09/11/2018
North Portland Transportation Partnership Kickoff
Discuss transportation in North Portland at new group kickoff event
The North Portland Transportation Partnership (NPTP) will host a kickoff event on September 19th featuring Oregon House Speaker Tina Kotek and Portland Bureau of Transportation Commissioner Chloe Eudaly.
Oregon Department of Transportation and Portland Bureau of Transportation staff will be on hand to present information about transportation projects happening in North Portland. The event is open to the public and free to attend.
NPTP is taking a fresh look at the issues affecting North Portlanders who ride, bike, drive, roll and walk in and around our neighborhoods. The partnership seeks to take a collaborative approach to transportation issues and to create a shared venue for residents, businesses, government organizations and others to discuss and influence transportation projects that affect us all.
At the kickoff event, NPTP will connect community advocates, residents and transportation officials who share mobility concerns that affect North Portland. Register on Eventbrite at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-does-north-portland-connect-discuss-transportation-in-north-portland-w-speaker-kotek-tickets-49925943842. Due to limited time at this location, questions will only be accepted in advance when registering on Eventbrite. Pose questions to ODOT or PBOT. Time will be reserved for networking at the end of the session.
Anyone interested in getting involved prior to the event should contact Mary Jaron Kelley with North Portland Neighborhood Services at mary@npnscommunity.org or 503-823-4099.
When: Wednesday, Sept. 19, 6-8 p.m. (building closes at 8:00 pm)
Where: Kaiser Town Hall (3704 N Interstate Ave) ADA entrance on south side
Parking: Bike and car parking are available behind Kaiser Town Hall
Transit option: Ride the Yellow MAX line to the Overlook Park Station
The City of Portland ensures meaningful access to City programs, services, and activities to comply with Civil Rights Title VI and ADA Title II laws and reasonably provides: translation, interpretation, modifications, accommodations, alternative formats, auxiliary aids and services. To request these services, contact 503-823-4099, City TTY 503-823-6868, Relay Service: 711.
Please note that the event location has changed from its initial announcement. It no longer will be held at the University of Portland. The date and time remain the same.
09/07/2018
Update: September 7th 2018
Hungry kids need our help.At Chief Joseph Elementary backpacks with food go out each Friday for about 30 students. These students have clearly shown the need for this food help.The Arbor Lodge Neighborhood Association organizes individuals and families to assist by adding fresh fruit to these backpacks each week.How?If you sign up, you are asked to bring 30 individual pieces of fresh fruit to the school front office by Wednesday of the week you are assigned. Think apples, oranges, tangerines and little boxes of raisins. Bananas are a no go - they bruise to easily.You can trade if the week assigned doesn't work for you and you get a reminder at the beginning of the month if you are assigned during that month. Usually we have enough volunteers that we ask each volunteer to donate twice a year. This year we are short 6-8 individuals to make that work.Please consider joining the Fresh Fruit Network. It is easy, doesn't cost you too much, and makes a Big difference for kids to know they are supported, and they get that fruit, along with noodles, chili, etc. To join, email ginger.edws@gmail.com with your preferred email for notices/reminders. I bcc you on the Big yearly list, and only share with your permission for the month you are assigned so you can trade if needed.Thanks for considering
09/04/2018
Update: September 4th 2018
Love Your Park!Want to keep it pesticide and herbicide free?If yes, then please consider volunteering this Saturday, September 8th, 9-12meet at the baseball field nearest Greeley on DekumWe'll spread bark mulch, might flame weed (depending on the weather), maybe weed (depends on hardness of the ground).And, we will get to know our neighbors. Water and snacks and thanks in abundance.Hope to see you there.
08/30/2018
Update: August 30th 2018
Can you imagine being hungry all weekend? Some children in Arbor Lodge experience this.
To make a positive change, join the "fresh fruit for school backpacks program". An activity of the Arbor Lodge Neighborhood Association.
Every year, teachers and the school counselor at Chief Joseph identify between 30-40 children who come to school very hungry each Monday due to lack of food over the weekend.
The PTO works with charitable groups to buy shelf stable food. We - neighbors like you and me, provide 2 pieces of fresh fruit per backpack each week.
If you sign up you'll be scheduled with another family to bring the fresh fruit to the school on your assigned week by noon on Wednesday of that week. It is that simple. We don't do bananas - they bruise easy and what kid eats brown bananas? But apples, oranges, tangerines, little boxes of raisins, are all good.
You can trade weeks with others in the network, and you'll get a reminder the week before you are scheduled also.
Hope you can join us fight hunger in Arbor Lodge.
08/18/2018
Update: August 18th 2018
Large and Medium Tree Giveaway - October 6th, 9-12Cathedral Park, by the boat ramp
Many of us know that trees convert polluting carbon dioxide in our air into breathable oxygen. But have you ever laid on your back beneath a mature white oak or noble fir and looked up at its branches?
It looks a lot like the lungs in our chest!
Limbs stretch out from the main trunk (trachea and primary bronchi) into ever smaller bronchiole-like branches and eventually into small alveoli-ish clusters of leaves and needles. It’s quite a sight, and quite a consideration: Oxygen-producing trees that look like the lungs we use to breathe that oxygen!
We like trees. They improve our air quality and health and well-being, and provide visual appeal, cooling shade, erosion control, stormwater benefits, higher property values, and food for wildlife. Kids like to climb them. And studies show that a vibrant urban forest can even help reduce crime.
Thanks to a grant from PPR’s Urban Forestry mission in cooperation with your local Tree Teams, we want to give you a free medium or large tree. We’re talking Douglas firs, scarlet oaks, giant sequoias, western red cedar, Pacific ponderosa pines, and purple beeches among others. Come get yours on Oct. 6 at Cathedral Park.
To register for this event click the link below:
https://tinyurl.com/Nopo-Tree-Giveaway
Questions?
Sometimes, simple changes to our environment can be just the thing we need to help our community live longer and healthier. Trees are one such change. Get yours now!