This month’s SMILE General Meeting will provide an overview of the many upcoming Sellwood-Moreland summer events – featuring presentations by SMILE event chair Jim Friscia; Sellwood Community House’s Director of Development and Community Engagement (and SMILE Vice President) Elizabeth Milner; and information on Sellwood-Moreland Business Alliance events and the Royal Rosarian Milk Carton Boat Race.

Please join us for 3rd (not 4th) Saturday at Oaks Bottom Overlook to do a bit more work in the garden. Bring your gloves! And there will be donuts!

7:30 pm Call to order, protocols, and introductions – David Dugan. 7:45 pm Review and approval of minutes – May 17, 2023 Board meeting and June 7, 2023 General meeting. 7:50 pm Housing Solutions Committee update – Tom Hickey. 8:10 pm Upcoming summer events/volunteers – Jim Friscia. 8:20 pm Financial update – David Dugan. 8:35 pm Draft District Maps – SE Uplift Zoom Discussion on Monday, June 26, 2023 from 6:30 – 8:30 pm (register in advance). 8:50 pm Open discussion on other topics. 9:00 pm Adjournment.

Join the meeting via Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89510655006?pwd=eGdwc3pUK1M5YkFiQVpRTzkxWlBjdz09

Creating community in the Sellwood-Moreland neighborhood every 4th Friday from May - Sept. Experience free art activities from C.H.A.P and a skatepark from Stronger Skate. Also includes live music, local art, performances, and more. Follow us on Instagram - @exploresellwoodmoreland to see what our local retailers and restaurants are offering. HERE's a calendar with everything going on in the neighborhood this summer!

Please join your neighbors this Saturday – 6/24 at Springwater Meadows (SE Marion between SE 9th and 8th – off the Springwater Trail) we’ll be weeding and mulching the native plants! Please bring your own gloves and water. Items always useful to bring if you have them: Wheelbarrows Pitchforks Rakes Shovels Buckets Tell your neighbors!

Kick off the SMILE Summer Music season with Chasing Ebenezer, a World Folk-Rock band.  Bring a chair and something from one of our neighborhood eateries.  See you there (SE 13th/Bidwell).

The July General Meeting has been cancelled.