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 CNN e-newsletter
Central Northeast Neighbors
August 2008 |
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| Participate in the CNN Recycling Fundraiser September 20th! |
 Recycle Electronics, Plastics and Metal on September 20th! Be good to the environment and dispose of your TV's, computers, DVD and VCR players, printers, electronics (basically anything that plugs in), microwaves, small and large appliances (no cooling units), power tools, cell phones, lamps, Styrofoam, car and household batteries, unbroken fluorescent bulbs, metal and plastic items at the Central NE Neighbors Coalition recycling event! Saturday, September 20, 2008, 9 am to 3 pm, Madison HS parking lot, NE 82nd & Siskiyou, enter off Siskiyou.
Fees
TV's and Microwaves -$15.00 each, TV's over 36"- $20.00 each,
Computer monitors - $10.00 each, Styrofoam- $2.00 a carload
Electronics and Bulbs - $2.00 each, Household batteries - $1.00/lb
All other electrical and recyclable metal and plastic items -FREE!
Check the Master Recycler Program web site at www.masterrecycler.org for a complete list of acceptable plastic items. Pickup arrangements available, fees apply. For more information or to volunteer contact Ronda at 503-823-3157. Proceeds will help purchase a new copy machine for Central NE Neighbors available to neighborhood leaders and community partners. |
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| Spruce Up your Neighborhood School on Community Care Day! |
 In August, Portland Public Schools will receive a big dose of TLC from the community. Thousands of volunteers will take on landscaping and groundskeeping at 75 schools as part of Community Care Day.
When: 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Aug. 23
Where: For locations, click here
Community Care Day is part of a program launched in 2001 to match every school with volunteers and hold events throughout the school year. Project Community Care aids schools, improves learning and fosters long-term partnerships between groups and individual schools. To register or for information, go to Hands On Greater Portland or call Andre at 503-916-3078. |
| Nominations Now Open for 2008 Spirit of Portland Awards |
 Nominations are now open for the City of Portland's Spirit of Portland Awards 2008. We want to hear about the stars in our community who have worked to make the Spirit of Portland shine! The Spirit of Portland Awards are presented every year to those who have made positive contributions to our city and neighborhoods above and beyond the average volunteer or staff commitment. The Mayor and City Commissioners will present awards in late Fall. Nominations are due to the Office of Neighborhood Involvement by 4 pm Friday, Oct. 24, 2008. Click here for nomination forms. For more information, please contact Nell Wagenaar at 503-823-3997. |
| Social Justice and Civic Leadership Trainings |
 Do you want to be an effective advocate for change and sharpen your campaigning skills?
Tackling Inequity Through Policy Change-Aug 23, 10-2p
Exploring power analysis dynamics: why inequities exist and who benefits? How political and economic systems work and how we have the most impact.
Building a Community Campaign-Oct 11, 10-2p
Developing the strategies and skills for change, including lobbying legislators/elected officials at the Urban League multicultural center, 5325 MLK Jr. Blvd & Killingsworth. To register please contact Midge Purcell at the Urban League of Portland at 503-280-2626 mpurcell@ulpdx.org. Or register online at www.ulpdx.org. |
| PDX Vision into Action Awards Community Action Grants |
 The Vision into Action (VIA) Coalition has chosen a dynamic group of 12 community groups to receive Community Action Grants of up to $10,000. Selected from a pool of 55 applicants, recipients were chosen based on their ability to help advance the community vision articulated through visionPDX, one of the most extensive public engagement process in Portland's history. Award-winning projects range from youth-focused efforts to a sustainable design and building initiative. Projects were selected in each of the "Five Elements" identified through the visionPDX process: Built Portland, Economic Portland, Environmental Portland, Learning Portland, and Social Portland. Click here to view the 2008 Action Grant Awards. Photo of BroadArts Theater Inc. |
| Walk There! Metro's First Walking Guide |
 In July, Metro unveiled a new regional walking guide designed to connect residents with newly protected natural areas, scenic parks, historical sites, main streets and commercial districts throughout the Portland-Vancouver area. The 240-page Walk There! Guidebook, offers 50 detailed routes from easy to longer distance organized by walk type and color-coded regional sections. Each section offers a detailed map and description that explores the location's rich history and landscape.
