The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and the Environmental Protection Agency staff will present information and answer questions about air toxics monitoring at the Harriet Tubman Leadership Academy for Young Women. This monitoring is part of a national initiative to understand whether outdoor toxic air pollution from industry, motor vehicles and other sources poses health concerns to schoolchildren. EPA is monitoring for air toxics at 62 schools nationwide.
Eliot Neighborhood Tree Planting
In partnership with Friends of Trees, Eliot Neighborhood is planning a tree planting project for Saturday February 13th! Join us to help plant trees and create a healthier community!
Spanish and Cultural Education Center Opens
Tierra Educational Center, a locally owned Spanish and Latin American Cultural Center, has opened in Eliot Neighborhood to help bridge the communication and cultural gap between the growing Hispanic population and the community at large. The center offers quality and affordable Spanish classes for all levels, as well as special courses in topics specific to Latin American Culture and History. Tierra also hosts a free Spanish Conversation Club every Friday from 6-8pm, with guided discussion, guest speakers, and film screenings pertaining to Latin American issues.
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Return of the Trees
Crews from the City of Portland replanted trees in the median along MLK in mid –May. Prior to the planting about half of the tree wells along the boulevard sat empty and bare.
Project Hope: Building Futures and Restoring Lives
The following article was re-posted with permission from the author. It was originally posted on the Irvington Community Association web site.
by Jimmie St. Arnold – January 2009
Project Hope: Building Futures and Restoring Lives
When Scott Espedal was a kid growing up on the streets of Irvington he knew what it was like to see a future that held little promise. Raised by a single mom, in a home where the month too often outstretched the money, the odds could look insurmountable. That’s why, some 30 years later and now a successful builder, he was moved to reach out to disadvantaged kids and offer what he knows can make the difference—jobs and a chance to complete an education.
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Spring Cleanup 2009
The Eliot Neighborhood Spring Cleanup is Saturday May 16 from 9 am to 1 pm. Bring your old furniture, debris, junk, yard debris, lumber, and metal. Please separate materials. Bicycles and bike parts can be dropped off for free.
The spring cleanup is a sustainable event. Metal recyclers are on hand to collect metal. Yard debris and lumber is eventually turned into compost. Use bicycles are donated and if needed repaired for re use.
Rose Quarter Development Open House
Planners from the City of Portland will be presenting draft site concepts for the Rose Quarter AAA baseball stadium and area redevelopment, and taking questions and comments from the public.
WHEN: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at 6 p.m.
WHERE: Left Bank Building, 240 N. Broadway
Neighborhood Graffiti Cleanup
On Saturday March 21 volunteers from the neighborhood joined the City of Portland Graffiti Abatement Program to cleanup graffiti in Eliot Neighborhood. Coffee and donuts were waiting for volunteers as they showed up at the meeting place on the corner of Williams and San Rafael. After getting instructions volunteers dispersed throughout the neighborhood with their provided supplies to cleanup.
King Farmers Market
Starting May 3 there will be a Farmers Market about a mile north of Eliot Neighborhood. Portland Farmers Market in partnership with Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods plans to open the Sunday market in the King Neighborhood.
Dawson Park Gazebo on YouTube
Portland Development Commission has published a video on YouTube about the Dawson Park Gazebo renovation. The video shows a brief history of the structure and some footage of the construction.
The Leotard Moves to Eliot
A few weeks ago The Leotard made the move from the Lloyd Center Mall to Eliot Neighborhood. They opened their doors earlier this month in the Black and White building on the corner of MLK and Brazee.
Valentine’s Day Tree Planting
There are 13 more trees in Eliot Neighborhood thanks to the Friends of Trees planting on Saturday February 14. Eliot Neighborhood received a Valentine’s Day gift of trees along with Boise, King, Humbolt, Peidmont and Sabin neighborhoods.
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.
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.
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.
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