a Disaster- Consumer Information - http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/features/feature-0023-weather-emergencies#money
EPA - Drinking Water Emergency Incident Information - http://water.epa.gov/drink/emerprep/
USDA - Keeping Food Safe During an Emergency - http://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/food-safety-education/get-answers/food-safety-fact-sheets/emergency-preparedness/keeping-food-safe-during-an-emergency/ct_index
Weather Alerts - http://www.weather.gov/alerts
