January 28, 2012 by eliotneighborhood
By Eleanor Bailey
We are Project Grow. We offer good services for people with and without disabilities. This whole area is inclusion and everyone is allowed to come in here. It is also an employment job for people with and without disabilities, it gives you something to do and make money. You can come here and have good things to do, stay busy, go to dances. We have a community garden; it makes the world a better place, we are planting things. Mondays and Wednesday are homemade art day. We also do a haunted house and it is amazing. We like to go to coffee in the neighborhood and last Monday went to Powell’s.
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January 25, 2012 by Allan Rudwick
I see great promise in our community, and I hope to see a number of changes coming in the next few years. I see folks fixing up their houses, building relationships and enjoying life.
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January 22, 2012 by Kirsten Jenkins
If you have wondered what is going on at the triangular shaped parcel of land where MLK & Hancock and Grand meet up here’s what is happening. This 15,500 sq. ft. parcel is called the Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd Gateway and Heritage Marker project and is scheduled to be completed by Spring 2012.
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January 19, 2012 by eliotneighborhood
Boxlift Building
By Angela Kremer
If you’ve walked or driven down MLK towards Broadway at night you may have noticed the illuminating lights of the rehabbed green building known as the Boxlift Building. The olive green building recently was completely renovated through a financial and technical assistance from the Portland Development Commission. The Boxlift, located two blocks north of the future Streetcar and a block from Tiny’s at Tillamook, signals a key piece in the walkable, mainstreet feeling on this section of Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. The remaining 7000 (+/-) square feet of space to be leased in the building, offers a question for Eliot: does Martin Luther King start to act as meeting places that link Eliot residents to Irvington and Boise? Can residents finally enjoy destinations in Eliot by safely crossing through busy, car-dominated streets?
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January 18, 2012 by Clint Lundmark
I love our neighbors to the north and slightly west as much as anyone. Admittedly, I’m somewhat jealous that they have two “Main Streets” in their neighborhood while Eliot is struggling to get one. Perhaps someday Mississippi or Williams will eventually extend south from Boise into Eliot.
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January 16, 2012 by eliotneighborhood
By Maegan Vidal
Main lobby features large windows and bamboo lanterns
Randall Children’s Hospital at Legacy Emanuel is opening a new home for children’s health care. Located on the Legacy Emanuel Medical Center campus, the new building offers an innovative approach to health care in a healing environment that is four times the size of the current hospital.
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January 13, 2012 by eliotneighborhood
Installed Solar Panels
In 2009, Solarize Northeast helped 200 Northeast Portland residents install solar electric (photovoltaic) panels on their homes. In 2012, the 2nd round of Solarize Northeast aims to double the number of solar electric systems in Northeast Portland.
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January 10, 2012 by Mike Warwick
The NE Quadrant Plan has two primary purposes; to evaluate options to enhance I-5 performance (meaning expand) between I-84 and I-405, and to update the Central City Plan (including revising zoning as necessary). This is a lot of work for both City and State staff and for the Citizen Advisors (CAC) from each of the neighborhood association and other stakeholders. As a result, the process has frequent meetings of separate “transportation” and “land use” subcommittees of the CAC that discuss options in-between roughly monthly CAC meetings and quarterly public Open Houses.
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January 9, 2012 by Mike Warwick
New Construction Means New Residents
Proposed Development for the corner of Rodney (top view) and Graham (Bottom View)
Two new residential in-fill developments are moving forward in Eliot. The first one is rising on the site of the former Morning Star Baptist Church. While it was sad to see the church leave the neighborhood, the vacant lot wasn’t a welcome replacement. Now several duplex-style townhomes are being built on the site. These will soon be joined by five single homes on the parking lot of the former Cox and Cox funeral home (Graham and Rodney). Despite the sour real estate market, Eliot remains an attractive location and the builders of both projects claim they have had no problem selling these types of homes elsewhere.
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January 1, 2012 by Allan Rudwick
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December 23, 2011 by eliotneighborhood
By Ofc Peter Helzer
Let me start off by saying Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Mele Kalikimaka, Feliz Navidad, and anything else I might have missed! I apologize for not having made it to a meeting in several months. We have been quite busy with Occupy Portland and several related events, and have been unable to make it to the bulk of the neighborhood meetings. .
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November 29, 2011 by eliotneighborhood
North Williams Avenue will host the 2nd Annual Shop Williams Late event on Friday, December 9th from 6:30pm – 9:30pm.
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November 28, 2011 by Allan Rudwick
DRAFT – NOT YET APPROVED
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November 18, 2011 by eliotneighborhood
The holidays mean more food on your table. This year, the holidays mean more food in your green Portland Composts! roll cart.
Not only can you add food scraps – from meat to bones to dairy – to your green roll cart, you have a new place to scrape your holiday plates and holiday leftovers. From the Thanksgiving turkey to the holiday ham, leftovers can join your yard debris in your green roll cart to be turned into nutrient-rich compost to nourish yards and gardens.
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November 3, 2011 by Clint Lundmark
February 2011 Friends of Trees Planting
In partnership with Friends of Trees, Eliot Neighborhood is planning another tree planting event this winter. Join us Saturday February 11th to help plant trees and create a healthier community!
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November 1, 2011 by eliotneighborhood
Most Portland residents can add food scraps, along with yard debris, to their green Portland Composts! roll carts. This means that residents can turn meat, dairy, bones, vegetables and grains into nutrient-rich compost for fertilizing yards and gardens.
As you get used to scraping plates into your kitchen pail and tossing leftovers into your green roll cart, here are a few tips to make the transition easy.
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October 25, 2011 by Tamille Lundmark
Obo Addy the Okropong Dancers visit the crowd at a Dawson Park Concert
Dawson Park felt alive this summer with so many fantastic events.
In cooperation with Portland Parks and Recreation, the Dawson Park Concert Committee raised enough money from local businesses and generous concert goers to host 4 fabulous concerts in July and August. Neighbors and families from all over Portland were treated with an eclectic variety of free music throughout the summer.
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