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Board Meeting Minutes 2008-11-10
ABC’s of Land Use Workshop
Are you interested in finding out more about the City of Portland Land Use process? If so attend the “ABC’s of Land Use Workshop” on January 24th.
Bike Shop Moves to Eliot
With the Portland biking community growing rapidly and with Williams and Vancouver being a designated bike route, it is not too surprising to see a new bike shop spring up on Williams. Metropolis Cycle Repair moved from SE Portland to Eliot Neighborhood in October.
CrossFit MLK Now Open
You may have noticed the recent activity at the American State Bank building on the corner of Graham and MLK. Over the past few months CrossFit MLK has been staging the building as a fitness center. CrossFit MLK opened earlier this month.
It’s Snowing!
Have you noticed the snow? Outside it started falling on Sunday December 14th. Here, on eliotneighborhood.org…on the 15th. Outside, at first, it only accumulated a few inches at best but then it got really cold – in the teens. It doesn’t seem to accumulate much here.
A Weekend of Snow
I grew up in Bend where it snows often. In my 12 years living in the Portland this recent storm is the most snow I have seen here. As I talk to “old-timers” they have a hard time remembering this much snow accumulating and sticking for so long. I love it! My wife and I along with our dog made the most of it over the last few days.
Volunteers Needed
The Eliot Neighborhood Friends of Trees planting will be on Saturday February 14th. Volunteers are needed to help make this planting a success. It’s a great way to get to know your neighbors and help improve the neighborhood.
General Membership Meeting Minutes 2008-10-13
Board Meeting Minutes 2008-09-08
Eliot: A Brief Chronology
Compiled by Martha Gies with help from historic preservation activist Cathy Galbraith, Executive Director, Bosco Milligan Foundation.
Eliot Remembered – Jane Bachman
Jane Weber graduated from Grant in 1948, attended University of Oregon, where she earned a Bachelor’s in General Arts & Letters in 1952, then took a one-year post-graduate course in medical records at Duke. Returning to Portland, she worked in the records department at St. Vincent’s until she and Don Bachman, whom she had married in 1958, adopted their first child. They had adopted two girls and a boy by the time they had three daughters of their own.
City and Metro Planning Activities
Writing this column about land use issues in our neighborhood tends to get my dander up because our neighborhood seems to bear the brunt of some poor land use policies and decisions. The problem with that is that I want to discuss more issues in more detail than space in this column allows. I have been encouraged therefore, to participate in the Eliot web site land use blog to supplement the Eliot News column and to provide more timely news. I haven’t blogged before, so you may have to bear with me. As a result, I am going to try to just present highlights of current land use and transportation issues in Eliot News and provide more background, detail, and discussion on the web site.
Eliot Remembered – Emma Brown
Emma and Finn Brown came from Biloxi, Mississippi, to the Pacific Northwest by train, and settled in Vancouver, Washington, in 1949, where their only child, Annie Louise, was born at St. Joseph Hospital. Finn first got a job working at a cannery; later, when he was hired on at Rich Manufacturing in Portland, they moved across the river. Emma went into domestic service with a family in Dunthorpe, with whom she worked for more than two decades. Widowed in 1978, Emma Brown, has also outlived many of her clients. Today she is 84 and still working part time.
Friends of Trees Planting in Eliot
In partnership with Friends of Trees, Eliot Neighborhood is planning a tree planting project for February 14th! Join us to help plant trees and create a healthier community!
Eliot Neighborhood 