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Central Northeast Neighbors

Commissioner Sam Adam's CNN Town Hall

More Free Winter Trainings!

Advanced Placemaking Workshop
Monday, February 12
Organizing to Win
Monday, February 19
How to be a Neighborhood Chairperson
Tuesday, February 27
Creating a Welcoming Environment
Monday, March 19
Collaborative Problem Solving
Thursday, March 22
Dealing with Difficult People
Thursday, March 29

Save the dates!
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Click here to register or contact Brian Hoop, 503-823-3075, bhoop@ci.portland.or.us Jeri Williams, 503-823-5827, jeri.williams@ci.portland.or.us

Did you know that the large piece of land (former gravel pit, land fill and golf driving range) located at NE Siskiyou and 82nd across from Madison High School is being slated for development as a "Big Box" shopping center?

Find out more and ways to support neighborhood efforts by clicking on the sign.

Communicating in the Age of New Media Friday, March 9th Noon to 5 p.m. at the Hollywood Theatre 4122 NE Sandy Blvd. No charge, but please bring a nonperishable food item for Oregon Food Bank. Hosted by Meyer Memorial Trust. Bring your own brown bag lunch, the popcorn and drinks are on us!
This event will include a Media That Matters film festival on food and sustainability. Please register for the March 9th event by emailing Marie: marie@mmt.org, with the subject line Gathering, and in the body of your message indicating the name of your organization and the number of people you would like to attend this gathering. If you also want to attend the March 10th event, please read more here

Somali Resource Meeting in Cully A new committee is being formed to determine how to work collectively to best serve the Somali community members in the Cully neighborhood. The January 31st meeting covered topics such as defining the nature of the committee, pathways for working together, learning more about demographics, available resources and building bridges between community groups. For more information please contact Sandra at CNN 503-823-2780.

CNN Neighborhood Clean-up Schedule
• Rose City Park: April 28 9- 3 PM
• Cully: April 28, from 9- 4 PM
• Madison South: May 5 from 9-2 PM
• Sumner: May 19 from 9- 2 PM
Roseway and Hollywood TBA. For more information please contact Ronda at CNN 503-823-3157

Click on the image to the left to view key documents for community involvement by the Budget Advisory Committee for the Office of Neighborhood Involvement's(ONI) FY 2007-08 budget deliberations.

Thursday, February 22 ~ Community Budget Forum at Cleveland High School, 3400 SE 26th Ave.-6:00-8:30 PM. Join "Speed Dating the City Budget!" There will be 10 or more tables representing different service areas. Commissioners, along with bureau directors, will participate in discussions at the various tables. Community members will move among the tables for about 15 minutes each to learn bout the budget and provide comments
Thursday, May 10 ~ Community Budget Hearing at Robert Grey Middle School, 5505 SW 23rd-6:00-8:30 PM. This is an official hearing on the Mayor's proposed budget in the community. Community members will have an opportunity to provide a 3 minute testimony about the initiatives and budget process. Budget decisions will be available prior to the Hearing for review; testimony will also be taken online and by correspondence. Council will meet in June for the final adoption of the budget. For more information, click here or call Laurel Butman at 503-823-6806.

Metro will hear public testimony on the final draft Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program (MTIP) list on February 13 beginning at 5:30p, in Metro Council Chamber, 600 NE Grand Avenue. JPACT and the Metro Council are then scheduled to act on a final list in March 2007. Assuming air-quality conformity and state compliance confirmation in the summer of 2007, obligation of funds is scheduled to begin in October 2007.Projects in CNN area include Cully Blvd. Green Street, Hollywood Transit Center, Sullivan's Gulch Trail. View the list at http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=oqwiy8bab.0.y9tqo7bab.jwesk9bab.270&ts=S0226&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.metro-region.org. and click on "Transportation Priorities 2008-11".

PDOT Open House to Prioritize Capacity-Increasing Transportation Projects
Wednesday, February 21 4:00 to 7:30 p.m. at St. Philip Neri Parish, 2408 SE 16th near Division.
• Find out which transportation projects are under consideration for Transportation System Development Charge (TSDC) funding • Hear a brief overview of the TSDC Project at 5:15 p.m. • Share your input on which projects should receive funding priority with Portland Office of Transportation (PDOT) staff.
For more information please contact Kathryn Levine, 503-823-7085, kathryn.levine@pdxtrans.org

Click here to review common themes & comments from Neighborhood leaders regarding VisionPDX, Community Connect, and Charter Review.
The report summarizing comments made at the Sept. 16, 2006 Neighborhood leaders meeting with Mayor Potter at Concordia University.

