Happy Easter Weekend, Overlook! Stay dry & we’ll see you at the Easter Egg Hunt at the historic Overlook House tomorrow morning. Start time is 10:30am sharp!
1) Beach School Saturday Clean Ups
2) Ice Cream for Beach
School
3) Call to Artists for 5 Overlook Sculptures
4) Support Free Summer Concerts in Kenton Park
5) Public Information Sessions for Portland Harbor Draft Feasibility Study
6) FREE Rain Gardens Workshop
7) Farmers Market News: Fridays in Kenton
8) Metro Grant Opportunity; Deadline April 30
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1) Beach School Saturday Clean Ups
April is HERE!!! And Beach School is recruiting volunteers to help every Saturday from 10-noon to garden/weed/clean and be put to work on campus beautification projects. All are welcome! Coffee will be served. Bring tools, garden gloves and water.
Note: 30min of weeding will burn about 150 calories. Come meet your neighbors and get some exercise while you are it.
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2) Ice Cream for Beach School
Ice Cream = $$$ for Beach School
Tuesday, April 10th, treat yourself to something sweet at Ruby Jewel Ice Cream Shop, 3713 N Mississippi Ave. Ruby Jewel will donate 20% of the entire day’s sales to Beach School
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3) Call to Artists for 5 Overlook Sculptures
Friends of Pittman Addition is pleased to invite sculptors to submit proposals for temporary art installations. Sculpture pieces will be installed by July 20th, and an opening celebration is scheduled for Sunday, August 5th, 2012.
Friends of Pittman Addition HydroPark’s mission is to bring public art to the open space, and create opportunities to experience local art and community culture. Pittman Addition HydroPark is located at North Going Court and North Concord Avenue (just south of Beach Elementary School) in the Overlook neighborhood.
This is a community driven project, with the art infrastructure funded through PDC’s Community Livability Grant and the artist stipends funded by the Union Pacific Foundation. The Portland Water Bureau owns and maintains the open space. The project is fiscally sponsored by North Portland Community Works.
Please contact Darcy Cronin for more information: http://www.portlandonline.com/water/hydroparks
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4) Support Free Summer Concerts in Kenton Park
There’s 5 days left to raise funds for the Free Summer Concerts in Kenton Park and organizers are asking for your help. Please see their Kickstarter request here:http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/770327691/support-the-free-summer-concerts-in-portlands-kent
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5) Public Information Sessions for Portland Harbor Draft Feasibility Study
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reviewing the draft Feasibility Study for the Portland Harbor Superfund Site. You can review it too at the Multnomah County Central Library, 801 SW 10th Ave., or on the EPA website at www.epa.gov/region10/portlandharbor.
Under the direction of EPA, a group of potentially responsible parties known as the Lower Willamette Group (LWG) prepared the feasibility study. The study compares options to clean up Portland Harbor. These options will help manage contaminated soil and river sediment.
EPA will hold four public information sessions to provide an overview of the draft feasibility study. These sessions will include:
· Information about cleanup alternatives
· Site background information
· Discussion of effect on the community
· Next steps for making clean up decisions
· Opportunities for public involvement
In addition, open houses are scheduled before each session. During these open houses, you can speak with representatives from EPA, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, LWG, Tribal governments, Natural Resource Trustees and the Portland Harbor Community Advisory Group.
1st Meeting —Wednesday April 11
Open House: 5:30-6 pm
Information Session: 6 -8 pm
St John’s Community Center
8427 N Central St. Portland
2nd Meeting—Thursday April 12
Open House: 12:30-1 pm
Information Session: 1 -3 pm
Portland Building Auditorium, 2nd Floor
1120 SW 5th Ave. Portland
3rd Meeting—Wednesday April 18
Open House: 5:30-6 pm
Information Session: 6 -8 pm
June Key Delta Community Center
5940 N Albina Portland
4th Meeting—Thursday May 10
Open House: 5:30-6 pm
Information Session: 6 -8 pm
Ecotrust Building—Billy Frank Jr. Conf. Room
721 NW 9th Ave. Portland
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6) FREE Rain Gardens Workshop
April 29 at Overlook House. 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM.
There are still some places available, so register now. To register, go to
http://www.emswcd.org/workshops-events/register-for-a-workshop/event/249/Rain-Gardens-101 or call 503-935-5368
This should be a very interesting and useful class. You will learn how to assess your yard to determine the best location and size for your rain garden; how to calculate impervious surfaces; how to determine soil suitability andchoose appropriate plants. You will also learn how to maintain your new rain garden. Everyone will be given a comprehensive manual that shows all the steps to creating a rain garden.
Advance registration is required, so sign up now. Call 503-935-5368 for more information. Hosted by East Multnomah Soil and Water Conservation District and Overlook Neighborhood Sustainability Team (ONeST)
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7) Farmers Market News: Fridays in Kenton
Although the Interstate Farmer’s Market won’t be around this season, we are delighted to announce that
Portland Farmers Market will be opening a new market nearby in the Kenton neighborhood this June. Below you will find a few details about this market:
WHEN: Fridays, 3-7pm, June 1 through September 28
WHERE: In the heart of Kenton district in North Portland on N. McClellan Street at Denver Avenue.
WHAT: Up to 35 vendor stalls filled with fresh, peak-of-season produce, proteins, baked goods and other artisan food products in a festive, street-fair atmosphere, complete with musical entertainment.
To all the Interstate Farmers Market shoppers, we invite you to hop on the MAX to join the Friday fun and find fresh produce just 5 stops away from the Overlook Park Station! There will also be parking nearby for those who drive.
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8) Metro Grant Opportunity; Deadline April 30
Do you have a creative idea about community investments in North Portland? I invite you to apply to Metro for an enhancement grant to fund projects and programs that benefit local residents and neighborhoods. Complete a pre-application form and send it to Metro by 5 p.m. Monday, April 30.
With the deepest recession in decades still lingering and negatively affecting interest earnings on the North Portland enhancement grant funds, this year’s awards will total $15,000. Metro’s grant selection committee (comprised of residents from local neighborhoods) is opting to use a more cost- effective and -efficient approach to administering the monies. Prospective applicants should be aware of this and have clear expectations from the start.
This grant cycle, the focus is on responding to the community’s most pressing needs – jobs and job training; programs for youth; and projects or programs that deliver basic needs and respond to the issues of hunger, health care and housing or essential household needs. Applicants are encouraged to submit proposals that offer creative and new ways to address these issues. One-time seed funding for innovative projects that have the potential to become self-sufficient will be considered.
Read the pre-application instructions and form for more details (attached) or visit Metro’s website (www.oregonmetro.gov/grants). Submittal deadline is 5 p.m. Monday, April 30, 2012.