Want to get back in shape but feeling out of place next to those super-fit twenty-something bodies happily preening in their color coordinated Lululemons? Maybe you’re in need of a workout that accommodates or helps you rehab an injury? Well, your answer lives right here in the neighborhood and it’s called BodyQuirks (BQ).
The corner of Schuyler and NE 7th Avenue, just barely outside of Eliot Neighborhood, is now the home to a few businesses that you will recognize. The prep kitchens for BlueStar Donuts are one of the tenants at the newly remodeled Mont Blanc Building. Unfortunately no sales or samples are available at these locations but the delicious smells that escape the building make them a welcome new neighbor.
We are conducting a survey of Eliot neighbors asking just 5 questions about how long you have lived in Eliot, what you like about it and what you think we could improve as well as what you’d like to see happen to bring people together.
Meeting facilitated by Adam Lyons, NECN, due to both co-chairs being unable to attend this meeting.
Continue reading General Membership Meeting Minutes 2016-10-17
1735 NE 7th Ave
Right here in our neighborhood, on the west side of NE 7th Ave at Schuyler, the Democratic Party has an office if you’re interested in talking to anyone about the upcoming election and the candidates.
Join us October 17th at the Eliot Neighborhood General Membership Meeting and let your voice be heard. This is one of two meetings of the year where all residents can vote on issues discussed at the meeting. Everyone in attendance who is from Eliot Neighborhood is also welcome to participate in the election of the new Board for the 2016-2017 term.
Board members present: Pat Montgomery, Sue Stringer, Johnny Engleheart-Noel, Annie Rudwick, Angela Kremer, Clint Lundmark, Joan Ivan
Visitors present (but did not stay for the meeting as we started late): Corey Kaster, Farmers Insurance Agent
The African American Health Coalition is holding the 14th Annual 2.4k or 5k Soul Stroll for Health with 2016 Soul Stroll Grand Marshal Cathy Mayes on August 20 from 8:30-11:30 am.
Settling into their new location in Eliot, Elemental Fitness Lab (EFL) is unlike any other gym in Portland focusing on high quality fitness and nutritional systems. Their goal is to have their clients leave the gym feeling better when they arrived and able to take on the week or an active weekend with confidence and safely and efficiently reach their fitness goals.
Eliot is looking much cleaner after our annual Spring Clean-Up on May 22 sponsored by Metro and the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability. About 50 families brought their unwanted items and junk to the clean-up site at Legacy Emanuel parking lot on Williams and Graham. We collected 4 dumpsters full of junk, 1333 pounds of electronics to be recycled, many boxes of books, hundreds of articles of clothing, reusable household items and a pick up truck full of scrap metal. Donations from the event totaled close to $800 which will be used to help sponsor events like the free Dawson Park Concerts, the Jambalaya festival, the Soul Stroll and other neighborhood events. This is the Eliot Neighborhood Association’s main fund raiser for the year so it was good to see so many residents in attendance.
Although Bread and Honey Café has only (officially) been open since March 12th, it has lived in the mind of owner and chef Dyani Walden since she first began working in kitchens 20 years ago. Dyani’s vision has been and continues to be the creation of a beautiful, friendly and open space where the community can come together and experience healthy and delicious food as well as excellent customer service. She, along with Trevor Rhoads the sous chef and co-owner, are striving to create a communal environment that will have a positive impact on the community and in turn hope to be impacted by the community.
It’s time for the annual Eliot Spring Clean-Up!
On Sunday, May 22nd from 11:00 am – 2:00 pm clean out your closets, unclutter your garage, organize your book shelves and recycle your outdated and broken electronics. Also bring us your used furniture, clothes, household items and old bicycles. This is the one Eliot Neighborhood Association fundraiser of the year so give generously.
On a residential street corner in the old Mount Sinai Baptist Church in the middle of the King neighborhood lies a hidden gem. The Portland Playhouse theater is celebrating its eighth year but it hasn’t come with out challenges and subsequent victories. However, through it all, the theater has remained an important fixture of the King neighborhood in Northeast Portland and has continued the discussion of diversity and the issues that surround gentrification.
Spring has sprung in Eliot and visions of sunshine and warmer weather permeate my daydreams. As I look at all the articles in the Spring issue of Eliot News, there seems to be a lot about dreams both hoped for and fulfilled.
It started as a conversation between friends and ended as the fulfillment of a dream that the residents of Eliot and Irvington get to benefit from.
Kara Lammerman and Jennifer Cale have been friends for over 15 years and have pooled their energy and enthusiasm to create the warm, inviting Pocket Pub that offers a reasonably priced menu and a creative list of cocktails in a great place to sit and catch up with old friends and also get to know new neighbors.
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