1) Party at the Intersection! (6/1)
2) Native Plant Sale to Benefit FOOB (6/1)
3) Let’s Celebrate 100 Years of Roses (6/7)
4) Caught Short? Public Transportation & Toilet Survey (by 6/10)
5) Metro Grant Opportunity
6) Sewer Project Updates
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1) Party at the Intersection! (6/1)
Saturday, June 1 10am-3pm
Intersection of N. Overlook/Concord/Failing/Melrose
Only one more week til the party!! Get your gloves, cordless drivers, wheelbarrows and brooms ready! Don't forget that the firefighters and fire engine are coming at 10am to rinse off the painting and may be able to stay a bit and let the wee ones shoot the fire hose!
We want musicians to come and play!! No need to confirm (tho you can if you want – Leslee 503.703.3702)… Just come on over and play for
your neighbors! (no amplifiers permitted)
And we'd love to have some more pop-up canopies in case it A) rains or B) is TOO SUNNY!!!
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2) Native Plant Sale to Benefit FOOB (6/1)
Just in time to round out your spring landscaping, Friends of Overlook Bluff is holding a native plant sale on Saturday June 1 from 9a-3p.
Stop by the open meadow with the oak tree in the 3900 block of Overlook Terrace
to chose pretty species that benefit our bluff's ecosystem. We will have drought-tolerant, sun, shade and bird-bee-butterfly attractor varieties. There will be information on hand to help guide your choices, as well as in bloom plants! It is also a good opportunity to learn more about Friends of Overlook Bluff and our goals to preserve, restore and connect the natural areas in our neighborhood.
You might even want to purchase a plant to take to the intersection planter installation and street cleaning happening two blocks away on the same day.
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3) Let’s Celebrate 100 Years of Roses (6/7)
The rose beds are replanted and a new entrance sign is ready!
Please join city and community leaders to rededicate Peninsula Park Rose Garden. Your generosity and hard work made this rosy dream a reality.
Friday, June 7, 2013 at 10:30 a.m.
Peninsula Park Rose Garden, Bandstand & South Terrace
Hosts
Friends of Peninsula Park Rose Garden
Portland Parks & Recreation Bureau
Portland Parks Foundation
RSVP or more info – penrosegarden@gmail.com
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4) Caught Short? Public Transportation & Toilet Survey (by 6/10)
Dear Portland Neighbors –
This email is an invitation to participate in the 2013 Portland Public Toilets and Transportation Survey. It asks 20 short questions and should only take 3-5 minutes to complete.
My name is Kate Washington and I am, not only a neighborhood association board member and committee chair, but also a Portland State University student researching the connection between the availability of public toilets and Portlanders’ public transportation usage. Your responses will help me understand Portlanders’ transit habits and attitudes regarding public toilets. They will also help me understand whether having more public toilets would help people use public transportation more often.
After you have taken the survey, please share this email with your friends, family, neighbors, coworkers, and colleagues. It is important that I have as many responses as possible in order to make a fair and scientific exploration of this topic. This survey will be live until June 10th and since I know we all have busy schedules, I will send out a reminder email.
This survey is anonymous, meaning no one will be able to identify you personally. Participation in this survey is voluntary, meaning you are free to stop at any time. Finally, participating in this survey will not affect your position at work or within your community, your citizenship nor your income.
Thank you –
Kate M Washington
kate.m.washington@gmail.com
360.970.6364
Find me online
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5) Metro Grant Opportunity
At their meeting in May, Metro’s North Portland Enhancement Grant Committee finalized the next steps for distributing the remaining $1.6 million in the enhancement fund by 2018. Letters of interest for capacity building grants from organizations and individuals that support the neighborhoods of University Park, Arbor Lodge, Portsmouth, Overlook, Cathedral Park, St. Johns and Kenton are now being solicited by the Committee. Letters of Interest are due by 4 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2013. Details about eligibility and the application process can be found here: www.oregonmetro.gov/northportlandgrants.
The Committee also confirmed its support for the North Portland Greenway Trail, pledging $851,000 toward the construction of a pedestrian bridge over Columbia Boulevard and a trail to an overlook that will be constructed on the former St. John’s Landfill. The Committee encouraged Metro staff to seek additional opportunities to leverage the enhancement funds through partnerships, grants and other donations to complete a 4-mile section of the trail between Chimney and Kelley Point Park.
If you have questions, please contact:
Heather Nelson Kent
Metro community grants program manager
heather.kent@oregonmetro.gov
503-797-1739
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6) Sewer Project Updates
Hello Overlook Community,
Work continues near the Adidas Campus at Sumner and Greeley. The contractor has approximately one month to complete the work near the Adidas Campus.
Unfortunately, Greeley will be affected by this sewer project for many months to come. Sewer work segments also cross Greeley at Emerson, Willamette Blvd. , Killingsworth, and Ainsworth.
The following streets are currently being worked on or are up next:
N. SUMNER ST (GREELEY @ ADIDAS to GAY)
N. GREELEY AVE (SUMNER to EMERSON)
N. EMERSON CT (GREELEY to END)
N. PRESCOTT ST. (COLONIAL to INTERSTATE)
N. EMERSON ST. ( MONTANA to MISSOURI )
N. SUMNER ST. ( MONTANA to MISSOURI )
Another segment of tree trimming will begin in early June:
N. CONCORD AVE
N. GOING CT.
N. COLONIAL AVE
N. BLANDENA ST
N. WYGANT ST
N. BOSTON / BLANDENA
N. AINSWORTH
N. JARRETT,
N. JESSUP,
N. CHURCH
No work will occur on Monday, May 27th due to the holiday.
Please contact me if you would like to be on the Overlook Sewer Project email list or if you have questions about this project.
Marie Wright
Community Involvement
City of Portland | Bureau of Environmental Services
Phone: 503-823-5352
marie.wright@portlandoregon.gov
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