The Portland Picnic Wine Tasting Festival is back for its second year on Saturday, September 8 at Westmoreland Park from 11am - 9pm!  The Picnic will offer an exceptional array of 100 wines from around the world sold at a price point your wallet will love. Not a wine drinker? Not to worry, we will have delicious beers and ciders from Breakside Brewery, Gigantic Brewing Company and Portland Cider Co. plus nonalcoholic beverages to enjoy.

The River Plan / South Reach project team is holding a series of topical meetings with community members this Fall to discuss challenges and opportunities associated with recreation, public access, natural resources and other relevant topics. We are building these conversations from what we’ve heard so far from participants and our knowledge of existing conditions. Discussion at these meetings will inform development of the River Plan/South Reach.

NOTE:  Meeting will be held downstairs at the SMILE Station. 6:00 p.m.  Introductions and announcements – Scott Kelly, Chairman, Transportation Committee. 6:10 p.m.   11th Ave speed bumps – Scott Kelly, Charles Kingsley. Discuss potential pilot project to install speed bumps. 6:45 p.m.   New crossing signal at Bybee & 19th – Scott Kelly, Edward LeClaire.  Continue discussion of possible recommendations to improve this crossing. 7:10 p.m.  Future agenda items. 7:15 p.m.   Adjourn.

7:30 p.m. Welcome, introductions. 7:35 p.m. Review and pass minutes of August 15 meeting. 7:40 p.m. Announcement: Reconstruction of Immanuel Lutheran Church Conference Center Annex, Pamela Gorder, President, Immanuel Lutheran Church. 7:45 pm. Update: Crime Prevention Committee, R. Corless, Committee Chair. 7:55 p.m. Update: Sundae in the Park / Easter Egg Hunt, Nancy Walsh, Committee Chair. 8:15 p.m. Discussion: Futsal and Pickleball Courts at Sellwood Park, Eric Miller, futsal proposal, Nancy Youlden, pickleball proposal. 8:30 p.m. Presentation: Oaks Pioneer Church Marketing, Christina Timberlake, SMILE Marketing Consultant. 9:00 p.m. Adjourn.

NOTE LOCATION CHANGE:  SMILE Station lower level (use side door).  We will discuss plans for the upcoming haunted house. We will also finalize how the profits from the haunted house will be spent to benefit the center.

The Brooklyn Action Corp (Brooklyn neighborhood association) has joined a citywide coalition of neighborhoods to address Portland’s longstanding and worsening diesel pollution problem.  On September 26, they will host a citywide Town Hall  forum on diesel pollution, inviting subject matter experts to help us understand the scope of the crisis, and a panel of elected officials and candidates to ask what can be done.  More information about the meeting and how diesel pollution affects our neighborhood here.

“Coffee With A Cop” is an opportunity for local residents to develop relationships with neighborhood police officers and fellow community members. In light of recent national events, many people have questions and concerns about policing. This friendly and informal atmosphere is a great way to ask questions, voice concerns, discuss problems and craft solutions together. In the end, police officers and the community have the same goal: healthy, thriving neighborhoods that are free of crime, dangerous conditions, violence and the fear of such things. You are invited to join the conversation.

6:00 - 6:05 PM: Introductions. 6:05 - 6:45 PM: Neighborhood contact meetings for a 3-story 15-unit apartment building at 5308 SE 18th and a 3-story 17-unit apartment building on the southern 1/3 of property at 5145 SE McLoughlin. Both projects will be built in a modern style and use the design review process rather than community design standards. Architect Steve Fosler will discuss the projects. 6:45 - 7:05 PM: Update on proposed development at 5736 SE 17th Avenue, Tenth Church of Christ Scientist. Since our previous meeting on this, the City is now requiring a new street connect 17th and […]

7:30 p.m. - Welcome  and introductions. 7:35 p.m. -Review and pass minutes of September 5 meeting. 7:40 p.m. - Discussion and Q & A with Sharon Meieran, Multnomah County Commissioner, District 1. 8:25 p.m. - A review of SMILE’s financial portfolio, Phil Richman - Certified Financial Planner, TenBridge Partners. 8:50 p.m - Open Forum. An opportunity for any announcements, ideas, or issues that are of interest to SMILE. 9:00 p.m. - Adjourn.        

The Salmon Celebration at Westmoreland Park is an annual community gathering to welcome the return of salmon to the city of Portland, Oregon. Each fall we come together along the banks of Crystal Springs Creek to celebrate the renewal of salmon runs in the last undammed, unpiped salmon-bearing watershed in the city. The Native American Community Advisory Council to Portland Parks (NACAC) has been a partner with many others in coordinating the Salmon Celebration at Westmoreland Park since its inception and are excited and committed to continue this event for its fifth year and serve as host!  More information here.