Please join your neighbors at Springwater Meadows (SE Marion between SE 9th and 8th – off the Springwater Trail). We'll tend to the clematis, mint and other invasive along with whatever else folks would like to help with! Please bring your own gloves and water.  Items always useful to bring if you have them: ·        Wheelbarrows ·        Pitchforks ·        Rakes ·        Shovels ·        Buckets Tell your neighbors!

Music! Food!  Entertainment!  Free admission!

Portland Parks & Rec’s Summer Free For All program will present the Too Loose Cajun/Zydeco Band (Louisiana style dancehall music)

6:00 - 6:15 - Welcome and introductions. 6:15 - 6:30 - Membership changes: New Chair; Ben Trimm, and new committee members; Grant Huling, Suzanne Kruse, Ruth Kaser, maybe others. Come up with a new roster of members, these membership changes will be taken to the SMILE board for approval. 6:15 - 7:00: Brainstorm ideas: Website update, who can help with this? Is it advantageous to have a more intimate relationship with District 4 council. Should we invite Home Forward (HF) to our next meeting, if so do we have a contact. Land division issues in general. 7:00 - 7:15: Discuss […]

Link to access the Zoom meeting remotely: https://bit.ly/SMILE-GeneralMeeting 7:30 pm Call to order, protocols, and introductions – David Dugan. 7:35 pm Review and approval of minutes of August 6, 2025, General Meeting. 7:40 pm Proposed property development at 5515 SE Milwaukie Ave. – representatives will be on hand to make a presentation and to discuss the project. 9:00 pm Meeting adjournment.

AGENDA: Problem behavior at Tacoma & 17th Yes, our Neighborhood Response Team PPB officers have visited this intersection to address specific recent camping, drug dealing and other crime complaints.  However, there is a potential role for the Community Safety Committee to serve as liaisons to two key businesses, 7-11 and CVS, to seek to engage their ownership in best practices such as knowing their rights and reporting crime to PPB --  much as we did previously with QFC.  A site walk with PEMO seems in order, if the businesses' buy-in can be achieved.  All ideas are welcome.

7:30 pm Call to order, protocols, and introductions. 7:35 pm Review and approval of minutes of past Board meeting. 7:40 pm Plaza Project – Phase 2 – Vikki DeGaa and Ruth Kaser. 7:55 pm Sellwood Community House – donation request. 8:15 pm Brainstorming on budget items for 2025-2026 for submission to Finance Committee. 8:40 pm Other items to discuss? 9:00 pm Adjournment.

At our monthly meetings we discuss historical topics, share our research and resources, work on the building inventory and plan for future tours and events. We meet in the Hainley Room located in the lower level of the SMILE Station (SE 13th/Tenino).  Everyone is invited to join us.