By Laurie Simpson
The Eliot neighborhood is home to The Ivy School’s 4th through 8th grade campus. The school offers a tuition-free Montessori education with Spanish study for students in grades 1-8. For the last 3 years the school has breathed new life into the old Immaculate Heart brick building across the street from Dawson Park.
By Maegan Vidal
Frustration with increased infant crying is the number one trigger for the shaking and abuse of infants. This summer, knitters across Oregon will be clicking their needles together to make purple colored baby caps for the CLICK for Babies, Period of PURPLE Crying caps campaign, which kicked off May 27, 2014.
The third annual MLK Dream Run will be held on Sunday, August 3rd. The run will start in the lot on the corner of MLK and Alberta Street and wind through North and Northeast Portland. The course will go through Eliot Neighborhood along Stanton, Rodney and Russell. Participants can run or walk the course or volunteer.
The Dawson Park concert planned for Wednesday July 23rd has been rescheduled due to weather. Come listen to Pa’lante on Wednesday August 6th.
For more information on the concerts see Dawson Park Summer Events 2014.
The next milestone for the Comp Plan is July 21st. This is the day the next draft of the Plan and the interactive “map app” will be posted by Planning staff. The “map app” allows users to browse a Portland map with proposed zone and other changes to review and comment. The draft Plan will, I assume, expand on the text from the previous draft, which had whole sections yet to be written. Public outreach will follow posting of the plan including “open houses” and “notices of proposed zone change” to property owners. Assuming the next draft includes the Eliot Land Use Committee’s proposed zone changes, most property owners in Eliot will receive such a notice.
Eliot Land Use and Transportation Committee Agenda
July 21, 2014 6:30 – 8:30 pm
Emanuel Hospital, Room 1027
By Lindsey Berman
Landscapes add value, beauty and livability to our homes. With water use often doubling in the dry summer months due to outdoor watering, lawns and gardens also offer great potential to save time, money and water by making simple waterwise improvements.
In the Portland area, we receive 90 percent of our rainfall October through May. That means we use the most water during the very same months that we get the least rain. Being efficient with your water use makes sound economic and environmental sense, and helps our region meet its long-term water supply needs.
By Jeff Ramsey
Tree by Tree, Block by Block: Join volunteers to inventory every street tree in Boise and Eliot.
This summer, dozens of tree lovers will explore the Boise and Eliot neighborhoods on a mission to identify, map, measure, and assess the condition of every street tree. This inventory is the first and most comprehensive street tree inventory ever performed in our neighborhoods. The project is being organized by Boise and Eliot Tree Team, a group of neighbors committed to improving their urban forest. A partnership with Portland Parks & Recreation, the inventory is the first step in expanding, diversifying, and protecting trees in the Boise and Eliot neighborhoods.
There will be NO July meeting for the Eliot Neighborhood Association.
By Maegan Vidal
Children, families and staff at Randall Children’s Hospital at Legacy Emanuel were visited by six amazing superheroes from Millennium Building Services(MBS) to celebrate Superhero Day on Monday, May 19, 2014. Superheroes descended nine stories of glass at Randall Children’s Hospital at Legacy Emanuel, cleaning windows all the way down. Batman, Robin, Spider-Man, Superman and The Flash brought fun and adventure to kids, families and hospital staff.
There isn’t much to report on but things that are pending may fill the entire fall issue of Eliot News! The “big” issues are the pending Williams and Rodney bike projects and the next version of the Comprehensive Plan (Comp Plan) proposal. Also, there are two developments proposed, one at Williams and Fargo and another at 7th and Brazee.
Eliot Neighborhood 
