01/12/2023
Rumble on the River #4 - Community Forum on The Critical Energy Infrastructure Hub & Zenith Energy | January 17th 6pm
Rumble on the River #4 A coalition of 22 neighborhood, river and climate advocacy organizations sponsor this series of free forums to increase public awareness of the safety, health and seismic risks associated with the Critical Energy Infrastructure (CEI) Hub and Zenith Energy. Each forum is different in its approach to examining the 6-mile stretch of aging tank farms that line the North Reach of the Willamette River within a seismic liquefaction zone. In addition to the existing and potential harms of the CEI Hub, the panelists will also discuss the City’s recent and unexpected approval of the Land Use Compatibility Statement for Zenith Energy, which lies within the Hub. The CEI Hub is a six-mile stretch of aging tank farms located in NW Portland along the Willamette River. Within the hub is Zenith, bringing dangerous oil trains through our communities. The forum on January 17th will be information packed and features information on the dangers the CEI Hub poses to us because of seismic risks. When: Tuesday, January 17th Doors & Info Tables @ 6:00 PM Panel @ 6:30 PM Where: Havurah Shalom 825 NW 18th Avenue Portland 97209
Forum Panelists: Bob Sallinger - Conservation Director for Portland Audubon Melanie Plaut, M.D. - Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility Barbara Bernstein - Host of KBOO Radio’s Locus Focus and Audio Documentarian Jay Wilson - Past Chair, Oregon Seismic Safety Policy Advisory Commission, Former Resilience Fellow, National Institute for Standards and Technology Josie Moberg, J.D. - Climate Justice Legal Fellow at Breach Collective
Moderator: Michael Pouncil - Current Chair of the Portland Harbor Community Advisory Group
01/06/2023
FREE Douglas-fir and Ponderosa pine trees available
Last week, Completely Arbortrary, a local podcast dedicated to all things trees, and Treecology, Inc., a local tree care service company, sponsored a “treevia” (get it?) night at Arbor Beer Lodge. After the friendly competition, your Arbor Lodge Tree Team was gifted 20 Douglas-fir and 7 Ponderosa pine trees. Typically selling for around $10 each, we are now giving them away on a first-come, first-served basis. Free! The trees are in one-gallon containers and look great: young and green and sprite. If you’ve cut a tree for your Christmas celebration, planting one of these beauties could be a lovely cosmic balance to your holiday. Both are native species and visually appealing. As mature trees, they will provide cooling shade, wildlife habitat, erosion control, and other benefits, while enhancing your home’s value, and helping the planet deal with a warming climate. Planting a tree would also be a wonderful legacy for you or your family or make a thoughtful gift to a friend or loved one. If you would like a free tree to plant in your yard (but not in the planting strip between the sidewalk and street), please contact Kelly O’Hara at: kelly@pdxcb.net 206-422-0857 6550 N Boston Ave
12/19/2022
2022 Bill Naito Community Trees Award | The individual winner is Ginger Edwards
The Bill Naito Community Trees Award recognizes our neighbors who have worked tirelessly to care for, protect, and advocate for our community’s trees.
This year, the individual winner is Ginger Edwards. From the Arbor Lodge Tree Teams nomination: “Ginger Edwards is our community’s Lorax. Not only does she speak for trees, she speaks for parks and native species and pollinators and as a former police officer and social worker, the entire human-human and human-Other community that enfolds us all. The Arbor Lodge Tree Team works to plant, preserve, and promote trees in our neighborhood and beyond. Mainly, though, we are just people who like trees. Ginger has guided, motivated, and ever-so-gently cajoled us into a group of volunteer “tree geeks” - increasingly cohesive, educated, and focused on the two branches of our tree mission: policy/advocacy/education and putting trees in the ground.
“The Lorax” story encourages personal care and involvement in making a situation better. Seuss writes: “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” Ginger is our Lorax.””
See more here
12/04/2022
Public Meeting Notice: Land Use Notice for Development at 1738-1742 N Colfax Street | Thursday, December 15th, 2022 @ 7:00pm
Please join us via zoom Thursday, December 15th, 2022 @ 7:00pm (see meeting info below)
Fosler Architecture will present their plans for:
4-story build
63 unit building
off-street parking for 95 bikes and 14 cars.
There will be mixture of studios, one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments, and 15% of the units will be provided under the Inclusionary Housing program. The project will also meet the Transportation Demand Management program requirements for transit use.
Find more information about the proposed project here
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12/03/2022
North Portland Aquatic Center - Community Workshop #1 / Sat., Dec. 10, 2022 10am-2pm
PLEASE JOIN US!
Portland Parks & Recreation (PP&R) is hosting Community Workshop #1 for the North Portland Aquatic Center project on Saturday, December 10, 2022, at Charles Jordan Community Center from 10:00am - 2:00pm. What: North Portland Aquatic Center - Community Workshop #1 When: Saturday, December 10, 2022, 10:00am-2:00pm Where: Charles Jordan Community Center, 9009 N. Foss Ave, Portland, OR, 97203
Open house style. Drop by anytime between 10:00am - 2:00pm to:
Learn more about the North Portland Aquatic Center and your opportunity for input into this dynamic design process
Meet the project and design team
Share your thoughts and priorities about what criteria are most important to prioritize in selecting the preferred site of the future North Portland Aquatic Center
Share your thoughts and priorities about what programming elements are most important to include in the future North Portland Aquatic Center
Advance registration is not required, but you can RSVP HERE and add Community Workshop #1 to your personal calendar. I hope to see you on Saturday, December 10 at Charles Jordan Community Center.
