Didn’t make it to the 9/21/11 General Meeting? Read about what happened by clicking here.

For a preview of what will be discussed at November’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.

All interested in the Woodlawn neighborhood are invited to attend the general meeting on Wednesday, 10/19, at the Woodlawn Community Resource Center in Woodlawn Methodist Church at 1425 N.E. Dekum St. Enter the west door and head up the stairs and down the hallway.

A highlight of this month’s meeting: Laura Niemi, a new city staff member, will be at the meeting and will give us an update and answer questions about the city’s community gardens.

You can download the revised agenda for this month’s meeting by clicking here.

If you have an agenda item you’d like to be considered for future meetings, please contact Lisa Gladstone.

If you weren’t able to attend the recent Board or General WNA meetings, you can read about what was discussed by clicking below:

8/3/11 Board Meeting

8/17/11 General Meeting

9/7/11 Board Meeting

9/21/11 General Meeting

10/5/11 Board Meeting

10/19/11 General Meeting

There will be a Woodlawn Neighborhood Association Board Meeting on Wednesday, October 5th from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. The meeting is open to all neighborhood residents and people who work or own businesses in Woodlawn.

The agenda for board meetings typically focuses on planning, budgeting, and community projects. View this month’s agenda here.

Bring a food donation for the NE Portland Backpack Lunch Program–there’s a donation bin in the meeting room. Food to donate: cans of soup, chili, mac and cheese boxes, individual juice boxes, fruit cups, and healthy snacks (granola bars, etc.). More on this worthwhile program soon.

Meetings are held at the Woodlawn Community Resource Center in Woodlawn Methodist Church, 1425 N.E. Dekum Street. Enter the west door and head up the stairs and down the hallway.

All interested in the Woodlawn neighborhood are invited to attend the general meeting on Wednesday, 9/21, at the Woodlawn Community Resource Center in Woodlawn Methodist Church at 1425 N.E. Dekum St. Enter the west door and head up the stairs and down the hallway.

You can view this month’s tentative agenda here.

If you have an agenda item you’d like to be considered for future meetings, contact Lisa Gladstone.

Concerned about safety and liveability issues? Over the summer, SALT, an NECN Community Committee focused on violence in our Neighborhoods and what could be done on a neighborhood level to address it (see link). The next SALT meeting is Monday, September 19th, 6:30pm, at NECN. All are invited to attend.
http://www.necoalition.org/PDFs/salt_2011violencepreventionideas.pdf

There will be a WNA Board Meeting on Wednesday, September 7th at 7:00PM. Meetings are open to anyone with an interest in the Woodlawn neighborhood. Meet your neighbors and hear updates on committees and projects.

The agenda will include Vision Plan, Childcare, Sunday Parkways and More! Find the entire agenda here.

You’ll find information about the meeting location here.

Portland City Council will hear presentation and testimony regarding proposed changes to local regulations of liquor licensed establishments.
September 7th, 2011 – 2pm
City Hall – Council Chambers – 2nd Floor
1221 SW 4th Ave, Portland OR 97204

Proposed Changes to City Code Time Place and Manner Regulations of Alcohol Licensed Establishments (PCC 14B.120)

For details, go to:

http://www.portlandonline.com/oni/index.cfm?c=32419&a=362076

David Allred from Bureau of Environmental Services (BES) introduces the talk about a Dekum Stormwater Art Bike Corral. How to get a city-sponsored bike rack. What’s up with the Village Ballroom?

If you didn’t make the October general meeting, you can review the notes here.