Eliot Neighborhood

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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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.  [...]

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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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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Tierra Educational Center in in Eliot Neighborhood is offering a unique full-immersion trip to Pátzcuaro, Mexico this December 10-18th. The center opened in 2009, with a mission to offer small group Spanish and ESL services to help bridge communication and cultural barriers between the growing immigrant population and the community at large.

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In partnership with the City of Portland’s Office of Neighborhood Involvement, the Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods is offering $23,794 in small grant funds and $6,650 in graffiti abatement funds to neighborhood, business and community-based groups. NECN will offer $1,000-$4,000 per project within the Neighborhood Small Grant program and up to $2,500 per graffiti abatement project.

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The Summer in September Jambalaya Festival and Barbecue in Dawson Park, a benefit for the Martin Luther King Jr. Loaves & Fishes Center,  was a big success.  The event raised more than $20,000 to serve needy seniors in Northeast Portland making it one of the most successful in its six-year history.

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By Ofc Peter Helzer NRT  & Angela Wagnon ONI It seems we got the good weather just as school is starting again.  I would like to take this opportunity to remind everyone to look out for kids on their way to/from school, and to drive safely in neighborhoods and school zones.  With everyone’s schedule filling [...]

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Eliot Neighborhood now has a page on Facebook!  Like us, let’s be friends.

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