After years of careful planning, the City of Portland's efforts to pave the "Sellwood Gap"  in the Springwater Corridor Trail will get underway this month! City staff will provide details.  More information here: https://mailchi.mp/5d609e875eb2/public-meeting-218-sellwood-gap-paving-to-start-soon-686605?e=0b79c86019    

Come learn proper rose pruning techniques and help prune the roses at Oaks Pioneer Church.  The free class will be taught by OSU Extension Service Master Gardener Justin Dune.  Dress for the weather, and bring your hand pruners and rose gloves if you have them.  A quick phone call to let us know you plan to attend would be great -- 503-318-9743.  See you on Sunday afternoon!

Impacts to neighborhood livability associated with non-local cut-through traffic accessing the Sellwood Bridge is a longstanding and increasing issue for residents near the bridge. This project proposes to mitigate those impacts through constructing speed bumps on select streets.  PLEASE PLAN ON STOPPING BY BETWEEN 6 PM AND 8 PM TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PROJECT AND PROVIDE YOUR COMMENTS.

We will look at how the Sellwood Community Center is funded by user fees.  We will also discuss the costs of heat, electricity, and water for the building.  Please join us for this timely discussion.

7:30 p.m. Welcome and introductions. 7:35 p.m. Review and pass minutes for February 6, 2019 meeting. 7:40 p.m. SMILE Board election 2019 / Election Committee - Joel Leib, SMILE Board President. 7:50 p.m. Presentation: Sellwood Street Trees - Sue Schubert & Karla Rowe, members of Sellwood Street Tree Initiative. 8:10 p.m. Update & Q&A: Land use issues - David Schoellhamer, Land Use Committee Chair. 8:30 p.m. Update: Neighborhood crime prevention - R. Corless, SMILE Crime Prevention Committee Chair. 8:45 p.m. Open forum - An opportunity for any announcements, ideas, or issues that may be of interest to SMILE. 9:00 p.m. Adjourn.

The community center is slated to be closed in September, 2019 in the current proposed budget by the Park Bureau.  The Friends committee will be planning our next steps in trying to save the center and to look at budgeting to see if it is feasible for SMILE to try and take over the program, if that becomes a possibility.  All are welcome to attend.

The committee will be discussing stage acts & food options.  Come join us!

Don't miss this fun neighborhood event.  More details here!

Let's join together to save our community center, which is on the City's budget chopping block.  Now is the time to speak up and speak out!