With the increase in the number of days with good weather has come an increase in the number of crimes that we are hearing about at the Eliot Neighborhood Association meetings.
Crime Reporting
Clean Up a Huge Success
The annual Eliot Clean Up was on May 17th and was a huge success. We collected over 6 tons of mixed waste, recycled over 100 appliances and televisions, donated enough clothes, shoes, household items and toys to fill 3 pickup trucks to Good Will, a half a dozen bikes to Community Cycling Center, and about 500 books were either sold to Powell’s books or donated to Title Wave Bookstore. We gathered donations of more than $1000 which will help the neighborhood association host future events.
Know your board: Kristen Yates
“Know your board” is a series of articles to help you get to know the members of your Eliot Neighborhood Association Board.
Kristen Yates grew up in Hood River and moved to Portland eight years ago. Her favorite place in Eliot is the Lillis-Albina Park because she thinks it is beautiful to look at the city from the Eastern vantage point. Yates has been on the board for the past 4 and a half years and has held the position of Recorder since 2012. She diligently writes up the minutes from each board meeting so that neighbors can read them on our website, eliotneighborhood.org, and keep all residents informed of what’s happening in the neighborhood.
Know your board: Becca Pollard
“Know your board” is a series of articles to help you get to know the members of your Eliot Neighborhood Association Board.
Becca Pollard moved from Columbus, Ohio to Portland in 2004 and has lived in Eliot for a year. She loves that Eliot is in close proximity to so many things and is so bike and pedestrian friendly making it pretty comfortable to live here without a car. In her free time she likes to see live music, have drinks with friends or get out of the city and go hiking or camping. Pollard is a Brand Ambassador for the Curb app and also does freelance social media and videography. She also runs an online vintage shop, Helen May Vintage, with her aunt.
Know your board: Jeri Bee
“Know your board” is a series of articles to help you get to know the members of your Eliot Neighborhood Association Board.
Jeri Stein “Bee” has lived in Portland since 2001 but has been an Eliot resident for the last six years. She loves the people who live in Eliot, the access to public transportation, downtown and parks but mostly the many newly formed friendships.
Know your board: Jim Hlava
“Know your board” is a series of articles to help you get to know the members of your Eliot Neighborhood Association Board.
Jim Hlava, a Portland resident for the last 32 years, has lived in the Hollywood District for 25 years. His connection to the Eliot neighborhood is through his employment as a social worker with Cascadia Behavioral HealthCare, Inc . Cascadia owns the building at 3034 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, which is the home of the Garlington Center, which is one of three of their outpatient mental health and addiction treatment programs in Multnomah County. He has worked for Cascadia for 28 years and currently is the VP of Housing.
Know your board: Allan Rudwick
“Know your board” is a series of articles to help you get to know the members of your Eliot Neighborhood Association Board.
Allan Rudwick has lived in Eliot for the last 7 of his 8 years living in Portland. He spends his days working for a tech company on the Westside and likes that Eliot has such easy access to the I-405 freeway. Also convenient are the Matt Dishman Community Center, the newly renovated Dawson Park and Irving Park.
Know your board: Patricia Montgomery
“Know your board” is a series of articles to help you get to know the members of your Eliot Neighborhood Association Board.
Patricia Montgomery is a native Oregonian and has lived in Eliot for 26 years. Her favorite things about the neighborhood are the accessibility to the city, the diversity of the neighborhood and the sense of a caring community.
Spring has sprung
A Letter from the Eliot News editor
Spring has sprung and summer’s coming! It seems hard to believe that summer is on its way soon. Your kids may need some activities to keep them busy so look for the listings of the fun activities at Matt Dishman Community Center this summer as well as the art classes available for all ages at the Irvington Ceramics Club.
Know your board: Sue Stringer
“Know your board” is a series of articles to help you get to know the members of your Eliot Neighborhood Association Board. Eliot has a very diverse board. It consists of men and women who care about our neighborhood. We want to share a little bit about your board members.
Sue Stringer is fairly new to Eliot. She has lived in the neighborhood for the last 3 years but has lived in Portland on and off for 17 years. She is also new to the board joining in January as the Eliot News Editor. She joined the board because she wanted to get more connected with the neighborhood and meet new neighbors.
Spring Cleanup 2015
It’s time for the annual Eliot Spring Clean-Up! On Sunday, May 17th from 11:00 am – 3:00 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.
Rich Past Shares with Future Generations
It’s wonderful to learn about the history of our Eliot neighborhood. Here are ways you can find out more about Eliot, its founders, its architecture and some of its elders.
Growing Food and Community
Eliot is home to two cooperative gardens offering opportunities to learn how to grow amazing produce, meet wonderful neighbors, reap the benefits of the harvest, as well as give back to your neighbors in need. Unlike community gardens, where everyone has separate plots which are rented for a fee and planted, tended and harvested by the individual gardener, in cooperative gardens members make decisions, work, plant and harvest together.
Demand Redesign at City Council
Two representatives from the steering committee of Demand Redesign, Susan Stringer and Montse Shepherd, presented a statement to city council on Wednesday, January 28th regarding the development by Dan Neal of Paradigm Properties at NE 7th Avenue and NE Russell Street.
Last Ditch Appeal for 7th and Russell
The repeated appeals from Demand Redesign to developer Dan Neal of Eugene-based Paradigm Properties to scale back his project at 7th and Russell have fallen on deaf ears. Mr. Neal is not willing to reduce the height of the building or alter its shape by creating setbacks on the south and west sides. If the project goes forward as designed, it will be an out-of-scale eyesore that will impact infrastructure, compound the parking problems in our neighborhood, and create traffic safety issues and congestion for residents in Eliot and Irvington.
Eliot Neighborhood 