Neighborhood News 

Grant Funds Available for your Neighborhood-Apply Today!  

As you may have heard, SE Uplift has $46,058 in grant funds available this year through the Neighborhood Small Grants Program.  Neighborhood, business and community groups will be eligible to apply for projects that help to build community, increase membership and sustain current members and volunteers.  Grant requests may range from $1000-$7500.  The deadline to apply is Tuesday, November 1 by 2:00PM. Applicants are required to partner with at least one organization and provide a letter of support from each partner organization.  This is a great opportunity for NAs to build new relationships in particular with local business associations and historically under-represented communities.   

On our website you will find the grant application, some frequently asked questions (FAQs) and grant writing tips.        

Building Leaders, Building Your Board! Best Practices for Effective Neighborhood Associations 

Are you interested in learning new skills to improve the effectiveness of your neighborhood association? Do you want to meet and share ideas with association members citywide? Do want to be more effective in your role as a board member? If so, this orientation is for you. We invite neighborhood leaders and people interested in learning more about how neighborhoods work. 

Join Us on October 27, 2011 - 6:00 - 8:30 PM 

Space is limited. RSVP required starting Tuesday, September 27, 2011 at www.nwnw.org/get-involved/trainings. Light refreshments will be served. Questions? 

This workshop will be facilitated by Neighbors West-Northwest and Southwest Neighborhoods, Inc.    

Feast for Southeast is a grassroots Thanksgiving event, for the community BY the community. It is planned by a group of neighbors from all over Southeast Portland and focused on the neighborhoods encompassing Mt. Scott/Arleta, Woodstock, Brentwood/Darlington and Foster/Powell. The group is led by Roberto Selva and strongly supported by Lifehouse Church, various SE Portand Neighborhood Associations, local nonprofits and businesses, and other sponsors as well as individual donors and volunteers.

Feast for Southeast will take place at Mt. Scott Community Center on Thanksgiving day - from 2pm to 4pm. Whether individuals are interested in attending, volunteering, or both - it is a wonderful opportunity to share a great meal with some neighbors, talk about what you're thankful for in 2011, and what you'd like to be thankful for in 2012.   

Good Things Grow on Trees - Find Yours at Friends of Trees! 

Through Friends of Trees' Plant It Portland! campaign, homeowners in 19 Southeast Portland neighborhoods can buy trees for their homes for just $35 to $75 each. And during this planting season only, Mt. Scott-Arleta residents can order street trees at no charge! Add your name to the growing list of people who want trees at www.FriendsofTrees.org/BuyTrees.  

Saturday, Oct. 22nd is Our Happy Block's planned planting party for Calvary's parking lot! We will plant over 1,000 native plants and trees...including rain gardens and swales! Come Volunteer and learn a bit about naturescaping - spread the word and save the date! 

- Do you know an irrigation contractor or plumber?  

- Would you like to buy a $35 conifer tree from Friends of Trees for this project?  

The Tabor Farmers Market runs every Saturday from 10am to 2pm, and is located at Café au Play (5633 SE Division Street). For more information, or to volunteer with the market, please contact the market manager Mitchell Frister at mitchellandrewfrister@gmail.com   

For current event listings visit facebook.com/cafeauplay

City Council approves the 50s Bikeway safety project to build a vital connection on the eastside.

By a vote of 4 - 0, Portland City Council approved the 50s Bikeway safety project. This project will complete a critical north-south corridor for walking and biking that connects schools, parks, and businesses while providing access to several transit corridors.  

Safe Routes to School Mini-Grant Program - October 19 Deadline 

The National Center for Safe Routes to School Mini-Grant Program assists communities throughout the U.S. in enabling and encouraging children to safely walk and bike to school. The Center's Mini-Grant Program will provide 25 grants of $1,000 to community nonprofit organizations, K-12 schools, and local government agencies for projects that focus on increasing safe walking and/or bicycling to school. Funded activities include improving safety, increasing the number of students walking and bicycling to school, emphasizing links between health and physical activity, exploring environmental concerns, etc. Applications must be submitted by October 19, 2011. Visit the Center's website to review the Mini-Grant Call for Applications.  

Fear No Music Presents: 

October 9th, 8PM
Kaul Auditorium, Reed College, 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd

Think pagan dances, violence, and human sacrifice...back by popular demand: "A Piano Riot!" This always sold-out concert features music for multiple grand pianos and percussion, most notably, our acclaimed arrangement by Seann Alderking of Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring" for 4 pianos and percussion. Tickets on sale at www.fearnomusic.org, all Ticketmaster locations, and the night of the concert at Kaul Auditorium. Tickets can also be purchased in person at the Aladdin Theater box office, tel 503.234.9694 ext 2. A limited amount of special $10 student/senior tickets will be available at the Aladdin Box office in advance, or the night of the show at Kaul Auditorium. You must have a current, valid student ID to purchase these tickets.

