Lots of fun for everyone!  Check it out!  

6:00-6:05 PM: Introductions 6:05-6:35 PM: 824 & 838 SE Tacoma: Neighborhood contact meeting for a land division for two existing houses into separate parcels. They cannot meet the parking setback requirement based on the location of the two homes which will remain, so a type IIx procedure and neighborhood contact meeting are required. 6:35-7:00 PM: 7805 SE 13th: discuss land use notice for an adjustment to build a wing wall parallel to Lambert Street to hide the required stepbacks on the west side of the building.  Decide what if any position to take.  Comments are due December 12. The notice […]

7:30 p.m.  Welcome - Introductions 7:35 p.m.  Review and pass minutes for November 1, 2017 meeting 7:40 p.m.  Decemberville Report - Rachel Ginocchio, Rumpus Events 7:50 p.m.  Update: SMILE Brick Pathway Fundraiser - Kim Borcherding, SMILE Board Member and Fundraising Committee Chair 8:05 p.m.  Discussion : SMILE technology modernization and best practices - Kevin Palmer, SMILE Board Member 8:45 p.m.  Open Forum - An opportunity for any announcements, ideas, or issues that could be of interest to SMILE. 9:00 p.m.  Adjourn            

Thanks to the dedicated volunteer watering brigade this summer, Springwater Meadows is thriving! Well over 90 percent of the trees and shrubs our community planted last January survived the HOT summer.  THANK YOU volunteers! Now it's time for Round Two.  We will take a look at how the plants are doing one year in (hint, they're doing great!), hear about some exciting next steps, and prep the site with more cardboard and mulch for the next round of planting in January, 2018. Please bring gloves, wheelbarrows, shovels and box cutters (if you have them), along with your water bottle and weather-ready […]

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Meet with PBOT staff to discuss options for relieving congestion and cut-through traffic.

Discuss strategies to manage and market SMILE properties (SMILE Station and Oaks Pioneer Church).  Everyone is welcome.

7:30 p.m. - Welcome - Introductions. 7:35 p.m. - Review and pass minutes - for November 15 meeting. 7:45 p.m. - Discussion: New Homeless Shelter coming to SE Portland, Brian Balla, Foster-Powell Neighborhood Association Chair, and Shaynna Hobson, Manager, Willamette Center. The Joint Office of Homeless Services intends to put an emergency shelter for homeless adults at SE 61st and SE Foster Rd. The Willamette Center in Westmoreland has been cited to them as a successful example. The Foster-Powell Neighborhood Board has reached out to SMILE to learn how they can work to ensure such a shelter would adequately meet […]