Cirque Du Soleil – Kooza is performing at the Portland Expo Center through October 6. Neighbors are invited to see the show with discounted rates.
“KOOZA combines acrobatic performance and the art of clowning, while exploring fear, identity, recognition, and power. The Innocent’s journey brings him into contact with comic characters from an electrifying world full of surprises.”
Please use this link to purchase tickets for 20% off:
Join us from 10am-2pm on September 21 for a community yard sale on Stanton Street between N Williams and NE Rodney! Let your unused things find a good home, and check out gently used goods at this gathering of neighbors!
You can bring things you want to sell and set up a little table/chair/etc, or you can donate items to the neighborhood association for us to sell! We welcome housewares, toys, furniture, clothes, and other usable yard sale classics in good condition.
Minds Matter Portland helps ambitious low-income students achieve their dream of going to college. They provide guidance, resources, and hands-on opportunities to ensure that students develop the skills to successfully navigate the admissions process, their college years, and beyond. Given the recent Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action, volunteer action is ever more urgent and necessary to bridge the access gap for these promising young students.
Minds Matter began in NYC more than 30 years ago, and has been operating in Portland for nearly 20 years. The program is deeply committed to delivering results: 100% of Minds Matter students are accepted to 4-year colleges, with 90% graduating.
Volunteers meet with students on Saturdays on Alberta, next door to Eliot in the King neighborhood. Sign up for a coffee chat to learn more about what it’s like to volunteer, or fill out an online application if you’re ready to get started today!
On a personal note, I have also been volunteering as a mentor with Minds Matter for the past 3 years, and have found it an incredibly rewarding journey. If you’d like to hear more about my personal experience, please email serena@eliotneighborhood.org.
PBOT will be applying this month for Federal Reconnecting Communities Planning Grant to study this project
I am working on a letter of support for this project and would love to have more groups (including yours) sign on. Contact me (lutcchair@eliotneighborhood.org) to get more information.
The Grant will have 3 goals and each will get roughly 1/3 of the planning dollars from this grant
Study feasibility of reconfiguring and shortening the Fremont Bridge Kerby Ramps
Study feasibility of relocating, reconfiguring, or consolidating the City Maintenance Yards adjacent to the ramps.
Community visioning and opportunity analysis for the Fremont Bridgehead area.
Do you have time to review a draft letter of support? Would your organization consider signing on? Do you want to be involved more with reading the grant proposal?
Thank you for your support of this vision and your help getting to this point
Allan Rudwick Eliot LUTC Chair and Project Champion
We’re very excited for Matt Dishman Community Center’s 20th anniversary block party on Saturday, August 17 from 12-4pm. There will be food, games, and music: we look forward to seeing you there!
This meeting will be on google meet. See link at the bottom for details. August Agenda:
Welcome [6:30pm]
Portland: Neighbors Welcome Presentation [Anders] Inner Eastside for All Campaign: “Four floors and corner stores would make Portland’s inner neighborhoods even better. Our vision is simple: it should be legal for any residential lot from roughly 12th to 60th, Fremont to Powell, to contribute to a thriving, mixed-income, mixed-use fabric of urban neighborhoods by allowing street-scale apartment buildings.”
Come to Homecoming Fest 2024 from 12pm – 6pm on Saturday, August 10 at Unthank Park!
This public event is a cultural homecoming for the African American community forcibly displaced from their roots in North/Northeast Portland neighborhoods by gentrification. The afternoon will include a maker’s market, community resource fair, food trucks and musical performances by both youth and veteran Black musicians, DJs, and this year’s headliner: Cameo! In this way, SEI’s Homecoming Fest celebrates resilience, belonging, and keeps traditions of Black North Portland alive.
The Portland Consortium includes the City of Gresham, the City of Portland, and Multnomah County. An approved five-year Consolidated Plan and annual Action Plans are requirements to receive federal entitlement funding from HUD for the four affordable housing and community development programs: CDBG, HOME, HOPWA, and ESG. In Fall 2021, HUD approved the Consortium’s five-year Consolidated Plan (FY 2021-25) and the first Action Plan of the cycle. The third annual Action Plan FY 2024-25 for the City of Portland details the levels of funding available for the aforementioned programs for the upcoming fiscal year with project-specific allocations and goals.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) sets income limits that determine eligibility for assisted housing programs. HUD develops income limits based on Median Family Income estimates and Fair Market Rent area definitions for each metropolitan area, parts of some metropolitan areas, and each nonmetropolitan county. Portland-specific income and rent limits applicable to area affordable housing programs are based on HUD calculations for the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA MSA.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) sets income limits that determine eligibility for assisted housing programs. HUD develops income limits based on Median Family Income estimates and Fair Market Rent area definitions for each metropolitan area, parts of some metropolitan areas, and each nonmetropolitan county. Portland-specific income and rent limits applicable to area affordable housing programs are based on HUD calculations for the Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA MSA.
City of Portland Action Plan FY 2024-25 & 2024 Income & Rent Limits Community Hearing
The hearing will be held at Portland Housing Bureau (PHB) located at 1900 SW 4th Avenue, Suite 7007, Portland, OR 97201.
Portland’s Action Plan FY 2024-25 will be available on our website Consolidated Plan/Action Plan Portland Consortium for public review and comments starting Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Public comments will be taken over a 30-day comment period ending on Friday, July 26, 2024. Physical copies will be made available upon request. Details on 2023 Income and Rent Limits can be found at 2024 Income and Rent Limits.
For more information on the Action Plan or to submit written comments please contact Uma Krishnan, via e-mail: Uma.Krishnan@portlandoregon.gov; for information or comments on income and rent limits please contact Antoinette Pietka, via e-mail: Antoinette.Pietka@portlandoregon.gov
Join us from 10am-3pm on July 14 for a community yard sale on Stanton Street between N Williams and NE Rodney! Let your unused things find a good home, and check out gently used goods at this gathering of neighbors!
You can bring things you want to sell and set up a little table/chair/etc, or you can donate items to the neighborhood association for us to sell! We welcome housewares, toys, furniture, clothes, and other usable yard sale classics in good condition.
The Safe Blocks Program at the City of Portland wants to hear from you! We are interested in your opinions and feelings about safety in the Eliot neighborhood. Please complete their Community Safety Survey online now at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PDXSafety. The survey is open through June.
Everyone who completes the survey can enter a drawing for a chance to win a $100 gift card!
Eliot Neighborhood 