Get your Shoes Muddy in October!

Parke Diem is a two-day celebration of parks, volunteering, and the need to support Portland's park legacy occurring on Friday & Saturday, October 11th and 12th. More than 50 projects involving dozens of organizations and up to 1,000 volunteers will be working for parks, having an impact, and raising awareness of our

park systems' needs!

Here are some of the fun groundbreaking projects in

Central NE Portland:

Frazer Community Garden, Helensview Community Garden, Let Us Build Cully Park!, Rocky Butte Natural Area, Sumner Street Community Garden, Whitaker Ponds Nature Park, and Grant Community Garden. For more information or to register for the largest volunteer event in Portland parks history click here !

The % for Green program is currently soliciting applications for green street construction.  The deadline is November 1st. 

This is funding for projects that manage stormwater from the right-of-way. Projects might include an early action project in a neighborhood where you are planning for future green streets, neighborhood improvements, or other bike and pedestrian safety projects. Qualifying projects must have the appropriate licensed professionals on the team to see the project through project management, design, public works permitting, bidding and construction.  Right-of-way design and construction is not appropriate for volunteers without this level of expertise. To discuss your project or find information about the program requirements, evaluation criteria and the application please visit: http://www.portlandoregon.gov/BES/percentforgreen.
  

Livability Summit is an annual gathering of local leaders and community members, including leaders from community based organizations, students, government, and elected officials. The theme for the 2013 Regional Livability Summit is: Equity in Action: Map to a Healthy Future. This year's Summit will be CLF's first opportunity to use the findings from the Regional Equity Atlas 2.0 Project to initiate dialogue around substantial equitable change.  Using maps as a foundation, the Summit will provide analyses on key issues and discuss strategies designed to strengthen equity policies and practices in the public sector.  Friday, October 11th 8:30 PM to 5 PM Portland State University - Smith Memorial Student Union. For more information or to register please click here.

Hollywood Star News is requesting that neighborhoods share news and events!

The Hollywood Star is committed to being a source of news in north and northeast Portland. With the recent passing of Lee Perlman the Star is requesting information about news and events be sent directly to them at: hstareditorial@aol.com.