Thursday at 4:30, Eli from Sakura will be meeting folks to discuss possible uses — such as a food cart pod — for the empty lot in the Dekum triangle. That’s May 27th, 4:30pm, at the Breakside Brewery across the street from the lot.

Have you noticed those white wooden barricades on the street corners? Those are for Sunday Parkways this weekend on. There are five of these traffic-free routes this summer and the first one kicks off in NE on Sunday! Woodlawn park will be hopping with activities and ton of walkers, rollers, strollers and bikers will be strutting through our neighborhood. The streets are closed to traffic with the support of hundreds of volunteers.

What an amazing sight it will be to see so many people coming through our neighborhood!

Project overview website: Click here.

Based on feedback from the City of Portland’s outreach, this project will move forward for the approval of the City Traffic Engineer and the Transportation Director.

The City of Portland has indicated that the future maintenance and design of the pocket park improvement at NE 13th Avenue will require further discussions with the neighborhood.

Project information for the NE Holman Street Project:

Updated: NE Holman Street – Existing Conditions and Route – Click here.

Updated: NE Holman Street – Project Proposal and Possible Intersection Improvements – Click here.

Updated: NE Holman Street – Possible Intersection Options for 13th, 15th, 33rd and 42nd – Click here.

Updated: NE Holman Street – Crossing at Martin Luther King Jr. Option – Click here.

Updated: NE Holman – Boulevard Evaluation Goals – Click here.

On the corner of Northeast 13th Avenue and Holman Street there is a tiny park. It houses one pine tree, a bench, a broken sprinkler system, and an odd play structure/sculpture that some call the “horse saddle.” But this unassuming and often neglected little patch of soil and concrete has been the centerpiece of a neighborhood caring, protecting, and providing for itself one little block at a time.

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WHAT:

FLOCK TOGETHER SOCIAL GATHERING: meet new folks with common interests

WHEN:

Saturday, March 13^th 2:00pm-4:00pm

WHERE:

Humboldt Gardens Opportunity Center

5033 N. Vancouver Avenue (at Alberta)

Portland, Oregon 97217

ABOUT:

Community Outreach of Our United Villages invites you to an interactive afternoon to connect with people and discover shared interests.  Snacks provided.  Child care, interpretation, and transportation provided upon request.  FREE and open to all. RSVP to outreach@ourunitedvillages.org or (503) 546.7499.  www.ourunitedvillages.org

Woodlawn Neighborhood Association invites you to a get-together for Woodlawn writers.  If you are a writer living in the Woodlawn neighborhood, or if you are interested in writing, please attend our first get-together.

2-4 PM Saturday March 13th

at the Community Room (upstairs)

United Methodist Church – corner of NE 15th and Dekum

Please bring a sample of your work.  This is an opportunity for writers in the Woodlawn neighborhood to meet, learn about one another’s work, and discuss how to promote our work within the community.

For more information: 503-288-3758

Woodlawn Neighborhood Association invites you to a get-together for Woodlawn artists and craftsmen.  If you are an artist or craftsman living in the Woodlawn neighborhood, or if you are interested in art, please attend our first get-together.

2-4 PM Saturday March 6th at the Community Room (upstairs)

United Methodist Church – corner of NE 15th and Dekum

Please bring a sample, or pictures, of your work.  This is an opportunity for artists and craftsmen in the Woodlawn neighborhood to meet, learn about one another’s work, and discuss how to promote our work within the community.

For more information: 503-288-3758

I can hardly contain my excitement!  The first Sunday parkways of the season is coming to the Woodlawn neighborhood on Sunday, May 16 2010.  I’ll post more as the details come in.  Go to http://www.portlandsundayparkways.org/ and click on NE Sunday Parkways to see the route – it will connect Wilshire, Fernhill, Alberta, and Woodlawn Parks.  Sunday Parkways needs a LOT of volunteers to pull off the fun, so sign up now!  This will be a great opportunity for families and friends to get together for walking, biking and connecting!

The deadline for the 2010 Woodlawn Friends of Trees planting is now Monday January 4th. Sign up to get trees for your parking strip, or your yard. Tell your Woodlawn neighbors about this wonderful event!

Go to friendsoftrees.org to register. It only takes a couple of minutes.

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