These Oregon Metro workshops are a little farther away, but well worth it! Topics include basic and advanced vegetable gardening, edible landscapes, healthy soil, and pesticide-free pest control. Check out the entire calendar here.

The City of Portland Graffiti Abatement Program will sponsor a Saturday morning graffiti cleanup in Woodlawn on Saturday, August 25th.  They need your help! This will be a combined effort by City-contracted graffiti removal crews, and a minimum of 10 volunteers from the community.

Prior to the cleanup date, residents/businesses will be asked to survey their area and compile a list of sites that have been vandalized by graffiti and then to submit the list to Graffiti Abatement Volunteer Coordinator at least a week ahead of the event.

To volunteer, you must sign up here. For more information, contact Dennis LoGiudice , or check out the Facebook page.

Groundwork Portland is offering a series of workshops at Emerson Street Garden, all free. All ages are welcome. Come learn gardening skills through hands-on activities in the garden, and learn about your community. The next workshop is Saturday, March 31st, which will focus on garden layout. Check out future workshop dates and topics here. Emerson Street Garden is located at 822 NE Emerson Street.

Would you like to participate or assist with the workshops? Would you like to learn more about Groundwork Portland and how you can help? Please send an email or call (503) 662-2590.

Solarize Northeast is a community-driven project that simplifies solar electric installation for North and Northeast Portland residents. Workshops educate residents about savings through bulk purchase of solar panels, solar options, installation, and financing options.

Thursday, 3/22, 6:00-7:30pm at NECN, 4815 NE 7th Ave. (King Neighborhood Facility), Portland. Info and registration here.

If you can’t make it to this one, check the schedule for future workshops.

The dates and locations for the 2012 Portland Sunday Parkways season have been announced and there will be five again this year, including  May 13 – Northeast that goes through Woodlawn! Here’s a map to show you the route.

How would you like to participate?

Volunteers for WNA: we’ll need a table to promote WNA, please send an email to info@gowoodlawn.com.

Volunteers for Sunday Parkways: lots of opportunities! Click here.

Vendors (food, beverage, & merchandise): click here for information.

The Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods and Concordia University are co-hosting a mayoral and city council candidates’ forum focused on education on Thursday, March 22nd, at 7:00pm. Doors open at 6:30pm.
Mayoral Candidates: Eileen Brady, Jefferson Smith, and Charlie Hales
Council Candidates: Amanda Fritz, Mary Nolan, Steve Novick, Teressa Raiford, Mark White, Jeri Williams
Moderator: Keith Thomajan
Where: Lobby of the George R. White Library & Learning Center, Concordia University 2811 NE Holman, Portland, OR
For additional info, please visit www.necoalition.org or call 503-823-4575.

Minutes of the General and Board Meetings are public, and are now available through our Google Docs page. You can access them here.

Join us for this annual Woodlawn Neighborhood Association event on Sunday, April 7th, at 11 a.m. Meet at Woodlawn Park under the bridge. Please be prepared for rain or shine by wearing boots and warm clothing. For more information, contact wna@googlegroups.com.

We need your help! Just like when Portlanders first started recycling, it takes time to create and establish new routines for households. Portlanders are doing a great job adapting to the new Curbside Collection Service with food scrap composting, the change to weekly pick up of the green compost cart, and every-other-week garbage collection. The City wants to help Portlanders adapt and to answer questions about the changes.

Woodlawn Neighborhood Association has stepped up to help  mobilize volunteers to go door-to-door to answer questions about changes to the curbside collection system, to promote composting, and to earn money for Woodlawn. Days and times for canvassing will be picked by the group. Training, safety vests, maps, walking lists, and literature are provided. Anyone 18 years or older can volunteer.

The program runs through March 13th through May 19th in Woodlawn. For more details, check out their poster. Please contact Anjala, the Woodlawn organizer, to sign up!