A neighborhood resident writes:

Someone went into our back yard and stole my bike and my roommate’s bike. They also went into the house and took her laptop… I looked at the bikeportland.org stolen bike listing and there was another bike recently stolen from 97211. Could be coincidence, could be someone targeting this area, so keep your bikes locked even at home! We’ve been pretty trusting and keeping the doors unlocked; that will certainly change.

Here’s a picture of her stolen bike and how to contact her if you see it.

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

Calling all Woodlawn Neighborhood Association board members: WNA is holding a special meeting this Saturday to review grant applications.

The grants are for the following things:

1) To help boost membership by providing food, childcare and outreach for the association.

2.) To help with the Easter egg hunt, a neighborhood yard sale and National Night Out.

3.) To fund cooking classes in the community garden.

The meeting is at Good Neighbor Pizza, 800 N.E. Dekum St., at 4 p.m.

We need as many board members as possible to attend. The meeting should only take a half hour and could go along ways towards making our association and neighborhood stronger.

Woodlawn Swap N Play and The Oregon Community offer kid-friendly fun for toddlers five and under, but all ages are welcome!

Sunday, 10/30 at 4:00 pm

Village Ballroom, 700 NE Dekum

More information available here.

Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods has a new committee that is launching a speaker series.

The Community Economic Development Council will present its first speaker series with a talk Nov. 1 on the history of economic development in inner North and Northeast Portland.

The event takes place at Curious Comedy Theater, 5225 NE Martin Luther King Blvd., and will include refreshments.

Speakers will be Dr. Karen Gibson, Associate Professor of Urban Studies and Planning and Portland State University;

Connected is a group of community members determined to be a presence and positive role model in the lives of youth. This group meets weekly to walk through and around acknowledged “hot spots,” acknowledging and engaging with young and old alike as they go about their business. Connected invites volunteers to join them on walks and organize their own groups of walkers.

Read the Portland Tribune article about the Holladay Park group here.

For more information, contact Gary Marschke at 503-412-8520, or look for Connected on Facebook.

Concerned neighbors and community organizations wishing to oppose a liquor license renewal north of Burnside should advise the Office of Neighborhood Involvement as soon as possible. Opposition is considered by the City before a recommendation to renew is made to the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC). If neighbors have concerns but do not wish to formally oppose the license renewal, this is an excellent opportunity to engage in problem solving to address concerns informally.

Submittals must be received by November 15.

Please contact Theresa Marchetti, City of Portland Liquor License Specialist, at 503-823-9092 or theresa.marchetti@portlandoregon.gov.

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.

The Office of Youth Violence Prevention is developing a two-part training for community members that will include in-depth information about gangs. Trained volunteers will then educate their neighbors. For more information on enrolling in this program, please contact Rob Ingram, Director, Office of Youth Violence Prevention at rob.ingram@portlandoregon.gov or 503-823-3584.

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