The Hardy Plant Society of Oregon is soliciting applications, due December 14, from school and not-for-profit groups  for their 2012 grant program. The HPSO is dedicated to helping “special gardens of botanical, horticultural, or historic interest,” including community gardens, and awards funds to qualified groups. To learn more, call the HPSO office at 503-224-5718 or visit their website.

The neighborhood favorite Classic Foods will open for retail again this Friday between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. That means we can stop by to get those fabulous raviolis, pastas and pestos, as well as olive oil and cheese.

Shoppers can drop by every first Friday of the month. The pastas would make a delicious and simple meal for those holiday get togethers.

For more information, check out the Classic Foods Facebook page.

The intersection at 8th & Holman will be repainted in May.  Two residents are hosting a potluck to begin the planning. Bring a dish to share and find out how to participate and get involved in this rewarding Woodlawn project!

Here’s the actual email invitation.

The agenda for these meetings typically focuses on planning, budgeting, and community projects. For a preview of what will be discussed at December’s WNA Board meeting, please download the agenda. For details of where and when, click here.

Board meetings are open to all neighborhood residents and people who work or own businesses in Woodlawn.

Come to Good Neighbor Pizzeria, 800 NE Dekum, at 7:30 pm to learn about and discuss how Woodlawn Neighborhood Association should respond to this facility. Anjala Ehelebe, our Land Use Chair, will give an overview of the situation and chair the meeting. In case you didn’t see the original post or subsequent comments, look here.

Learn more about the impacts of climate change in Portland region and how you can help us ReTHINK who is engaged, how they’re involved and what they are talking about as it relates to our community. This free training includes hands-on activities, prizes, and dinner. Childcare is available upon request. Please RSVP if you plan to attend.

The sessions are:

• Tues 11/29  Sustainability Matters & Climate Counts
• Tues 12/6  Be Resourceful (healthy homes, energy IQ, other resources)
• Tues 12/13  Safe and Healthy Transportation Options & Food Choices

All sessions are 5:30 to 8:30pm at June Key Delta Community Center, 5940 N. Albina Ave (at the corner of N. Ainsworth).

More information, future session dates and RSVP forms can be found here.

This will be an important Woodlawn Neighborhood Association Meeting to attend. We’ll cover visioning the future, elections to the board of directors, bylaws, and more!

It’s from 7: 00 to 8:30 PM, at the Woodlawn United Methodist Church, 1425 NE Dekum St. Use the west entrance and come upstairs to room 202.

See you there!

Local photographer Ben Latterell will be showing some of his wonderful photographs of Oregon from 7-9 PM at  Good Neighbor Pizzeria, 800 NE Dekum. You can preview his work here.

Friends of Trees invites you to help rake leaves for elderly residents between November 10th and 13th. The Portland Leaf Harvest is encouraging individuals and groups to help each other out with fall cleanup. When you sign up as a group with FOT, they’ll provide leaf bags, tips, and waivers for disposal at city leaf depots.  You just need to find the people in need in your community, and rake their leaves.

Contact Brighton West to get started, or visit Portland Leaf Harvest and click on “Join the Harvest.”

A brownfield is a site where contamination – or the possibility of contamination – is preventing use or redevelopment. This event, “Restore our Community, Rebuild our Wealth,” will focus on local brownfields and economic community development.

Saturday, November 12th, 11AM to 1PM, at Constructing Hope, 408 NE Church Street (at the northeast corner of MLK).

For more information, contact Steven Gilliam at Steven@oregonaction.org or 971-634-0004.