The City of Portland Graffiti Abatement program will sponsor five (5) Saturday morning graffiti cleanups between February and June, 2007 from 9-1p. The cleanups will be held monthly and will be comprised of work by both Youth Employment Institute (YEI) and Goodbye Graffiti crews, and a minimum of 10 volunteers from the neighborhood-business area to be cleaned that Saturday.

Volunteers must sign a volunteer agreement available at the Graffiti Program webpage

To apply for this event for your neighborhood/business area or obtain graffiti volunteer forms please contact Marcia Dennis at mdennis@ci.portland.or.us or at 503-823-5860

Our United Villages hosts an inspiring evening with John Kretzmann. John is Co-Director of the Asset- Based Community Development Institute at Northwestern University and author of Building Communities from the Inside Out: A Path Toward Finding and Mobilizing a Community's Assets. He has international recognition as an inspiring, straightforward, and wise advocate of strength-based approaches to building healthy local communities. This popular event on February 16 will provide valuable insight and direction for people who have a desire to make a difference in their community and the world.

If you did not have the opportunity to reserve you can still learn about asset based community development and Our United Villages by going to their web-site for a summary of the event.

United Way Funding Opportunity: 2007 Project Innovation Grants United Way of the Columbia-Willamette invites area nonprofits to attend a pre-proposal conference required for their Project Innovation Grants starting January 29. These one-year grants will range from $20,000- $40,000 and focus on capacity building, systems improvement, program innovation, and improved access to services and best practice development. United Way grants are open to all tax-exempt health and human services organizations serving Clark, Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington Counties. Complete RFP and instructions at http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=oqwiy8bab.0.b8tqo7bab.jwesk9bab.270&ts=S0226&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.unitedway-pdx.org

Be sure to read the article titled Ecological Landscapes Connecting Neighborhood to City, and City to Region by Mike Houck and Jim Labbe from PSU's 2007 Metropolitan Briefing Book Project: View the article
It references GPAC's work on the regional system map and Metro's New Look. Also find references to the Coalition for a Livable Future's (CLF) working draft of the natural areas system map and other landscape ecology issues in the region.

Metro’s online interactive mapping tool to track local restoration and watershed efforts is now live and online. The REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION NETWORK (REIN) website http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=oqwiy8bab.0.d8tqo7bab.jwesk9bab.270&ts=S0226&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rein.orgis part of Metro’s Nature in Neighborhoods initiative.

Enter your Project!
This tool is to help increase local collaboration in environmental projects through information sharing.

Metro developed an internship program to help input information into the REIN tool and to help communities further their success in environmental projects. For more information please contact Lori Hennings at 503-797-1940.

Are you interested in getting more involved at Madison? Help is needed for the following activities: • Family Event Help • Translation Help • Civic Event Help • Activity Instructor Help • Childcare Help • Field trip Help

Specific volunteer opportunities needed at this time include but not limited to:
• Daily Snack Distribution –Monday through Thursdays from 3:00PM-4:30PM
• Parent Newsletter
• Knitting Circle Instructor
• Mastering a Resume 101 Instructor
• Retired Teachers, College Students, or Parents Needed for Classroom TA’s
If you are interested in helping out with any of these events, please call Shayna Cohen with SUN CS at (503) 916-5338. Your help is highly needed, greatly appreciated, and very rewarding!

2/20 6-9p Oregon Multicultural Education Association LIFT EVERY VOICE Event Portland State University Multicultural Center, Smith Building-For more information Dr. Dapo Sobomehin 503-262- 8201/dasbmh@aol.com, www.omeaculture.org

3/1 El Poder de La Mujer Latina Conference Red Lion on the River, Jantzen Beach 909 N Hayden Island drive. Register at http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=oqwiy8bab.0.k8tqo7bab.jwesk9bab.270&ts=S0226&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.elpoderdelamujer.org. -The Conference will provide workshops on leadership, health and wellness, business and a student track.