Pocket-sized copies of Walk There! can be picked up at Metro at no charge. The guide can also be ordered online for $5 shipping fee. Visitors to the web site can also download all 50-featured walks. |
| Participate in Metro's High Capacity Transit Project Workshop |
 Metro is launching a study to consider where the next 30 years of high capacity transit investments should go. High capacity transit is characterized by routes with fewer stops and some separation from regular traffic and could mean light rail, commuter rail, streetcar or buses on a dedicated right of way. Metro, the agency responsible for regional planning, will complete the Regional High Capacity Transit Plan along with TriMet, the Oregon Department of Transportation, and the 25 cities and three counties in the region. The plan will be closely coordinated with the City of Portland's Streetcar System Plan. Get involved! Attend the Portland workshop to learn more and provide input about what areas should be served with high capacity transit in the future:
5-8 p.m. Thursday, August 14
East Portland Community Center
740 SE 106th Ave, Portland
To learn more about the project call 503 -797-1755, trans@oregonmetro.gov, or visit the project website. |
| Cully-Concordia Schools, Families, Housing Assessment |
 The Cully-Concordia Assessment is a City of Portland Schools, Families, Housing Initiative focusing on improving the lives of children, youth and their families in portions of the Cully and Concordia neighborhoods. Key questions being addressed are: how can schools become the center of community life? What are the priority programs/services/infrastructure that is needed to support children, youth and families? What are the partnerships and strategies that can address these priorities? The project will continue until the end of the summer. Extensive data collection including the interviewing of over 75 people from parents with children, to school principals, to service providers has occurred. A draft assessment report includes interview results can be viewed here. The next meeting is September 24th. The project involves diverse organizations in the area including NAYA, Hacienda CDC, Cully neighborhood, 42nd Business Assoc, Rigler SUN, CNN and many more. For more information contact Debbie Bischoff of BOP at 503-823-6946 or dbischoff@ci.portland.or.us. |
| Portland Streetcar District Working Groups Online Survey |
 Surveys designed by each of the Portland Streetcar District Working Groups are being used to assess community opinion about potential streetcar corridors. Links to all five of the surveys are being made available on the PDOT Streetcar System Plan website
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| From Harm to Hope: Restorative Listening Event |
 Are you Confused? Concerned? Curious? about gentrification issues in Portland. Please join us to learn more at a Restorative Listening Project event.
Hear the stories of how gentrification has impacted long term members of the community.
NEXT Restorative Gentrification Listening Event: View and discuss part three of "Race, The Power of Illusion", August 18th from 7-9p
Concordia University, Luther Hall 2811 NE Holman Street
All are welcome--attendance at a Listening Project Event is not required.
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| Special Events |
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for a detailed calendar of neighborhood events!
Keep Colwood Green Info-action websitefor theproposed rezoning of Colwood Golf Course from open space to industrial! Council Hearing September 17th--NEW DATE! 6p City Council Chambers Colwood strategic planning meeting August 12, 7p at CNN billb@cnncoalition.org
East County Peace Fair August 16th Parkrose High School's Peace Labyrinth
115th & Shaver 2-6pm-
entertainment, vendors, activities for children-Erica M. Martin
emartin@parkroseucc.org
City Repair T-Horse in Beaumont Wilshire September 1st, 7pm Wilshire Park, meet your neighbors, and bring a treat to share!
motiveSpace Symposium: Cooperative Development & the Creative Catalyst
Portland City Hall September 20 & 21 www.motivespace.org
2009 CNN Neighborhood Grants Information Session September 25, 6:30-8p, CNN 4415 NE 87th
Viva la Comunidad! Salsa Concert to Support Hacienda CDC October 2nd 7-10p Wonder Ballroom Suzanne Geary 503-961-6412 sgeary@haciendacdc.org
Monthly N/NE Organizers Luncheon
Networking and Continuing Education Hour 3rd Wednesdays noon-1:15p, NE Coalition of Neighborhoods Office, 4815 NE 7th
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| Sandra Lefrancois, Community Program Director
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