All children need health care. Unfortunately, too many kids don’t have health coverage, which means they don’t get the health care they need when they need it. That’s why Oregon Healthy Kids, a newly expanded health coverage program for uninsured children, will help make sure every child in the state has health insurance.
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Broadway Bridge Traffic Advisory
The Broadway Bridge is scheduled to be closed from July 6 to Sept. 3 to all motorized vehicles due to streetcar construction. The south sidewalk of the bridge will remain open to bicyclists and pedestrians.
Board Meeting Minutes 2010-06-14
Learn to Swim for Free
Learn to swim for free at the Matt Dishman Pool. Portland Parks & Recreation is offering free swim lessons to the public this summer! Anyone 3 years or older qualifies for five free swim lessons for beginners June 21-25 at Dishman Pool or any of the other local PP&R neighborhood pools. Last summer more than 3,100 Portlanders learned how to swim during the free swim lessons.
Board Meeting Minutes 2010-05-10
Concerts in Dawson Park 2010
Dawson Park will host three free concerts this summer! The gazebo, renovated in the the Spring of 2008, will be the stage for the live performances. Last year three great acts graced the gazebo and this year’s lineup looks fantastic. Concerts begin at 6:30 PM and last about 2 hours. Best of all, the concerts are free!
New Open Air Arts and Crafts Market
Dreamer’s Marketplace, a new open air arts and craft market, opens June 12 and 13 and runs weekends throughout the summer. Vendors will offer a fantastic variety of unique products ranging from fine art and hand crafts, to jewelry, pastries, and more. A variety of food carts will offer a diverse array of freshly prepared food. Local musicians and entertainers will perform along with a variety of other special presentations including art shows, balloon fun, and interactive programs for children and families.
King Farmers Market Reopens May 2
The King Farmers Market will open its second season on Sunday, May 2, at 10:00 am at NE 7th and Wygant. The market will continue every Sunday, 10 am to 2 pm, through October 31.
General Membership Meeting Minutes 2010-04-12
A Little Bit Of Norway in Eliot
The residents of Eliot are fortunate today to enjoy ethnic and cultural diversity. What is more unique about our neighborhood is that it was always diverse since the beginning, during the last quarter of the 19th Century. A healthy mix of immigrants from Europe settled here and built homes. In the northerly portion of the original town site of Albina, which is bounded by today’s NE Morris Street west of MLK & NE Ivy Street east of MLK, a higher concentration of settlers from Scandinavian countries purchased property and built homes for themselves and related family members. Most of these men held a variety of occupations that were often unskilled, but they were well-taught and highly skilled in carpentry. Luckily, clusters of these small but decorative houses stand today and some have been sensitively restored.
Eliot’s GNA Committee for the Rose Quarter
The Rose Quarter is a regional attraction with regional traffic, noise and trash that impacts the Eliot Neighborhood. The redevelopment of the Rose Quarter is both an opportunity and threat to the livability of Eliot. Fortunately, there is a way for Eliot neighbors to have a say in what happens in the Rose Quarter; the Good Neighbor Agreement.
Port City Digs New Garden
Port City Development will plant a vegetable garden this spring on a vacant lot near Williams and Tillamook. The half-acre lot is being loaned free-of-charge by Jim Howell, a retired architect and building planner. Port City Development is a non-profit organization in Eliot that serves adults with developmental disabilities.
The Planners are Coming! The Planners are Coming!
Portland is a City that likes to plan. And, it likes to have lots of meetings when it plans. At least 3 planning processes are getting started that will affect the future of Eliot. Each will require involvement of the Eliot Neighborhood Association as well as participation from Eliot neighbors. The three are:
Al Forthan Memorial Recovery Scholarship
The Volunteers of America Men’s Residential Center (MRC) is again offering their Al Forthan Memorial Recovery Scholarship. Eight scholarships, totaling $9,500, will be awarded in May 2010 to Portland-area graduating high school seniors.
Last Chance to Solarize
Registration for the extraordinarily popular Solarize Northeast project closes April 15. Solarize Northeast is a volunteer-driven, community-based volume purchasing project for solar electric panels organized by the Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods. More than 600 homeowners have already signed up for the opportunity to purchase solar panels at a 35% discount from market rates.
Eliot Neighborhood 