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.

We had to push to the second Sunday of the month this month, but the garden ready for some seed planting! We'll be tidying up, talking about native plants, and planting some annual seeds. Join your friends and neighbors Sunday, October 14th, from 10am-Noon and become a neighborhood steward! No experience is necessary -- just bring your gloves, trowels, and curiosity, to the corner of SE 13th Ave. and SE Bybee Blvd. What better way to spend a morning than helping native plants and pollinators thrive right in our own backyard? Woohoo!

Topic:  Marketing and managing Oaks Pioneer Church & the SMILE Station - Preserving the past, improving the present, planning the future (part II, continued from December 2017 meeting).  At some point during this meeting an Executive Session, closed to the general public, will be called. This meeting will be immediately followed by the regularly scheduled SMILE Board Meeting at 7:30.

6:00 p.m. - Introductions and announcements – Scott Kelly, Chairman, Transportation Committee. 6:10 p.m.  - 11th Ave speed bumps – Scott Kelly, Charles Kingsley.  Review and discuss meeting with PBOT for potential pilot project to install speed bumps between Miller & Spokane. 7:00 p.m.  - Future agenda items. 7:15 p.m. - Adjourn.

7:30 p.m. Welcome and introductions. 7:35 p.m. Review and pass minutes of September 19 meeting. 7:40 p.m. Update: Haunted House event and SE Uplift SMILE representation - Gail Hoffnagle, SMILE Board Vice President. 7:50 p.m. Discussion: pickleball courts and futsal court at Sellwood Park - Nancy Youlden, pickleball proposal and Eric Miller, futsal proposal. 8:30 p.m. SNAC Committee update and SMILE Station back yard maintenance - Elizabeth Milner, SMILE Board Member and SNAC Committee Co-Chair. 8:45 p.m. Open Forum: an opportunity for any announcements, ideas, or issues that are of interest to SMILE. 9:00 p.m. Adjourn.

The NW Examiner is co-sponsoring an event to discuss the future of neighborhood associations in Portland on Friday, Oct. 19, 7-10 p.m. A showing of the documentary “Citizen Jane: The Battle for the City Continues,” will be followed by a panel discussion led by neighborhood activists from across the city.