Overlook Neighborhood Update (Oct. 18)

1) Untapped to close

2) OKNA Board selected 2020-21 leaders

3) Land use chair needed

4) Upcoming meetings canceled

5) Ladybug Nature Walks

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1) Untapped to close

Neighborhood tap room Untapped announced it will close at the end of October. Untapped has been filling growlers and serving beer and cider in the Prescott Building at N Interstate Avenue and N Skidmore Street for six years.

“We feel incredibly fortunate to have had such a wonderfully supportive community of friends share our space, honestly it feels more like you’ve all become family,” they wrote on their Instagram page. “So, from the bottom of our hearts, we’d like to thank you for all the great memories. If you’d like to make a few more with us, stop by sometime over the next few weeks for a patio pint, or some to-go goodies, we’d love to see you! We raise our glass in thanks for making these past six years invaluable and unforgettable.”

2) OKNA Board selected 2020-21 leaders

Following the September elections, the new Overlook Neighborhood Association Board selected leadership for the current year.

Executives:

• Chair – Alexandra Degher
• Vice Chair – Christian Trejbal
• Treasurer – Brad Halverson
• Secretary – Marci Macfarlane

Committees:

• Adidas liaison – Trejbal and L. Kebler
• Communications – Trejbal and C. Kebler
• Grievance – L. Kebler
• Homeless – Boggs
• Land use – Vacant (see below)
• Parks – Sulaski
• Safety – Macfarlane and Spaulding
• Schools – Parks
• Transportation – Halverson

3) Land use chair needed

Are you interested in what’s going up in Overlook? OKNA seeks a land use chair for the 2020-21 year. This person will monitor development in the neighborhood and update the board and residents about projects. The chair also will communicate with developers to schedule presentations for new projects. Experience with land use issues is helpful, but not required.

If this position interests you, contact OKNA Chair Alexandra Degher at chair@overlookneigborhood.org.

4) Upcoming meetings canceled

At its October meeting, the Overlook Neighborhood Association Board decided to cancel the October general meeting for lack of business and the November board meeting because it falls on Election Day. The next meeting, then, will be Nov. 17. The agenda for that meeting will be set closer to it, but already we have a development presentation scheduled for the meeting. The developer has proposed an eight-story apartment building at N Jessup Street and N Minnesota Avenue.

5) Ladybug Nature Walks

Portland Parks & Recreation has resumed its Ladybug Nature Walks program for toddlers, preschoolers and their caregivers.

Ladybug Nature Walks are a way for children ages 0-6 (and an adult) to explore a local Portland park. Nature educators guide families to notice plants and animals as they walk. Walks are child-directed and open-ended. Children borrow a small backpack with sanitized tools that make exploration easy and fun.

Ladybug Walks will run from mid-October through early December. Walks will take place on a Monday-Thursday each week, with two walk times available each morning. Numerous changes have been made to the program to comply with state, county and local COVID-19 guidelines.

New during the COVID pandemic: All children and adults must be pre-registered to participate. Learn more and register online.