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Who We Are
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West- Northwest Coalition promotes direct participation in grassroots democracy
by supporting community efforts at the neighborhood level. Our services advance
the voices of our constituent Neighborhood Associations as they strive to
create livable, sustainable & equitable communities.
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Activist e-News
March 2013 |
Greetings Neighbors,
Happy Spring! Hope you're all enjoying the extra daylight hours and nicer weather. Earth Day is just around the corner, so we have updates on all the neighborhood cleanup events going on.
Spring also marks the beginning of NWNW's fundraising season. You can buy tickets now for our annual benefit: this year it's a performance of the play Crooked. We also have some fantastic prizes to be raffled off, so don't miss your chance to enter.
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Support City Funding for Neighborhoods
Thanks to all of you who came down to City Hall last month for the council budget hearing to show support for NWNW and the Office of Neighborhood Involvement. There are more budget events coming up, and this time you'll have an opportunity to testify!
The public forum will provide you with the opportunity to offer testimony before City Council and express which service priorities are most important to Portland residents for next year's FY 2013-14 budget which begins July 1, 2013.
The proposed 10% budget cuts will impact NWNW's funding to neighborhoods for communications, grants for neighborhood projects, and crime prevention.
Your testimony at these public hearings will indicate to the new Council that there is community support for the restoration of funds for neighborhood and community involvement services.
ONI's City Council Budget Work Session
This is the second hearing for ONI to respond to questions from the City's Budget Advisory Committee, which includes all Council members.
NO public testimony: Your attendance speaks for itself!
Date: Friday, April 5, 2013
Time: 1:15pm-1:45pm
Place: City Hall - Council Chambers, 1221 SW 4th Ave.
City of Portland Community Budget Forum
Last opportunity to provide public testimony in a budget forum before the Mayor releases his proposed budget.
Date: Thurs., April 11, 2013
Time: 6:30 - 8:30pm
Place: Montgomery Park, 2701 NW Vaughn Street
Council hearing for Mayor's Proposed Budget
This opportunity to provide public testimony comes after the Mayor releases his proposed budget.
Date: Thurs., May 16, 2013
Time: 6:30 - 8:30pm
Place: City Hall - Council Chambers, 1221 SW 4th Ave.More information:Get Involved in the City's Budget ProcessLearn About the City's Budget Process Budget DocumentsFY 2013-14 Requested BudgetsCouncil Budget Work Session MaterialsOther Budget Documents
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Sponsor a Goose Hollow Sign Cap
 Want a goose on your street corner? Goose Hollow's neighborhood association, the Goose Hollow Foothills League (GHFL), is looking at locations to hang street sign caps featuring their neighborhood's iconic goose.
"We hope these sign caps will help to provide a visual reminder that we live, work, and play in one of the most unique and historically significant neighborhoods in Portland," says Scott Schaffer, Board Member of the GHFL and sign cap project co-chair. "We've obtained several generous grants to get us started," Schaffer continues, "but need others to step up and help subsidize the very real costs of manufacturing and hanging the signs."
Neighbors and local businesses interested in sponsoring signs on their street corner are asked to contact Alexis Ingram for more information on how to make this project a success.
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NWNW's Annual Fundraising Play
 Join Neighbors West-Northwest for an evening at the theater! Purchase tickets to an exclusive preview performance of Crooked on Thursday, May 16, and benefit the coalition of 12 neighborhood associations.
Set in Oxford, Mississippi, Crooked explores coming-of-age, friendship, and family through the perspective of strong female characters. The Daily Telegraph says "This is a wonderfully neat play, at once simple and complex, grappling with big issues - matters of faith, fantasy and the flesh - while keeping its sneakers firmly planted on the suburban topsoil of adolescent angst and domestic frictions." Please note the play includes mature themes. See our website for more details.
Tickets are available for purchase now: $25 per adult ticket or $15 per ticket for seniors, students and educators. Purchase over the phone (503 823-4265), in person at our office (2257 NW Raleigh) or online through PayPal.
This event contributes to NWNW's general fund, which provides staff and support to assist volunteers with neighborhood activities, including trainings, website and e-newsletter support and assistance with neighborhood events like emergency preparedness workshops and summer picnics.
Special thanks to CoHo Productions.
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NWNW Raffle - Tickets Now on Sale!
Love the Timbers? Have you ever wanted a jersey of your own signed by the entire team? Want to explore your city with a Best of Portland Walking tour? How about a private tasting at a local distillery for you and your friends?
Now's your chance to try your luck at winning one of these great prizes (and more) graciously donated by our supporters for the Neighbors West-Northwest raffle! See our website for a full list of prizes and prize packages.
Buy 1 ticket for $3, 2 tickets for $5, or 5 tickets for $10 to increase your chances of winning! Dedicate your tickets to the prizes you want most. The more tickets you purchase, the more chances you have to win! Winners will be contacted following the drawing in early June.
Purchase tickets at your neighborhood meetings, at the NWNW office (2257 NW Raleigh) or by contacting Jen (503 823-4265 or jen@nwnw.org).
Proceeds from this raffle benefit Neighbors West-Northwest. Thank you for your support!
