2015 NEIGHBORHOOD SMALL GRANT RECIPIENTS

SE Uplift Awards Over $23,000 To 14 Community Projects

Funded projects range from intersection murals to design guidelines for new development, leadership trainings for day laborers to community gardens, emergency preparedness workshops to a jukebox highlighting income inequality, and much more. Read all about these exciting projects at the link below and stay tuned for updates on them in future newsletters. We can't wait to see how they evolve!

HOUSING JUSTICE

How The Movement Is Gaining Momentum

Rising rents citywide and weak tenant protections are no longer affecting only poorer people and families - they are impacting the middle class. Portland's inner-city neighborhoods are becoming less accessible to people from all income levels. It is within this environment that more and more people are taking the position that to avoid the fate of cities like San Francisco and New York City, Portland will need to employ more than just the free market - Portland will need regulation.

TRENDS IN LAND USE

March Edition

Positive or negative or a little bit of both, new development does have an impact on the systems we collectively share. One way cities like Portland try to account for those impacts is through system development charges (SDCs). These are one-time charges levied on new development or when there is a change in use at an existing site to recover all or part of the cost of building infrastructure to serve that development.

THE SAGA OF THE STREET FEE

An After Action Report

The street fee has now been put on hold but the story is not over. The roadblocks SE Uplift experienced accessing basic, public records while we researched this issue are troubling. There is a larger conversation currently gaining steam in this state on public transparency and access to public documents. SE Uplift will continue to follow this issue, and there will be a role for us to play in this discussion.

SE UPLIFT BOARD MEETING

March Agenda

At this month's SE Uplift Board meeting we will discuss and vote on our position on Portland's Comprehensive Plan, determine our strategy for pursuing a refund of our open document request fee, hear an advocacy request regarding Halsey Road (67th - 74th), and more. SE Uplift board meetings are open to the public and interested community members are welcome to attend.

SUN	MON	TUES	WED	THURS	FRI	SAT
1	2 SE Uplift Board Meeting	3 Civic Drinks Multnomah Country Forum - Age Friendly Future	4 City Council Meeting Public Forum on Rent Control PDC Strategic Plan Open House	5 SE Quadrant Committee Meeting	6 PSU Friday Transportation Seminar	7 Polish the Jade
8	9	10 PSC Session on TSP & Housing Density Juvenile Justice Panel Powell-Division & Mixed Use Open House	11 City Council Meeting Top Non-Profit Lessons from a For-Profit	12 Safe Routes to School Networking Night Civic Workshop - Strategic Negotiation	13 PSU Friday Transportation Seminar Deadline for Written Comments for Comp Plan	14
15	16 SE Uplift Land Use & Transportation Committee Meeting Powell-Division Steering Committee	17 Planning & Sustainability Commission Meeting	18 City Council Meeting Mixed Use Zones Meeting SE Uplift Executive Committee Meeting	19	20 Friends of Mt. Tabor Park Annual Meeting Repair Cafe at SEPTL	21
22	23 Citywide Land Use Meeting	24 PSC Work Session on Map & Policy Changes Transit on Tap	25 City Council Meeting	26 Division Design Initiative Meeting	27	28
29	30 Tentative Release Date for Draft Comp Plan Environmental Justice Talk	31 Neighborhood Small Grants Celebration	Apr 1 City Council Meeting	2 Washing High Panel & Tours	3	4

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Portland, OR 97214