Eliot Neighborhood

By Signe Todd A neighborhood block party is an excellent way to enjoy a warm summer day, socialize with your neighbors and meet new people who live on your street.  When I lived in the Irvington neighborhood, my neighbor Dana Griggs taught me the nuts and bolts for planning a successful block party in 5 [...]

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Portland Farmers Market and residents of Northeast Portland are counting the days until the opening of King Portland Farmers Market and the return of 35 vendors selling local farm-fresh produce, meats, cheeses, baked goods and other specialty foods. The King Market season begins Sunday, May 6, and will continue every Sunday until October 28 from [...]

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At our last Eliot Neighborhood Association Meeting we had students from Catlin Gabel who are looking at how I-5 affects the health of the city. They will be presenting their findings to City Council soon.  Please fill out the survey! Here is the online link to the survey http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SZJST7D

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We have a bargain-hunting lover’s paradise right here in our neighborhood!  If you don’t know about the Title Wave Bookstore you will want to check it out.  It is located at 216 NE Knott between MLK and Rodney Avenue.

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By Amanda Milholland Music and community celebration is what the Second Annual Boise-Eliot Music Festival is all about.  May 11th and 12th Port City will host the Second Annual Boise-Eliot Music Festival in North Portland.  This community-building event is a fundraiser for Port City’s innovative employment and skills building programs, which empower adults with developmental [...]

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In Portland, we have a unique way of governing our city. With a mayor and 4 city commissioners, elections and politics can be interesting, but there are some other quirks.  One is our Office of Neighborhood Involvement (ONI) and the neighborhood system. Eliot is a member of the Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods (NECN), which receives [...]

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The biking community in Portland continues to grow, making our city healthy and cleaner with fewer car on the roads.  One of the major bike-ways in Portland passes though Eliot’s Lower Albina area.  A new bike shop opened last fall just off of Interstate on North Mississippi. The location is very convenient to all the [...]

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By Laurie Simpson The Ivy school will be hosting an open house in Eliot this month.  On  Wednesday February 22nd, the upper elementary open house for grades 4, 5 & 6 will be  from 6 – 7 pm at 26 NE Morris Steet.

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On Saturday February 11th Eliot neighborhood turned a little less gray and little more greener. New trees were planted in the neighborhood at the annual Friend of Trees neighborhood planting.  As has been tradition the last few years, Eliot joined Boise, Humboldt and King to plant tress in North and Northeast Portland.

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The City of Portland’s 25th annual Fix-It Fair season has one remaining fair on Saturday February 25th at Jefferson High School. Fix-It Fairs are free events where you can learn simple and effective ways to save money at home this winter and stay healthy.

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By Shara Alexander Yes, now it is Winter, but soon it will be Spring. Green buds will be pushing out from every plant node. You will have the urge to get outside and grow things. How will you start your vegetable growing experiment in the year 2012? Will you go alone outside to your muddy [...]

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By Alexis  Warwick Some of you may be aware of the population of predatory wildlife, including Coyotes. They commute through our parks and greenways on a daily basis. This may seem like a somewhat new and exciting phenomena but they have been politely traveling our streets and parks for many years now.  In fact, they [...]

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The Eliot Neighborhood Friends of Trees planting will be on Saturday February 11th. Volunteers are needed to help make this planting a success. It’s a great way to get to know your neighbors and help improve the neighborhood.

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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 [...]

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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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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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By Maegan Vidal 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. We’re inviting you to our [...]

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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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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 [...]

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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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