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CNN
Connections
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 In the next
few months CNN will surf the online
communication wave by welcoming websites for all our
neighborhoods! Madison South, Sumner, and Cully are in
the works for new sites to complete the CNN neighborhood
connection. Thanks to Todd Coward our neighborhood web
developer who also offered helpful tips to get us started.
Included in this mix is the new CNN website with an April launch. The site
will feature a new
design with easy navigation, a neighborhood/coalition master
calendar, community forum, photos and maps, along with the
fundamentals. For more information please contact Sandra at CNN
503-823-2780.
In the next issue CNN
Connections will feature CNN community building grant
activities. |
| Spring Workshops & CNN
Cleanup Schedule |
Dealing with
Challenging People
Thursday, March
29
Working with Cable
Access: Portland Community Media
Tuesday, April
3
Volunteers:
The Heart and Soul of an Organization
Monday, April 23
Reaching Out to
Diverse
Members
Thursday, April 26
Getting the Word Out/Promoting your
Organization
Thursday, May
24
Creating a Welcoming
Environment
May
date
TBA
Click on image for more
details Click here to
register or contact Brian Hoop, 503-823-3075, bhoop@ci.portland.or.us or
Jeri Williams, 503-823-5827,jeri.williams@ci.portland.or.us
CNN Neighborhood Clean-up
Schedule
Cully April 28 from 9-4 PM
Madison South May 5 from 8-2 PM
Rose City
Park May 5 from 9-3
PM
Roseway May 12 from 9-2 PM
Sumner May 19
from 9-2
PM
*For more information please contact Ronda
at CNN 503-823-3157
Please refer to Metro's website for the schedule of upcoming
hazardous waste collection
events. |
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| Neighbors Show their
Solidarity for "Think Outside the Big Box"
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 Successful
Rally Tells Portland: We Love Our
Neighborhood's Livability!Over 125
neighbors, business people and allied partners in the effort to find
an alternative to the proposed big box store on NE 82nd/ Siskiyou
rallied together on Saturday, February 17 to show their solidarity
to preserving neighborhood livability.To read
more click here. Photo by Craig Bach
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| Project
Community Care: Nominate a School for a Clean-Up
Day |
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Beaumont School
Landscaping Day  Portland Public Schools is now taking school
nominations for Project Community Care. SOLV and PPS
have partnered once again to host Project Community Care, a
grass roots effort bringing together communities to spruce up school
grounds before school begins in September. This year's clean up day
is scheduled for Saturday, August 25. Site coordinators are required
by March 30th, but you can nominate a site without
a confirmed coordinator. Click here to find out more and to
nominate a school. |
| Support
Funding for Neighborhoods in The City's Budget
Process |
| In order to
support more funding for neighborhoods consider sending a
letter to Mayor Potter. A sample letter that your neighborhood can
use to send to Mayor Potter is here.
Click here for  a
calendar of all budget meetings. Go to
public comment for
online form.
Multnomah County Budget Forums: Saturday, March 10th &
Thursday, March 15th click here for more
info.
Click on Image for Office of
Neighborhood Involvement Budget
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| What's New! |
 Good
news about Cully Blvd, and more support is
needed! The
Cully Blvd Green Street project received $1.6 million in funding by
Metro and Joint Policy Advisory Committee on March 1,
2007.The project to
improve a major neighborhood street without sidewalks that
has increased in use including children only received half
the construction funding needed. Cully Association of Neighbors
and CNN is encouraging neighbors to write or e-mail the City
Council and Mayor Potter for the additional $1.6 million before
March 27th.
Contact Sandra at CNN for more details
503-823-2780.
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| Ready. Safe. Go. Volunteer Training and Recognition
Event |
 The Free
Ready Safe Go Public Safety Volunteer Training and
Recognition Event
is presented by The Office of Neighborhood Involvement
Crime Prevention Program and the Portland Office of Emergency
Management:
Saturday, April 28 from 8:30 am to 2:30
pm at Portland Community
College, Sylvania Campus, 12000 SW 49th Ave.
Registration
deadline is Friday April 5 by 5p. Click here for a
tentative list of classes
for this year's Ready.
Safe.
Go.
To register click on the image!
Photo:
Crime Prevention Program Manager Stephanie Reynolds, left,
congratulates 2006 winners Phil and Keturah
Pennington |
| Community
Conversation on Infill March 17 |
 The Citywide Land Use Group, the Portland Bureau of
Planning and friends will be hosting a "Community Conversation" on
Infill Development on Sat, Mar 17th from 9-1 at the 1900 SW 4th
Building, Room 2500 A&B. Hear about the
challenges and opportunities from neighbors, developers, community
planners, business people, local officials, environmentalists,
architects, preservationists. The conversation
includes a variety of issues linked to infill such as tree
canopy, open space, transportation, parking, noise, schools,
streetscape, urban design, and neighborhood character. The goal is
to identify issues, actions taken, new paths to collaboration and
next steps. *For more information, contact Linda Nettekoven at linda@lnettekoven.com
Photo by "Portland Ground:
Pictures of Portland Oregon" www.portlandground.com |
| Changes in
Store for Rose City Park
School |
Rose City
Park School will see many
changes this fall. First they
are moving from their current location at 2334 NE 57th in
the Rose City Park neighborhood a few blocks east to the Gregory
Heights School building in the Roseway neighborhood. Here they will
become a Kindergarten through 8th grade school. This is
part of the Portland Public School Districts plans to reconfigure
schools on the eastside of town to the K-8 model. To weigh in
on the decision for a new name for the school, ballots will be
available in April at both schools as well as at CNN and local
libraries. And for those interested in hearing more about the move
and an update on plans for the soon to be vacant RCP building join
the Rose City Park Neighborhood Association at their next meeting,
Tuesday, March 27, 7:30p at the Rose City Park United Methodist
Church, where PPS Chief Operating Officer, Cathy Mincberg will
present.
Keep track of school merger events at the web site
listed here
Photo: www.rosecityparkschool.org |
| Brownfields Assistance |
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Do you know of a potentially contaminated
property that is underutilized? Are you interested in more
information about Metro's Brownfield Recycling Program including
upcoming informational meetings, technical workshops and other
resources? If so, contact Miranda Bateschell at (503) 797-1817
or send e-mail to brownfields@metro-region.org. |
| Special
Events |
3/10
9-12p Columbia Slough
Restoration Paddle 503-292-6855x116
3/17 8:45-1p Columbia Slough 101
Workshop 503-281-1132
4/13 9-12p Homeless Youth
Summit First United Methodist Church, Mutl.County
503-
988-6295x28403
4/19 8-4p
Coalition for a Livable Future 2007 Regional Livability
Summit at
PSU |
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