Staying Informed about the Upcoming City Government Changes
Three major changes are coming to Portland’s governmental structure by 2025. The city will now be broken into four districts with three elected councilors for each district. There will be a city administrator position hired by the mayor to oversee all of the various bureaus. And the city of Portland…...
Temporary public library location opens in Concordia!
Great news! Temporary library open in Concordia! A temporary location for the Multnomah County library recently opened its doors on the campus of the former Concordia University, now the University of Oregon/Portland. It’s located on the first floor of the Library and Learning Center at 2800 NE Liberty St. The…...
Reconstructing the Go Woodlawn Blog
Sometime in 2019, Go Woodlawn, the website of the Woodlawn Neighborhood Association (WNA) was breached and compromised. Many of the posts in the blog from 2019 and before—including meeting agendas, meeting minutes, and notices of events and activities—were all erased and replaced with a spam message. We are slowly working…...
Traffic calming efforts on NE 7th – news from BikePortland
By Taylor Griggs “There are more changes afoot on NE 7th as part of the Portland Bureau of Transportation’s Lloyd to Woodlawn Neighborhood Greenway project. When PBOT began planning this greenway project, they decided to build it on NE 9th instead of NE 7th like many advocates hoped for. But…...
Get free seeds through the Grow This! Gardening Challenge
Sign-ups are open for individuals, households, groups and teachers to receive free seeds through Food Hero’s Grow This! Challenge. Program staff will mail them to you. Seeds include a mix of herb and vegetable seeds, as well as flowers that are attractive to pollinators. In addition, they’ll send you an…...
Hollywood Star features Woodlawn BEECN and NET volunteers!
Woodlawn residents Erin Cooper, Beth Heins, and Anjala Ehelebe are part of a citywide network of volunteers to help neighbors during emergency situations. What are BEECN and NET? BEECN stands for “basic earthquake emergency communication nodes.” BEECNs have been established to move information during a disaster. According to Nancy Varekamp,…...
Call for Artists: Celebrating Diversity TriMet Bus Wrap Design – Deadline Jan. 27th
Recognizing Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month TriMet invites local artists to submit their qualifications to design a full-color digital image(s)for printing on vinyl to be applied on a bus in recognition of Asian American and PacificIslander Heritage Month. This is part of a series of bus wraps celebrating…...
Woodlawn Neighborhood Association Achievements: November 2018 through October 2019
Woodlawn Neighborhood Association Achievements November 2018 to October 2019 We contributed $200 to this year’s Black Santa at Woodlawn Multicultural Impact Center (MIC) held Friday Dec 7th and attended by over 300 people. Liz and Nancy volunteered. In December and January, we distributed around 600 thank you notes to…...
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