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Neighborhood Earth Day Event Roundup
Join one of our neighborhoods on Earth Day weekend! These are some of the biggest cleanup events of the year. Help save paper and speed up your day-of-event check-in by completing your registration online with the SOLVE website links below!  Polish the Pearl
Date: Saturday, April 20, 2013
Time: 8:30 - 11:30 am
Register for information about location.Polish the Pearl will be an all-out effort to clean the Pearl neighborhood. Polish the Pearlies will be joined by specially trained Graffiti Busters and a cadre called the Kick (Cigarette) Butts Brigade! Recyclers will do their wonderful work, too. Be there - the Pearl District wants you!
Contact: Leigh EicherRegister: http://www.solv.org/get-involved/events/polish-pearl
Forest Park Earth Day Cleanup
 Date: Saturday, April 20, 2013
Time: 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Place: Intersection of NW Skyline and NW Germantown RoadsAs always, there's (literally) tons of trash out there waiting for us, so we need as many hands on deck as possible.
Contact: Leslie Hildula
Register: http://solv.org/get-involved/events/forest-park-neighborhood-cleanupDownload flyer (PDF)
Northwest District Association Third Saturday Cleanup - Earth Day Edition
Date: Saturday, April 20, 2013
Time: 9:00 - 10:30 am
Place: Elephants Deli, 115 NW 22nd Ave.Thanks to Food Front, Elephants Deli, Trader Joes and Legacy Good Sam Hospital for local sponsorship.
Thanks to SOLVE for supplies.
Thanks to Neighbors West Northwest and the Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability.
Contact: Fran Goldstein
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Westside Tree Guild Launches Website
 The Westside Portland Tree Guild now has a website. Visit www.westsideportlandtreeguild.org to learn more about the organization and donate money. Volunteers can also use the website to register to help plant trees at both Couch Park and Wallace Park in April.
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Portland Downtown Photo Contest
 The Portland Downtown Neighborhood Association is accepting entries for its annual photo contest. Winning photos will be featured in the DNA's 2014 wall calendar, and winners will receive two calendars.
The calendars will be sold to raise funds for the DNA. We've got one of the most photogenic cities around, so here's your chance to show off your town and your photo skills for a good cause.
Anyone can enter, but the subject of the photos must be within the Downtown Neighborhood boundaries. For more information on how to enter, see the DNA website or download the contest rules here. Entries are due by April 15, and the DNA membership will vote on photos at their meeting on April 23.
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(Re)Connect With Us on Facebook
We're transitioning to a new Facebook page - so if even if you're already our friend on Facebook, please check out the new page and "Like" us - and tell your friends! (And while you're at it, why not follow us on Twitter too?) Want to find out how to connect to your neighborhood? Check out all these neighborhood social media links. Following other neighborhoods on social media is also a great way to keep in touch and find out what's happening in other areas
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Join the Twin-Bucket BrigadeBy Carol McCreary, PHLUSH
 Over the past 18 months, PHLUSH (Public Hygiene Lets Us Stay Human) has exhibited the Twin Bucket Emergency Toilet system at 25 community events. Now the group is calling on community members to display the largely self-explanatory exhibit at their meetings and events.
A basic emergency sanitation exhibit kit is now available on loan from Neighbors West-Northwest. Included in a small cart that can be rolled or carried by bike are the following: nested pee and poo buckets, various lids including a toilet seat, sandwich bags with samples of carbon composting material, a plastic rack for how-to leaflets, a sign, a table cloth, and a clipboard sign-up for those who have special inquiries or want to know more.
 This urine-separating emergency system pioneered in post-earthquake Christchurch, New Zealand has been approved by the Portland Bureau of Emergency Management.
Interested in joining the Twin-Bucket Brigade? Contact PHLUSH (info@phlush.org) to schedule a 90-minute orientation at the PHLUSH office. PHLUSH can also arrange orientation by phone or video conference. Contact NWNW (coalition@nwnw.org) to check out the exhibit kit for display at an event.
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PSU Farmers Market back in Season!
This weekend marks the start of the regular season for the Portland State Farmers Market. Come to the south park blocks between SW Hall & SW Montgomery, Saturdays 8:30 am - 2:00 pm for fresh local produce, plus vendors with other local products, like baked goods, cut flowers, plant starts, and more. Grab breakfast or lunch at a food cart and hang out to enjoy some live music.  The Wednesday Shemanski Park Farmers Market will return in May, and the Northwest Farmers Market will be back in June. For more info visit the Portland Farmers Market website.
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Calendar UpdatesCheck our online calendar for the most recent meeting and event updates.
Portland Downtown Neighborhood Association
The General Meeting and Board Meeting will return to their previous location at Elm Court Loaves and Fishes/Meals on Wheels People
Time: General Meeting, 6:00 pm; Board Meeting, 7:00 pm
Date: Tuesday March 26, 2013
Place: Elm Court Loaves & Fishes Center, 1032 SW Main StreetThe April DNA Land Use and Transportation meeting has been rescheduled. Time: 5:30 - 7:30 pm New Date: Monday, April 9, 2013 Place: Eliot Tower, 1221 SW 10th Ave, 3rd Floor meeting roomPearl District Neighborhood Association
March 21 Communications Committee meeting canceled
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Thank you for reading our March e-Newsletter. Please pass it on to others who may be interested, or encourage them to sign up.
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NEIGHBORS WEST-NORTHWEST
Coalition of Twelve Westside Neighborhoods
www.nwnw.org
Opinions expressed in neighborhood columns are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of Neighbors West-Northwest. |
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