Won't You Be My Neighbor: Supportive Neighbor Checklist
This is an ongoing checklist of ideas from neighbors.  Five tips appear in every issue of The Pulse, the Community Outreach quarterly e-newsletter.  If you have ideas about ways to connect and make a friend of your neighbor, please email your suggestions to outreach@ourunitedvillages.org.  

   Suggestions from Neighbors:
   1. Say hello
   2. Borrow an egg
   3. Host a neighborhood swap and share
   4. Clean up litter in a 2-block radius from your home
   5. Exchange books with each other
   Visit Our United Village for more great ideas!  

Community Resources  

       
Please join Northwest Housing Alternatives for fun, chocolate, music and a good cause!
Home Sweet Home helps Northwest Housing Alternatives take a bite out of the high cost of housing in Oregon and will feature decadent amounts of chocolate to sample, a silent auction, along with a performance by Three Leg Torso. Chocolate samples will be provided by Cupcake Jones, Desserts of Distinction, Haleh Karimi, Holy Kakow Chocolate, Kenny and Zuke's, Michele's Chocolate Truffles, Missionary Chocolates, Random Order, Stirs the SOUL, Willamette Valley Confectionary, Fleur De Lis Bakery and Café, and many more! Local reporter and TV personality Jenny Hansson will MC the event.

Home Sweet Home celebrates Northwest Housing Alternatives' 29 years of success in creating housing options for Oregonians earning low incomes and raises funds for future affordable housing development. Tickets are $30 (adults) and $15 (children) and are available at www.nwhousing.org

Thursday, October 13th, 2011, Doors open at 7 o'clock
Melody Ballroom 615 SE Alder Street, Portland, OR 97214

   

New Curbside Composting, Recycling and Garbage Service begins October 31!
Starting October 31st, most Portland residents will be able to add food scraps, along with yard debris, to their green Portland Composts! roll carts. As part of this new service, collection of the green Portland Composts! roll cart will increase to weekly, and garbage collection will change to every other week. The blue Portland Recycles! roll cart and yellow glass recycling bin will continue with weekly collection. These changes apply to all single-family households and buildings with four or fewer units.

With the new service, instead of throwing away things like meat, dairy, bones and grains, residents will be able to send food scraps to local composting facilities where they will be turned into a nutrient-rich compost for fertilizing yards and gardens. 

 

Spirit of Portland awardees to be recognized
at East Portland Community Center on October 27

The 2011 Spirit of Portland awardees will be recognized by City commissioners at the 26th annual event on Thursday, October 27, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the East Portland Community Center, 740 SE 106th Ave, near Mall 205, next to Floyd Light Park. A reception with cake and beverages will follow the awards presentation. View the Press Release Here! 

The city has launched a new website at www.portlandonline.com/leafday with all the details. New program elements include an online Leaf Zone Locator and the ability to opt out or pay the leaf fee online.
 
In the next few weeks, customers in the city's Leaf Service Area, which includes 30 Leaf Zones, will receive a mailer that highlights the changes in the program, provides the schedule and fee information, explains how to prepare for scheduled Leaf Day(s), and recommends how to get the most out of the Leaf Day service.
 
Customers who opted out of the service and fee in 2010 will soon receive an additional mailer that walks them through this year's opt-out process. The Leaf Line customer service phone is open, and operators are interested in hearing from you.  Call 503-865-LEAF on Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., or email your questions to leafday@portlandoregon.gov.  

Join with Resolutions Northwest to support the

16th Annual Oregon Peacemakers Conference

University of Portland's Buckley Center  

October 20, 2011

Double your donation towards a $5,000 Matching Challenge from The Jubitz Family Foundation to secure funding for the conference! Make a pledge today by replying to this email, or donate on the website, www.resolutionsnorthwest.org!

If we reach this goal by the end of July, this Friday, it will enable 300 young people from schools across Oregon and Southwest Washington to attend the conference. Your contribution - this week - to this matching challenge grant is critical.

October is National Crime Prevention Awareness Month, the official month for recognizing the practice of crime prevention, as well as promoting awareness of important issues such as victimization, volunteerism, and creating safer, more connected communities.
 For more information, click HERE.