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Eliot Neighborhood Association Board Meeting Agenda Monday 1/17/2022 7:00pm

Posted on by Allan Rudwick

Co-Chairs: Jimmy Wilson and Allan Rudwick

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Agenda (subject to changes):

  • Welcome and Introductions – 7:00pm
  • Agenda Additions?
  • Multnomah County Assessor (Mike Vaughn)
  • Hand Up Project (Ron Rasmussen) – 10 minutes
  • Commissioner Hardesty’s office rep (Andre Miller)
  • keeping Intellectual Property in the community (Eric)
  • Liquor license for Cathay Market & Tobacco License for Stop&Go (Andrew)
  • Neighborhood Updates
    • Eliot News
    • LUTC update
    • resignation
    • Grants
    • PPS Tubman move
  • Public Comment
  • Approve Minutes from November
  • Adjourn

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City of Portland’s Charter Commission hosts listening sessions

Posted on by Allan Rudwick

Dear community member,
The City of Portland’s Charter Commission has embarked on this once-in-a-decade opportunity to review and revise the City of Portland’s Charter (the City’s constitution) and recommend amendments for Portlanders to vote on.

Amendments to the City’s Charter can change City policies and processes that have the potential to respond to community priorities, shape our City, and address the most pressing issues facing our city.
The Charter Commission is hosting virtual Community Listening Sessions in January— we hope you join us! Our Community Listening Sessions are part of a two-part series of listening sessions. The upcoming sessions are an opportunity for community members to learn from Commissioners about charter review, options of reform for our government and elections, and join small breakout rooms to have a discussion with Commissioners on these options!
Community members are invited to attend either of the Part II Community Listening Sessions. The sessions will have the same content just offered on different days to accommodate more community member. Learn more about Charter and register here: Tinyurl.com/CharterListeningSessions
 Tuesday, January 11th from 6-8pm
 Saturday, January 22nd from 12-2pm.
In November, the Charter Commission hosted part I of the Community Listening Sessions and participants learned about the charter review process and the issues currently being researched by the Charter Commission. Joining part I is not a requirement to join Part II. Watch the recording of Part I here!
We hope you join us!

Albina Soul Walk—Experience a Tour of the History of Musicians and Clubs Eliot  

Posted on by Sue Stringer

From Albina Music Trust website

The late 20th century was a vibrant time for music in Albina. From the roots of gospel, blues, and jazz sprang new forms of soul, funk, disco, and electrified R&B.

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BLACK PARENT INITIATIVE WITH JOY DEGRUY PUBLICATIONS AWARDED $500,000 FROM MACARTHUR FOUNDATION SUPPORTING AN EQUITABLE RECOVERY

Posted on by Sue Stringer

By Leigh Bohannon

Black Parent Initiative Logo

The grant will support Black Parent Initiative and Joy DeGruy Publications work to advance Racial Justice Field Support, with a Focus on Combatting Anti-Blackness.

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Transition Projects: From Homelessness to Housing

Posted on by Sue Stringer

By Kiley Yuthas

Transition Projects exists to help those experiencing homelessness transition successfully into housing. Founded in 1969, we operate out of 14 Metro-area locations, enabling our team of over 350 employees to assist 10,000 people each year through programs designed to help people survive the streets, find housing, and retain their housing.

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December 13th 2021 LUTC Meeting Agenda

Posted on by Brad Baker

Eliot Neighborhood Association’s Land Use and Transportation Committee Agenda

December 13th 2021, 7:00-9:00 pm

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Agenda

  1. 7:00 Open meeting, Welcome guests, Introductions (5 mins)
  2. 7:05 Discuss agenda and accept any additions (5)
  3. 7:10 Annual Legacy Update/Plans (45)
  4. 7:55 Fremont Bridgehead Reclamation Update (15)
  5. 8:10 Knott St Pacific Power Substation Building (30)
  6. 8:45 Event Parking District Plan Update (5)

Topic: December LUTC Meeting
Time: Dec 13, 2021 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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Open Signal’s Director of Equity Wins National Award

Posted on by Sue Stringer

By Daniela Serna

Open Signal’s Elisa Barrios has been selected as the recipient of the 2021 Emerging Leader Award from the Alliance for Community Media (ACM), the national organization for community media centers. One of four awards delivered each year by the ACM, the Emerging Leader Award recognizes a professional under 40 years of age, working in the field of community media, who embodies the values of building community through media on a consistent basis.

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Fall letter from the Co-Chairs

Posted on by Sue Stringer

By Allan Rudwick and Jimmy Wilson

The Eliot Neighborhood Association board has been working via Zoom for two years due to the pandemic. The existing board has been serving for two years and has been working hard.

We signed on to a lawsuit against the Oregon Department of Transportation over a proposed highway widening in our neighborhood. We have also been working to improve air quality from the large number of diesel trucks that drive through our community. We continue to be a forum for a number of community livability concerns. We have stepped up to host the Dawson Park Concerts, and we could use your help.

The more energetic and engaged citizens that are part of the board, the more we can accomplish. Our meetings are open to the public, and commitment starts at two hours per month. Come check us out.

The rainy season returns! Adopt your neighborhood storm drain and help prevent street flooding

Posted on by Sue Stringer

By Hannah Schafer

After an exceptionally dry summer, we’re celebrating the return of rain to Portland this weekend, and with it the return of the Portland Bureau of Transportation’s (PBOT) adopt a storm drain program.

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Randall Children’s Hospital opens new Family Birth Center

Posted on by Sue Stringer

By Kristin Whitney

Generous community and employee donors raised close to $1 million to support the new Family Birth Center at Randall Children’s Hospital. Photo courtesy Kristin Whitney

On July 7, Legacy Health announced the opening of a new Family Birth Center at Randall Children’s Hospital, the most ambitious center of its kind in a generation and the most comprehensive, state-of-the-art birth center in Oregon. 

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Letter from the Editor: Publishing my last issue of the Eliot News

Posted on by Sue Stringer

The time has come for me to step down as Editor of The Eliot News. I have enjoyed sharing the neighborhood’s news, introducing new businesses, and telling people’s stories. The people I have met, the history I have discovered, and everything I have learned about being involved in a neighborhood association has been so rewarding.

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Autumnal Greetings from Boise Eliot Native Grove

Posted on by Sue Stringer

By Andrine de la Rocha and Howard Patterson

Grandson Dominic on the stump with Howard Patterson at the Grove. Photo courtesy Andrine de la Rocha

The summer heat brought some challenges to the Grove this year and many plants were defeated by the Heat Dome event. Our Oregon White Oak in the meadow gave up the ghost, but we were able to reserve another from Friends of Trees that we will plant sometime this fall. (The remains of the old oak are being transformed into a piece of art inspired by an epic dream in the hands of resident Healing Artist, Andrine de la Rocha.)

All of the remaining trees have survived so far and in their third year seem to be flourishing, despite the heat. Some of our less established shrubs did not fare as well and we will likely replace them during the wet season to give them a good head start on next year. 

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