Central Northeast Neighbors

Think Outside the Big Box-Save Madison South & Roseway

Did you know that the large piece of land (former gravel pit, land fill and golf driving range) located at NE Siskiyou and 82nd across from Madison High School is being slated for development as a "Big Box" shopping center? Find out more and ways to support neighborhood efforts by clicking on the sign.

What's New

Communicating in the Age of New Media Friday, March 9th Noon to 5 p.m. at the Hollywood Theatre 4122 NE Sandy Blvd. No charge, but please bring a nonperishable food item for Oregon Food Bank. Hosted by Meyer Memorial Trust. Bring your own brown bag lunch, the popcorn and drinks are on us! This event will include a Media That Matters film festival on food and sustainability. Please register for the March 9th event by emailing Marie: marie@mmt.org, with the subject line Gathering, and in the body of your message indicating the name of your organization and the number of people you would like to attend this gathering. If you also want to attend the March 10th event, please read more here Somali Resource Meeting in Cully A new committee is being formed to determine how to work collectively to best serve the Somali community members in the Cully neighborhood. The January 31st meeting covered topics such as defining the nature of the committee, pathways for working together, learning more about demographics, available resources and building bridges between community groups. For more information please contact Sandra at CNN 503-823-2780. CNN Neighborhood Clean-up Schedule • Rose City Park: April 28 9- 3 PM • Cully: April 28, from 9- 4 PM • Madison South: May 5 from 9-2 PM • Sumner: May 19 from 9- 2 PM Roseway and Hollywood TBA. For more information please contact Ronda at CNN 503-823-3157

Get Involved in Community Budget Events!

Click on the image to the left to view key documents for community involvement by the Budget Advisory Committee for the Office of Neighborhood Involvement's(ONI) FY 2007-08 budget deliberations. Thursday, February 22 ~ Community Budget Forum at Cleveland High School, 3400 SE 26th Ave.-6:00-8:30 PM. Join "Speed Dating the City Budget!" There will be 10 or more tables representing different service areas. Commissioners, along with bureau directors, will participate in discussions at the various tables. Community members will move among the tables for about 15 minutes each to learn bout the budget and provide comments Thursday, May 10 ~ Community Budget Hearing at Robert Grey Middle School, 5505 SW 23rd-6:00-8:30 PM. This is an official hearing on the Mayor's proposed budget in the community. Community members will have an opportunity to provide a 3 minute testimony about the initiatives and budget process. Budget decisions will be available prior to the Hearing for review; testimony will also be taken online and by correspondence. Council will meet in June for the final adoption of the budget. For more information, click here or call Laurel Butman at 503-823-6806.

Testify for Metro's Final Draft MTIP List on Tuesday

Metro will hear public testimony on the final draft Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program (MTIP) list on February 13 beginning at 5:30p, in Metro Council Chamber, 600 NE Grand Avenue. JPACT and the Metro Council are then scheduled to act on a final list in March 2007. Assuming air-quality conformity and state compliance confirmation in the summer of 2007, obligation of funds is scheduled to begin in October 2007.Projects in CNN area include Cully Blvd. Green Street, Hollywood Transit Center, Sullivan's Gulch Trail. View the list at http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=oqwiy8bab.0.y9tqo7bab.jwesk9bab.270&ts=S0226&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.metro-region.org. and click on "Transportation Priorities 2008-11". PDOT Open House to Prioritize Capacity-Increasing Transportation Projects Wednesday, February 21 4:00 to 7:30 p.m. at St. Philip Neri Parish, 2408 SE 16th near Division. • Find out which transportation projects are under consideration for Transportation System Development Charge (TSDC) funding • Hear a brief overview of the TSDC Project at 5:15 p.m. • Share your input on which projects should receive funding priority with Portland Office of Transportation (PDOT) staff. For more information please contact Kathryn Levine, 503-823-7085, kathryn.levine@pdxtrans.org

Vision PDX Open House at CNN March 15

Click here to review common themes & comments from Neighborhood leaders regarding VisionPDX, Community Connect, and Charter Review. The report summarizing comments made at the Sept. 16, 2006 Neighborhood leaders meeting with Mayor Potter at Concordia University.

