05/14/2017
Everyone Welcome: May 18 Neighborhood Meeting
Everyone is invited to our monthly meetings! This month, we will learn about something called the Transportation System Plan (a long-term plan for transportation across the City). We'll also hear about some changes coming to short-term rental regulations and this week's Cleanup/Litter Pickup Day.
See you there!
Kenton Firehouse, North Brandon and North Scofield for 6:30 PM on
May 18, 2017
6:30-Welcome, Introductions, questions and sign in
6:35-PBOT the transportation plan for Portland. There will a 15 minute presentation, followed by 15 minutes for questions
7:05-Spring Clean UP- Ginger Edwards
7:35-Short Term Rental Regulations
7:45-Budget, minutes, announcements
8.00-Close and cookies
05/14/2017
Just 6 Days to the Clean Up and Litter Pickup!
May 20th is coming up!
Dump your junk at our spring Clean Up and we'll recycle, re-use and take the rest to the dump for you! Join us at the parking lot behind Peace Lutheran Church - please enter via N Dekum and Newcastle.
Are you more of a Litter Patrol kind of volunteer? Meet at Arbor Lodge Coffee for a hosted cup of Joe at 9:30, or if you want to come later, join us behind Peace Lutheran Church on the grass across from the Clean Up at 10:15. Litter patrol is parents and kids picking up trash to help our neighborhood sparkle!
Lunch provided for all volunteers for both events, plus we've grown and are giving out free tomato starts.
Check your front porch for the green flyer listing more information about both events!This is a fundraiser for Arbor Lodge Neighborhood Association, Chief Joseph PTO and Harper's Playground so we have a suggested donation of $10/vehicle.
We'll be accepting:* styrofoam - anything marked 6* metal* electronics* SWAP items with a SWAP area - come claim a treasure!* tires* unpainted wood* household junkNO to Construction materials - anything that could contain asbestos/leadNO yard debris (we cannot get reimbursed for it)
Sponsors include: New Seasons Arbor Lodge, Les Schwab Tires, Free Hauling by Juan, Terrance Moses Electronics, The Arbor Lodge, Agliyx - polystyrene recycling, North Portland Neighborhood Services, Peace Lutheran Church, Bureau of Planning and Sustainability and Metro
Come join the fun!
05/08/2017
Triple Header of Terrific! Arbor Lodge Park this Saturday, May 13th, 9-12
* Love your Park work party - 9-12, meet off Dekum at the west baseball diamond. Help us keep the Park pesticide and herbicide free by weeding and spreading bark mulch, and we'll buy you lunch afterwards. Bring a water bottle, we'll have snacks.
* Young Street Tree Pruning Workshop - 8:45 to 12. meet off Dekum at the west baseball diamond. Learn to prune young trees - 3-7 years old by working in a small team of 3-4 with a Certified Arborist. Learn for free and help street trees in Arbor Lodge grow strong.
* Mason Bee workshop - 10-12. meet at the picnic area just north of the playground area. Master Gardener Mimi Siekman will share info, show you great pictures to aid the conversation, and answer your questions. Mason Bees do not make honey, but are native pollinators active mid March thru June.
* Yoga for Kids led by Healthy Kids Yoga Instructors. This could be impacted by rain, but bring your mat if you want to participate in this activity.
Hope to see you at Arbor Lodge Park this Saturday.
05/01/2017
Notes from May 1st AL Tree Team meeting
Notes from the Arbor Lodge Tree Team meeting, May 1st - next meeting June 5th, 6pm, Lucky Lab
* 1st, we talked about the Young Street Tree Pruning event set for May 13th, starting at Arbor Lodge Park. This starts at 8:45, meet at the Park near Dekum and the west baseball diamond.
* 2nd, we announced the Park Tree Inventory for Arbor Lodge Park is set for Sept 16th, mark your calendars. This will help us develop a walking tour of the Park naming the Trees.
* we discussed the Omaha Blocks - trees and grass cutting issues. a) trees - good news, the City Urban Forestry staff will continue to inoculate the Elm Trees in the Omaha Blocks, b) getting the grass cut in this Tree Park is the responsibility of PBOT. They have not been cutting with regularity. ALNA will write a letter to PBOT asking for their planned schedule. Also, Jen Cairo just confirmed that this summer the YCC Tree Crew will help by pulling weeds around these trees and spreading bark mulch. Maintenance after that will be the responsibility of neighbors or the AL Tree team.
* Celebration for Cindy - our newest Heritage Tree - is still pending. We will schedule it when the plaque for Cindy is ready for installation and when UF staff can schedule it.
* our larger discussion centered around planting more trees in Arbor Lodge, specifically in the area between Concord Street and I 5, and Lombard and Ainsworth.
We need to do research to prepare a grant application. We are looking for help in researching these areas:
1. Air Quality in Arbor Lodge - we believe that it isn't good and Trees could help improve it, DEQ and Neighbors for Clean Air could be resources. Does anyone want to volunteer to research this?
2. Health overlay - maybe the US Forest Service has this info - again, does anyone want to research this?
3. Tommy is interested in Portland Maps. We need to learn about this section of our neighborhood, what properties are rentals, landlord info, demographics if possible too. We will ask Nate to help Tommy learn about how to use Portland maps. We welcome anyone else interested in helping on this too.
4. We will develop a letter to go to landlord property owners once we've developed a strong grant application listing our plan in detail
We hope to plant trees in this area - Concord to I 5 - Ainsworth to Lombard. We will use the Urban Forestry tree list. We will also try to work with Friends of Trees and ask if we can join their planting times in Arbor Lodge for this project.
5. We hope to recruit an arborists or landscape planner to help us get a wholesale price for trees
Next, we talked about meeting regularly to work on this idea of planting trees and developing a strong grant. Our next meeting is set for Monday, June 5th 6pm at the Lucky Lab. All interested folks are welcome. We will be inviting the Overlook Tree Team to join us and individuals who are Tree Stewards from Piedmont also. The goal is for all three Tree Teams to thrive.
04/28/2017
First Friday Neighborhood Social - May 5
Join us for our monthly neighborhood social hour on Friday, May 5th, 5-7PM at Lucky Labrador Brew Pub on N Killingsworth. We'd love to share a slice of pizza and make a toast to neighborly relations!
We're organizing all kinds of fun events in May and would love to chat about those and about what you care about in the neighborhood. We love meeting the people who make up the Arbor Lodge community, so we hope to see you there!