10/10/2016
October 2016 E-Newsletter - Get in on the Good!
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10/10/2016
Make your Mark, Amplify your Voice - Board Elections 10/20/16
Join us for our Annual Membership and Elections meeting Thursday, October 20th. All positions are open to new candidates each year, so if you are interested in being part of the Arbor Lodge Neighborhood Association Board, let us know!
Email board@arborlodgeneighborhood.com or
Attend our October 20th meeting, 6:30PM at the Kenton Firehouse on N Brandon and Schofield
Board members contribute a couple hours per month towards making great events happen in our neighborhood over the next year, like the neighborhood picnic, movies in the park, neighborhood cleanup and more! We expect everyone to regularly attend our monthly meetings, and then put a few hours towards some other project (new or existing) on behalf of the association some other time of the year.
Positions are open to people who live, own property and represent organizations and businesses in our neighborhood. ("Live in the Neighborhood" means that we also welcome renters' perspectives - come have a say and advocate for tenants' needs!)
The people below have already declared that they're interested in serving in the following positions, however all positions are open. We are eager to include everyone and all ideas and energies in ALNA. Our current list of neighbors who are running for the board:Robert Greene, Duane Eldred, Sharon Parker, Ginger Edwards, Katy Asher, Allen Wheeland, Nate Young
We hope you'll add your name to the list!
09/20/2016
Vigil for Safe Streets and Community Member Stanley Grochowski
September 29, we hosted a Vigil at the crosswalk at Greeley and Bryant for Stanley Grochowski who was hit and killed by a hit & run driver on September 29, 2016. Stanley's family was joined by a group of community members holding signs asking people driving along Greeley to slow down and keep an eye out for people in the crosswalk. Thanks to all of the neighbors who showed up to show support for safer streets in the neighborhood! See coverage of this event on KGW and at Bikeportland.org here and here.
Stan was killed in the crosswalk across N. Greeley Ave and N. Bryant St., by a hit-and-run driver at 8:30 pm Tuesday August 30th, 2016. His artwork was left at the scene of his death. The homicide suspect was driving a small dark SUV (likely a 2008-2012 Toyota RAV4 with silver trim), driving southbound. A reward is offered for tips by calling 503-823-4357.
This was the third vigil for a serious car crash incident in our neighborhood in the past 6 months. We saw our board member Brian Duncan paralyzed in a a crash at Rosa Parks and Delaware on March 30. We hosted a Ride of Silence in May, paying tribute to Brian along with other people on bicycles who have been seriously injured or killed by people driving cars.
Vigil for Diana Miller Dixon at N Rosa Parks and Delaware
Three months later, Diana Miller Dixon was killed at the same intersection when a person ran a red light. All three crashes took place at intersections leading to the heart of our neighborhood - Arbor Lodge Park, Harper's Playground and Chief Joseph School.
We invite neighbors to join us in taking action: slowing down as they travel through the neighborhood, taking the Vision Zero Pledge, adding a Vision Zero sign to their yard to show support for safe streets, and researching or bringing your own ideas to the table at one of our monthly meetings. We'd love to hear from you!
09/19/2016
Save the Date and Sign Up: Join us for Parke Diem October 15th
Many hands make light work! Join us at Arbor Lodge Park/Harper's Playground, October 15th, 9-12 for Parke Diem, a day of service in Portland parks. Portland Parks Foundation provides us with extra tools, gloves, and snacks and beverages for this work party - plus free t-shirts and water bottles!
We will be weeding around trees and in planting areas, spreading bark mulch, flame weeding the curbing, sidewalk cracks, and the baseball infields - if we weed, we keep our park pesticide free and bee friendly.
We need at least 5 volunteers to make our project a success - will you be one of them?
To sign up (and to help us plan for food and receive your free t-shirt) please go to:parkediem.org
Then click on "neighborhood park projects"
Arbor Lodge Park should be the top left option
Sign up!
09/15/2016
Update: September 15th 2016
Vigil for homeless man killed in crosswalk at Greeley and BryantMondaySeptember 26th, 6pm
Please come and show your support for safe streets, honor this man who was killed by a hit and run driver, and bring a sign. We will have some signs asking folks to slow down, to look, some saying, "this was preventable". But bring your own too!We will stay for 30 minutes. Please join your neighbors in the visible show of support for safer streets and to honor this man who died.
Questions? Arborlodgeneighborhood.com