Volunteer for 2nd Annual Graffiti Cleanup

The City of Portland Graffiti Abatement program will sponsor five (5) Saturday morning graffiti cleanups between February and June, 2007 from 9-1p. The cleanups will be held monthly and will be comprised of work by both Youth Employment Institute (YEI) and Goodbye Graffiti crews, and a minimum of 10 volunteers from the neighborhood-business area to be cleaned that Saturday. Volunteers must sign a volunteer agreement available at the Graffiti Program webpage To apply for this event for your neighborhood/business area or obtain graffiti volunteer forms please contact Marcia Dennis at mdennis@ci.portland.or.us or at 503-823-5860

Our United Villages: Learn about Asset Based Community Development

Our United Villages hosts an inspiring evening with John Kretzmann. John is Co-Director of the Asset- Based Community Development Institute at Northwestern University and author of Building Communities from the Inside Out: A Path Toward Finding and Mobilizing a Community's Assets. He has international recognition as an inspiring, straightforward, and wise advocate of strength-based approaches to building healthy local communities. This popular event on February 16 will provide valuable insight and direction for people who have a desire to make a difference in their community and the world. If you did not have the opportunity to reserve you can still learn about asset based community development and Our United Villages by going to their web-site for a summary of the event.

Grants for Capacity Building, Program Innovation...

United Way Funding Opportunity: 2007 Project Innovation Grants United Way of the Columbia-Willamette invites area nonprofits to attend a pre-proposal conference required for their Project Innovation Grants starting January 29. These one-year grants will range from $20,000- $40,000 and focus on capacity building, systems improvement, program innovation, and improved access to services and best practice development. United Way grants are open to all tax-exempt health and human services organizations serving Clark, Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington Counties. Complete RFP and instructions at http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=oqwiy8bab.0.b8tqo7bab.jwesk9bab.270&ts=S0226&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.unitedway-pdx.org

Ecological Landscapes: Connecting Neighborhood to City

Be sure to read the article titled Ecological Landscapes Connecting Neighborhood to City, and City to Region by Mike Houck and Jim Labbe from PSU's 2007 Metropolitan Briefing Book Project: View the article It references GPAC's work on the regional system map and Metro's New Look. Also find references to the Coalition for a Livable Future's (CLF) working draft of the natural areas system map and other landscape ecology issues in the region.

Share Projects with Metro’s Interactive Mapping Tool

Metro’s online interactive mapping tool to track local restoration and watershed efforts is now live and online. The REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION NETWORK (REIN) website http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=oqwiy8bab.0.d8tqo7bab.jwesk9bab.270&ts=S0226&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rein.orgis part of Metro’s Nature in Neighborhoods initiative. Enter your Project! This tool is to help increase local collaboration in environmental projects through information sharing. Metro developed an internship program to help input information into the REIN tool and to help communities further their success in environmental projects. For more information please contact Lori Hennings at 503-797-1940.

Help Needed for Madison High SUN Program

Are you interested in getting more involved at Madison? Help is needed for the following activities: • Family Event Help • Translation Help • Civic Event Help • Activity Instructor Help • Childcare Help • Field trip Help Specific volunteer opportunities needed at this time include but not limited to: • Daily Snack Distribution –Monday through Thursdays from 3:00PM-4:30PM • Parent Newsletter • Knitting Circle Instructor • Mastering a Resume 101 Instructor • Retired Teachers, College Students, or Parents Needed for Classroom TA’s If you are interested in helping out with any of these events, please call Shayna Cohen with SUN CS at (503) 916-5338. Your help is highly needed, greatly appreciated, and very rewarding!

Special Events

2/20 6-9p Oregon Multicultural Education Association LIFT EVERY VOICE Event Portland State University Multicultural Center, Smith Building-For more information Dr. Dapo Sobomehin 503-262- 8201/dasbmh@aol.com, www.omeaculture.org 3/1 El Poder de La Mujer Latina Conference Red Lion on the River, Jantzen Beach 909 N Hayden Island drive. Register at http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=oqwiy8bab.0.k8tqo7bab.jwesk9bab.270&ts=S0226&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.elpoderdelamujer.org. -The Conference will provide workshops on leadership, health and wellness, business and a student track.