Notice: The Overlook Email blast will no longer be weekly, until further notice. Please adjust your calendars accordingly and remember that you can always reach Overlook neighbors on Facebook: www.facebook.com/OKNAinPDX
1) OKNA Help Wanted
2) Want to Recycle More?
3) New Parking Requirements Hearing (3/12)
4) The City Budget Needs You! (3/12)
5) River History Talk by Overlook Neighbor Bob La Du (3/21)
6) Easter Egg Hunt an Overlook Tradition (3/30)
7) Free Concert @ Overlook House.. Get Tickets NOW (4/13)
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1) OKNA Help Wanted
The OKNA board is seeking someone to be the weekly email hero, and it doesn’t even have to be weekly!
We’re looking for someone to volunteer about an hour per mailing to compose the neighborhood email. Ideally this would be on a weekly schedule, or every other week. Emails have traditionally gone out on Fridays, but everything’s open for negotiation.
Training and support provided. Please email us at: info@OverlookNeighborhood.org
OKNA's Email List Policy:
Typically, the e-mail list is used to send out time-sensitive information about OKNA activities, government activities or hearings of interest to the community, events or crime reports. The List is not intended for any commercial use.
To Send a Message to the OKNA Email List:
4 Easy Steps to Your Neighborhood Email List
1. Please send your submission to info@ OverlookNeighborhood.org
2. Put in the Subject line: “Post to List (date)” where (date) is the Friday you'd like your message to appear.
3. Paste a plain text version of your message in the body of the email; pdf, jpg and other attachments can not be included and must be transcribed. Be sure to include the date, time and place (with address) of any gathering.
4. Please have your submission to us by the Thursday before you want your message to appear.
Messages about upcoming community events or crime reports will be forwarded to the list. Messages that do not clearly fall within those boundaries will be circulated to the OKNA Board in order to determine if there are any objections to the posting being sent out to the List.
OKNA's Facebook Page & Policy:
OKNA has a facebook page: www.facebook.com/OKNAinPDX Anyone with a Facebook account is welcome to 'like' our page and subscribe to the updates, and post their own neighborhood information. The Facebook page is open for Overlook business neighbors to post updates to, including commercial postings. Please keep public discourse civil and friendly. Facebook posts may be moderated in extreme cases.
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2) Want to Recycle More?
Neighbor Jamie has just completed the city’s Master Recycler program and would like to know if anyone is interested in a neighborhood-wide initiative to recycle more than curbside pickups. Some neighbors already have an informal system for taking a group’s items to Far West Fibers; would you like help setting up something like that for your block, or do you have a bigger idea?
Contact us at OKNA and we’ll put you together with Jamie.
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3) New Parking Requirements Hearing (3/12)
Attend the Bureau of Planning & Sustainability meeting on Tuesday, March 12th from 12:30-3:30pm. The meeting will be held at 1900 SW 4th Ave, Suite 2500 Portland, OR 97201.
Joe Zehnder from BPS will be discussing the new parking requirements that have been suggested and there will be input from the community. Please take time from your busy day to come, listen and comment. Sometimes these meetings can seem fraught with tediousness but they play a significant role in shaping how rules, regulations and
codes will be implemented in our Neighborhoods.
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4) The City Budget Needs You! (3/12)
The City of Portland invites you to join the Community Budget Forums.
The Forums provide you with the opportunity to offer testimony before City Council and express which service priorities are most important to Portland residents for next year’s FY 2013-14 budget. The style of these Community Budget Forums will be similar to a Council hearing, in which members of the community will sign-up to testify before City Council. Sign-ups will be first come, first serve.
The next forum will be held next Tuesday, March 12th. Per recent request, Spanish translation services will be available.
Tuesday, March 12th, 6:30pm-8:30pm
George Middle School
10000 N Burr Ave.
Portland, OR 97203
In addition, there will be another Budget Forum on April 11th and a Council hearing for Mayor’s Proposed Budget on May 16th.
Helpful Links:
Get Involved in the City’s Budget Process
Learn About the City’s Budget Process
Budget Documents
FY 2013-14 Requested Budgets
Council Budget Work Session Materials
Other Budget Documents
Budget Dates
Budget Work Sessions Schedule
FY 2013-14 Budget Calendar
For general questions about the forums or accommodations, please contact Ryan Kinsella (ryan.kinsella@portlandoregon.gov), 503-823-6960.
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5) River History Talk by Overlook Neighbor Bob La Du (3/21)
Please join Friends of Overlook Bluff on Thursday, March 21 at the Overlook House from 7-8:30pm. Our featured speaker is Overlook resident Bob La Du “This Mile of River” explaining the history and significance of our bluff.
We will also have information about Audubon and Columbia Land Trust's Backyard Habitat program, if you have been tempted to participate. Finally we will give a brief update about FOOB's ongoing efforts, our non-profit status, and events and goals for 2013.
See you there. (Refreshments provided as added incentive!)
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6) Easter Egg Hunt an Overlook Tradition (3/30)
Save March 30th for the Easter Egg Hunt!
Very early on Easter Saturday the Easter Bunny will hop by Overlook House: bring your basket and discover hundreds of eggs containing treats and tiny treasures he will leave there. Find one of the shining Golden Eggs to win a special prize!
This Eggstravaganza takes place rain or shine, Saturday, March 30th, promptly at 10:30 a.m. Be sure to mark your calendar for this fun annual tradition sponsored by the Friends of Overlook House for neighborhood children.
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7) Free Concert @ Overlook House.. Get Tickets NOW (4/13)
Join the award winning musicians of Duo con Brio April 13th, 2013 @ 2pm at the Historic Overlook House. This concert is FREE and financially backed through a grant given by RACC (Regional Arts and Culture Council). Seating is limited to the first 50 guests and will be handled through TicketLeap. Please go to http://duoconbrio.ticketleap.com/duo-con-brio-in-recital-the-overlook-house/ to pre-order your free tickets.
To read more about the group Duo con Brio please visit their website at www.duoconbrio.com
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