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Woodlawn Neighborhood Association March 5, 2024 Agenda & Potluck Supper!

Nancy Flynn 2024-02-21

Woodlawn Neighborhood Association General Meeting Agenda & Potluck Tuesday, March 5, 2024 at 7:00 pm Please make every effort to join us In Person at Classic Foods: 817 NE Madrona Or online on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/3014662210?pwd=d3VKbXkzVldqYzNWU2RwVm9OUkZyZz09 Meeting ID: 301 466 2210 Passcode: WNA Also online at Facebook Live Welcome and Vision: “In the future, Woodlawn will be a place where people live harmoniously, respectfully, and in support of one another. The

Portland City Government Transition Newsletter

Nancy Flynn 2024-02-17

Updates from the Government Transition Committee for the city government can be found here: Portland City Government Transition Newsletter

Ephemeral Wisdom on the NE Holman Neighborhood Greenway

Nancy Flynn 2024-02-14

NE Holman is one of the Woodlawn streets that is a Portland Neighborhood Greenway. As stated on the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) website: “Neighborhood greenways are low-traffic and low-speed streets where we give priority to people walking, bicycling, and rolling. Neighborhood greenways form the backbone of the city’s Safe Routes to School network and connect neighborhoods, parks, schools, and business districts. Portland has more than 100 miles of neighborhood

Minutes from February 2023 WNA General Meeting

Nancy Flynn 2024-02-11

Woodlawn Neighborhood Association General Meeting Minutes Tuesday, February 6, 2024 at 7:00 pm Please make every effort to join us In Person at Classic Foods: 817 NE Madrona Or online on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/3014662210?pwd=d3VKbXkzVldqYzNWU2RwVm9OUkZyZz09 Meeting recording via YouTube is here. Meeting ID: 301 466 2210 Passcode: WNA Also online at Facebook Live Welcome and Vision: “In the future, Woodlawn will be a place where people live harmoniously, respectfully, and in support

Woodlawn Sidewalk Memorial

Nancy Flynn 2024-02-02

The photograph (on the left) of this small memorial to George Floyd was taken in the Woodlawn neighborhood in September 2020, after the pandemic/protest summer. The photograph at the top of this post was taken in November 2023. How nature abhors a vacuum and fills in with its greenery even as autumn leaves fall and gather around as well.

Tips for Curbside Composting

Nancy Flynn 2024-01-30

Since 2011, Portlanders have been able to put food scraps in our green roll cart along with yard waste. All types of food scraps are welcome, including peels, pits, bones, shells, plate scrapings, leftovers, and spoiled food. Food scraps add nutrients to the finished compost that farmers and backyard gardeners add to their soil. Nutrient-rich compost keeps soil healthy, and healthy soil grows healthy plants with less water and fewer

Woodlawn Neighborhood Association February 6, 2024 Agenda

Nancy Flynn 2024-01-27

Woodlawn Neighborhood Association General Meeting Agenda Tuesday, February 6, 2024 at 7:00 pm Please make every effort to join us In Person at Classic Foods: 817 NE Madrona Or online on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/3014662210?pwd=d3VKbXkzVldqYzNWU2RwVm9OUkZyZz09 Meeting ID: 301 466 2210 Passcode: WNA Also online at Facebook Live Welcome and Vision: “In the future, Woodlawn will be a place where people live harmoniously, respectfully, and in support of one another. The neighborhood will

News: Office of Community & Civic Life to Be Overseen by Mayor

Nancy Flynn 2024-01-26

Office of Community & Civic Life, Office of Equity and Human Rights join Mayor’s Portfolio Dear neighbors, community partners, and neighborhood associations, On Monday, Mayor Wheeler announced the move of the Office of Community & Civic Life and the Office of Equity and Human Rights to his portfolio. This move is part of the City’s larger transition and efforts to improve service to Portlanders (Resolution 37609). Civic Life’s focus on

I Spy

Nancy Flynn 2024-01-25

…googly eyes on a Woodlawn neighborhood cyclone fence. Don’t you now wonder who put them there and when and even why? And why are they called googly eyes anyway? Here is what Wikipedia has to say on the subject of just what exactly is a googly eye. Which is where you can learn that this seems be an actual thing: “Beginning in the 2000s, a trend called ‘eyebombing’ emerged of

NE MLK Jr. Blvd Corridor Safety Investment Strategy

Nancy Flynn 2024-01-22

NE MLK Jr Blvd Corridor Safety Investment Strategy The NE Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard project will enhance pedestrian crossings and reduce gaps between crossings to improve safety, access transit, and access to destinations along MLK. A one-page description of this project can be found here: LUTC NE MLK Corridor Safety Investment Strategy. Click here for more information. Several improvements along NE MLK Jr Boulevard are already funded, including: