EAST PORTLAND NEIGHBORHOOD EPN ASSOCIATION NEWS
JULY 2014 News about East Portland Neighborhoods vol. 1 9 issue 3 Your Powellhurst-Gilbert hosts NEIGHBORHOOD free annual ‘National Night Out’ ASSOCIATIONS ARGAY and movie in the park event Neighborhood Association
CENTENNIAL Community Association
GLENFAIR Neighborhood Association
HAZELWOOD Neighborhood Association
LENTS By Barb Klinger Neighborhood Association The fun begins on August 2nd, 2014 at Earl Boyles Park at SE MILL PARK 112th & Boise. The community Neighborhood Association event is from 5pm to 8pm. We have invited members of the PARKROSE HEIGHTS Police, Fire and Ambulance to Association of Neighbors show their support as well as other local nonprofit organiza - PARKROSE tions. In keeping it fun for the Neighborhood Association PGNA Image kids we will have a bounce Fans waiting for Biff the Clown to create his balloon art. house, rock wall, Biff the Clown PLEASANT VALLEY and his wonderful balloon art, a Neighborhood Association raffle. While the kids are enjoy - nity booths that will include what your community has to Reptile Zoo, and family friendly ing the free activities, parents, areas specific to safety, green - games and crafts, as well as a feel free to browse the commu - ing and community. Find out continued on page 4 POWELLHURST -G ILBERT Neighborhood Association Looking at East Portland; RUSSELL Movies in the Park Neighborhood Association a city audit WILKES events announced By Ron Glanville Community Group have rated the job of City gov - using the synopsis ernment lower than the city as a provided by Nick Sauvie WOODLAND PARK whole and all other neighbor - for East Portland Neighborhood Association Portland released the docu - hood district areas in each of ment "East Portland: History of By Debby Smith law enforcement agencies to the twenty years that we have with “The East Portland Rovers” City Services Examined". The asked the question.” – East take a stand against crime), report from the Office of City Portland: History of City The FREE entertainment and will partner with local Auditor LaVonne Griffin-Valade Services Examined begins at 5:00 p.m. at these community groups to bring EEnnjjooyy and staff is quite a document at The inequity revealed by this Community Celebrations, as free games, activities and 84 pages long and is a good paragraph: The East Portland listed. Some are being held in information to visitors. Some read. Nick Suavie of East Action Plan (EPAP) was created conjunction with National will also invite local food ven - oouurr ffrreeee Portland Action Plan (EPAP) did and continues to operate Night Out (a partnership with dors to participate. the reading and analysis for us because of the obvious dispar - These fantastic ccoommmmuunniittyy and gives us an easy to read ity between East Portland and events are paid for fact sheet that he brought to the rest of the city. The 2009 in part with grants, Portland City Council. If you Plan describes concerns raised contributions from nneewwsslleetttteerr!! want to read the document by Jeff Merkley – then Speaker community part - here is its link - of the Oregon House and now ners, Portland Parks http://www.portlandonline.com US Senator. He believed that & Recreation (PPR) /auditor/index.cfm?a=488003& the shift in poverty to East general funds, and c=64479 Sauvie has given me Portland, the poor quality and funds raised by permission to bring some of the design of its new housing, neighborhood asso - information he gleaned to you. missed opportunities for eco - ciation volunteers. First a very telling quote from nomic development and con - Because of collab - the audit: continued on page 3 “Residents of East Portland continued on page 3 . c n I
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l t 7 t r s 1 o a 0 page page page 1 P E NEWS 5 8 9 We need Crosswalks in East Portland; EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS We have a Raymond Hites (chair) ; Marge Crawford (member) ; Lents Neighborhood Mill Park Neighborhood survey for this! Association Association By Ron Glanville Brenda McSweeney (member) ; San Rafael and Northeast 132nd Avenue is a pretty busy Ron Glanville (member) ; arterial in East Portland, with more than 2000 vehicles Glenfair Neighborhood Russell Neighborhood crossing it every day, it has Trimet bus service on it and has Association several schools and churches within blocks of it. The inter - Association section has lots of walking and bike traffic. It is busy and it is dangerous. It needs a Crosswalk. It needs all four corners paved. It needs transit shelters. This intersection is typical for East Kathi Holmes (member) ; East Portland Neighbors, Inc. Portland secondary arterials. In this issue of this newspaper Wilkes Community Editorial Board is an article and survey that will let you have a voice in the Group 1017 NE 117th Avenue, Portland, OR 97220 intersections, crosswalks, sidewalks and other transporta - Phone – 503-823-4550 tion issues in East Portland. You just have to participate! Fax 503-823-4525 This intersection has been in this neighborhood since the Email - [email protected] area was developed in the late 1960s, so we have 50 years The East Portland Neighborhood Association News is funded, in part by with little improvement. Just down the street we have a a grant from the City of Portland, Office of Neighborhood Involvement. major school crossing without any slowing or traffic calm - ing. It is not a crosswalk, it is bare street without curbs or We welcome your comments and suggestions. sidewalks. Statistics tell us that more people get hurt crossing streets than by walking along them. We at Russell Neighborhood Association are Is your business, company, or office listed here? being reassured that we are in the If you want to provide copies of EPNAN News to your customers, contact us. process of working and schedul - ing the improvements needed on NE 132nd Avenue and San Rafael. East Portland has many neigh - Thank you borhoods with these deficien - cies; we are seeing some progress from an earlier study for helping us and survey called East Portland In Motion (EPIM) whose results are just now being acted upon. distribute the Please take the time to fill out the survey or go online to the website, it has incredible technol - ogy to mark your intersection and EPNAN News! sidewalks to ask for improve - ments. These sites have copies of the East copies for their customers or clients, We do not want to have tragedy Portland Neighborhood Association please contact 503-823-4550 or be the reason for action. Act first Newspaper for distribution to the [email protected]. by providing us with the safe general public. If you know a business – The EPNAN Editorial Committee routes we need. Act first by filling out this survey and telling or public office that might want some Portland Bureau of Transportation that East Portland needs safe Crosswalks, not speeches. http://eastportland.org/ 2014survey. U S Bank Holgate Library Lily Market East Portland Neighbors, Inc. 16002 SE Division Street 7905 SE Holgate Boulevard 11001 NE Halsey Street distributes the East Portland Renaissance Cafe Human Solutions Anoush Deli Neighborhood Association News Rockwood Building, 124 NE 181st Ave 1710 NE 122nd Avenue for free. The goal of this newspa - 1710 SE 122nd Avenue per is to build our community East Police Precinct Parkrose School District Offices BurgerVille voice through publicizing the 737 SE 106th Avenue 10636 NE Prescott Street 429 SE 122nd Avenue activities and efforts of neighbors in East Portland. 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Page 2 If you want this paper please call 503-823-4550 or visit our website at www.eastportland.org MOVIES IN THE PARK EVENTS ANNOUNCED: continued from page 1
orative efforts by many organi - working with each other and these individuals will be accept - zations, these events are FREE Portland Parks and Recreation ing donations to help pay for to the community! (PPR) for years and in 2013 these and future community This summer, the following adopted the name “The East happenings. neighborhood groups are join - Portland Rovers”. We’re looking forward to this ing to support one another’s At each event, members of year’s events, and invite you to efforts; Hazelwood, Woodland this all volunteer group will be join us! Park, Powellhurst-Gilbert, wearing red shirts with the To learn more, e-mail us at: Glenfair, Centennial, Wilkes, ‘Rovers’ logo printed on them. [email protected]. and Mill Park. They have been This is important to note, as
EAST PORTLAND MOVIES IN THE PARK Friday, July 25th Thursday, August 7th Saturday, August 9th Creek & Shrek. Gateway Park, NE 106th Glenfair Park, NE 154th Wilkes Park, NE 154th and *Band and Movie Only - Mill and Halsey – 1,000 Fuegos and Couch Ct. – Mark Beech – The Working Stiffs Park hosts their National & Young Frankenstein. Stevenz: Elvis Tribute Artist & The Lorax. Night Out Tuesday August and The Nut Job. 5th Saturday, August 2nd Saturday, August 16th* Earl Boyles Park, SE 112th Friday, August 8th Mill Park, SE 117th and Bush – Portland Teen Parklane Park, SE 151st between Market and Idols followed by River City and Main – Water Tower & Lincoln – School of Rock Band & The Croods. Hunger Games 2. and Ian Shickle of Sleepy
EAST PORTLAND AUDIT: continued from page 1 cerns about public safety This is one version of history. city average. East Portland Park access: Only 63% of plunged 15 points. placed East Portland at a “tip - Another version is that tens of police response times and East Portland residents live “Residents in East Portland ping point” and ought to be thousands of East Portland police officers assigned per within half a mile of a park, have rated the City’s job in addressed immediately. property owners paid thou - capita are lower, too. compared to 80% citywide. planning for future land use sands of dollars to be added Park inequity: East Portland lower than all other neighbor - Sewer Services Transportation and Safety to the City’s sewer system, has only 13% of the City’s park hood district areas 15 of the East Portland has paid twice The City has not enforced just in time to pay for the “Big acreage and a 6% of its devel - 16 years since 1998.” for sewer - It describes 1983’s policies in East Portland that Pipe.” For many years, all oped park acreage. East Only 15% of the Bureau of Resolution A, when resulted in other districts’ ratepayers have seen 8-10% Portland has 40% of the City’s Planning and Sustainability’s Multnomah County decided to development with complete annual increases to fund the school-age children, but only public contacts and 8% of stop providing municipal serv - streets and sidewalks. system that prevents sewage 9% of the City’s park rest - businesses assisted through ices to unincorporated areas, Lack of sidewalks on arterials from the older parts of rooms, 13% of trails, 14% of the Sustainability at Work and the Mid-County Sewer is a health and safety issue. In Portland from flowing directly baseball/softball fields, 12% of Program are in East Portland. Project, which essentially East Portland, only 57% of into the Willamette River. In basketball hoops and 17% of This audit clearly states the forced the East Portland area busy streets have sidewalks inequality East Portland has other words, East Portland got soccer/football fields. to annex in order to satisfy a on both sides compared to endured throughout its 30 year to pay for new sewers twice. state mandate to install sew - 76% citywide. During 2013, 7 Livability in East Portland history will be used often in ers. The History states that Police Services of the City’s 10 pedestrian When the Community Survey the coming years to help us property owners in our area Despite public perception, deaths were east of 82nd began in 1993, East Portland find ways to work to improve paid the $255 million cost of crime is lower in East Portland Avenue. Forty-one percent residents rated livability of East Portland. sewer installation and notes than citywide. (p. 30) The Police (41%) of the City’s fatal crash - their neighborhood higher than that “the construction costs Bureau reports that East es were in East Portland. East the city average. By 2013, East were partially subsidized by Portland has fewer dispatched Portland has only 11% of the Portland livability was 18 city residents living outside of incidents, officer-initiated calls, City’s total of 911 traffic sig - points below the City average. In every year since 2002, resi - East Portland (through sewer Part I crimes, Part I arrests, Part nals. Renters’ dents in East Portland have rates).” II arrests and crashes than the The City’s policy of not main - taining unimproved streets rated neighborhood livability means people who live on lower than residents in all unpaved streets pay gas taxes other neighborhood districts. Rights without receiving services in In 1997, Community Survey return. responses about the physical condition of housing were the Audit says this about Parks same citywide as they were in Hotline Budget mapping allocates a East Portland. The percentage portion of spending to East of people citywide who say Portland on parks that are miles housing conditions are good away from East Portland, or very good is about the same 503-288-0130 including Waterfront, Forest as it was in 1997, while in East and Washington Parks. (p. 19) Portland, that percentage has
East Portland Neighborhood News July 2014 Page 3 Tell City Hall about your sidewalks! By Ron Glanville get stuck on a question just clear it and In the recent May 2014 issue of this restart that question. If there is not a newsletter we have a survey in multi clear answer just click skip and you languages and in both paper mail-in or can go onto the next question. online formats; and both are still in All of the information will be gathered process and available for you to sub- and put into reports by Portland State mit, if you have the paper form please University Students and should be fill it out and mail it in. The online sur- available this fall. It will be used in the vey which is very interesting and inter- future just like the report and study active will appeal to all the persons in done several years ago called “East Portland who have smart phones and Portland In Motion” (EPIM) which is to all computer users, as it is fun and now being used to plan East Portland really lets you tell the story of your crosswalks and sidewalks. neighborhood street, sidewalk, cross- Improvement to Bike lanes and all tran- walk, bike lane and park. sit needs will be documented along First go to the online survey with improvements and needs for you http://eastportland.org/2014survey. local parks. Click on the your language of choice The important thing about this is that and proceed with the questions. Some you can participate for city government of the interesting things you can do in and let them know what you want, and this survey placing your residence, this tool is a relatively easy way to tell your bike and walking routes, and your them. problem intersections, on the map. Do So go to: this all with clicking and dragging icons http://eastportland.org/2014survey. to those locations or placing lines on We need your help to make Portland a your street to place those routes. If you better place to live. Hazelwood POWELLHURST-GILBERT HOSTS FREE happenings ANNUAL ‘NATIONAL NIGHT OUT’: continued from page 1 By Arlene Kimura Summer is here and activi- offer for you and your family. selection of music for your lis - corn provided by Portland home and discover what it ties in our parks are in full Additionally, free barbecued hot tening pleasure. Parks & Recreation. Watch as takes to survive. swing. This summer we dogs; chips and a beverage will This year we have selected for The Croods’ only home they For additional information have the mobile playground be served while supplies last. you the hilarious movie “The have known is destroyed and please visit our website at van scheduled for a twice-a- Prior to the movie at dusk, Croods.” So bring your family, follow Grug, Eep, Guy, Ugga, www.pgpride.org. We are look - week visit to Ventura and “The Portland Teen Idol” and friends, lawn chairs and blan - Gran, Trunk, Beif and Sandy as ing forward to seeing you there. East Holladay Parks as well “River City Band” will be on kets. Make yourselves comfort - they must travel outside of their as Eastgate Station. hand to entertain you with their able while munching on pop - safety zone in search of a new At Gateway Park on NE Halsey Street, we have pre- movie music and a showing of “Young Frankenstein” on Thank you, Heiberg Garbage and Recycling July 25th, with a community By Arlene Kimura cleanups organizer’s used his crew provided outstanding and Recycling, the Centennial, fair beginning at 5 pm. For May was a busy month for Heiberg Garbage and Recycling service. The cleanups are a lot two Wednesdays in August, Glenfair, Hazelwood, Mill Park, neighborhood cleanups. to provide the drop boxes. The there will be a concert at of work and having a hauler Parkrose, Parkrose Heights Ventura Park; two subse- Almost every weekend this Wilkes Community Group also that provides courteous serv- and Wilkes neighborhoods quent Wednesdays, the con- May there was a neighborhood used Heiberg for their cleanup ice in a professional manner extend a heartfelt thank you certs are going to be at or multi-neighborhood in the fall. made all of our efforts easier. and to your crew. Parklane Park in Centennial cleanup. Many of the We all agreed that Bruce and Bruce, of Heiberg Garbage neighborhood. We are excited about the development of Gateway Park that will begin next year. We should also see work on the some of the crosswalks along Halsey/Weidler by next year. We will have a general meeting on July 21st at 6:30 PM at the East Portland Neighborhood Office; we have no meeting in August. • Ventura Park – SE 117th Avenue & SE Stark Street • East Holladay Park – NE 129th Avenue and Holladay Street • Eastgate Station – 100 NE 120th Avenue • Parklane Park – SE 155th Ave & Main St. Have a safe and enjoyable summer.
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Page 4 If you want this paper please call 503-823-4550 or visit our website at www.eastportland.org Three Lents homes ‘Elvis’ returns to removed from Glenfair Park in August Johnson Creek flood And, join Glenfair Neighborhood Association vol - plain after engineer’s unteers who are caring about our neighborhood. We meet on survey the 4th Thursday of each month except June, July, August, By Rebecca Cranston insurance from my mortgage. November, and December. Our next meeting is on September When I purchased my house I spoke with the City of 25, 2014 at 7:00 pm at Glenfair on Harold Street in 2007, I Portland Site Development elementary school 15300 NE was disappointed to learn it and they confirmed that por - Glisan Street. was in the 100-year flood tions of the city had been For more information, or to plain. Though there is no remapped since the Johnson sign up to a be a sponsor, con - record of any flooding ever, I Creek Flood Plain Restoration tact Brenda McSweeney (503) was required by my lender to work was completed in 2012. 757-8714 or email bren - pay $1100 each of the next 6 This resulted in some areas [email protected]. See our years for flood insurance. being taken out of the flood Elvis tribute artist Mark Stevenz spends a moment with a fan. website at www.glenfair.east - Recently, my neighbors to the plain, though some were also By Brenda McSweeney portland.org, or “like” us on east called me with great added. They confirmed my one featuring hits of the 60s facebook news. They had their proper - home still remains within the Glenfair Neighborhood and one with 70 hits, starting at www.facbook.com/GNAinPDX. tie surveyed by an engineer, Johnson Creek flood plain. Association is host to a 6:00 p.m. and upon submission of the Because of this, my only National Night Out on Thursday Then, at dusk, enjoy a “Movie information to FEMA, were chance for getting out of flood August 7, 2014, in Glenfair Park in the Park” presentation, “The removed from the flood plain insurance was to submit to NE 154th and couch. Parking is Nut Job.” and released by their lenders FEMA the elevation informa - available at Glenfair School. This evening is from paying flood insurance. tion I received from the engi - Free activities start at 4:30 brought to you by My house appeared to be neer. p.m., including games and Portland Parks & lower in elevation, so I was Anyone interested may call bounce house. Recreation, the Glenfair afraid to invest the money in a Portland Site Development at So come one come all enjoy Neighborhood survey. But, when my bill was 503-823-6892 and find out the fun in the park, meet new Association, and our suddenly raised to $1700 this their status, or whether their people, get to know your neigh - supporters, including year, I decided to try. Though home has had a map change. bors. and have a fun time. the American Pilipino expensive, it was less than I Even if in the flood plain, there Bring your chairs and blankets, Church on Stark Street would have paid for one year is still the option to challenge and flashlight – and perhaps a and Pizza Hut on NE of my new flood insurance flood insurance requirements picnic dinner. 181st Avenue at E bill. I am happy to report that by obtaining and submitting a Make a donation, and enjoy Burnside Street. since then, my property has qualified elevation certificate food from Pizza Hut, snow We need your help also received a Letter of Map to FEMA. cone, water, and pop, while We’re looking for Change from FEMA, taking it The author can be reached supplies last. additional community out of the flood plain! I am by e-mail at homesbyrebec - Elvis is Back featuring Mark sponsors, so we may now in the process of remov - [email protected]. Stevenz, the Pacifc Northwest’s continue our National ing the requirement of flood award winning Elvis tribute Night Out event next artist, will perform two shows – year.. Introduce an International Student to the Argay Neighborhood!
By Sara Bruckner free to become immersed in Invite a teen or college student their family's summer routine. from France, Spain, Germany, ANDEO welcomes busy host Japan, or China to discover families and can help you why the Argay Neighborhood is choose the program that best such a great place to live! Local fits your summer schedule. host families are needed for 3 Students bring their own or 4 weeks for students arriving spending money and are cov - late June through September. ered by comprehensive med - Hosting is a great way to learn ical and accident insurance. A about another culture, share small hosting stipend will be your own, and make some fun provided. summer memories with a new Established in 1981, ANDEO friend! is a Portland-based nonprofit Families provide three meals that welcomes more than 1500 per day, a comfortable bed international students to the Northwest for short-term (sharing a room with a host sib - Wilkes Community Group and Solve participants at the Ivy Pull at the Wilkes creek headwaters in the early ling of a similar age and the homestays each year. For more part of May. same gender is fine), and plen - information or to apply to host, ty of day-to-day interaction. please visit www.andeo.org or Some students attended lan - contact ANDEO at guage classes and participate [email protected] or Wilkes Park activities in cultural activities during the 503.274.1776. Jill Shepard Erickson from the “20 acre Wilkes head - looks forward to sponsoring work week, while others are Wilkes Community Group waters” area being restored to their annual Movie in the Park Wilkes Community Group natural habitat. event: August 9, 5:00 pm, fea - Board members, Alice Blatt, On March 8th, following some turing “The Lorax”, with music Carrie Gobel, and Jill Erickson plantings by student groups a by the popular “Working Stiffs” participated in the Earth Day stewardship event was held at band. Popcorn, snow cones Stop Oregon Litter and Wilkes Park. On May 31, many and a bounce house will be Vandalism (SOLVE) event, April of the same parties returned to available at no charge to com - 26, 2014, along with Adam another area of the Wilkes park munity members attending the Thompson, Columbia Slough complex to weed, mulch, and event. The address of the Watershed Council, Susan water native plants along the developed Wilkes Park is 3655 Hawes, Portland Parks and spring fed creek flowing toward NE 154th Avenue, just south of Recreation, other volunteers the Columbia River. Sandy Boulevard. and interns to pull invasive ivy The Wilkes Community Group
East Portland Neighborhood News July 2014 Page 5 ‘Can and Bottle Drive’ continue to support neighborhood projects
By Barb Klinger in about $1,000; with the pro - Coca-Cola bottle caps and box Hey folks, have some ceeds split between two non - codes with “points” printed on redeemable cans and bottles profit organizations. them, which are donated to that you just don’t feel up to The Powellhurst-Gilbert West Powellhurst Elementary turning in for collection? We Neighborhood Association is School. have a solution for you. Bring putting their proceeds into our The next drives will be held on those cans and bottles to our August, 2014 National Night July 13 and 27; August 10 and PGNA photo can and bottle drives and we Out event. August 24; and again on Tom Barnes says donations to the PGNA Can Drive are now tax will be happy to redeem them Our partner, the Division September 7 and September 21. deductable. for you. Midway Alliance for Community The drives are held on alter - And, your contributions direct - Improvement channels the nating Sundays, from 12:00 deductible so be sure and ask helping to make your communi - ly help improve life in East funds they’ve received into p.m. until 2:00 p.m. in the Sears for a tax-deductible form. ty a better place to live and Portland! trash-and-graffiti cleanup mis - parking lot on SE 122nd For more information on how work just by saving up your So far this year, the generous sions and their Midway Fair in Avenue, just south of SE to make a cash donation, deposit-return cans and bot - donations of deposit-return October. Division Street. please visit www.pgpride.org. tles, and bringing them in (we bottles and cans have brought By the way, we also collect Proceeds received are tax You can make a difference in do the sorting). We walk the streets! By Ron Glanville Russell Neighborhood Association Sidewalks are a scarcity in East Portland! This is not a statement any of you are unaware of, it is obvious. The City of Portland has been neg - ligent in providing our part of Portland with the services we need, and one of the biggest deficiencies in Portland is not just residential streets but major thoroughfares! Just take Halsey street which is near my home and where I travel frequently. Halsey Street from 122nd Avenue out to the city limits is a bad patchwork of sidewalks followed by weedy areas that make people NE Halsey Street at Glendoveer Golf Club walk in the street. Overgrown landscaping takes up graveled Glendoveer Golf Course is a get sidewalks around its to participate in the East NE Halsey and 140th Avenue area where we are suppose to beautiful part of our neighbor - streets! Halsey, Glisan and Portland Transportation walk. What should someone hood and has a wonderful 148th Avenue are disasters to Survey. Here is the link to take City of Portland a framework who is in a wheel chair do? walking path around its walk. the survey: http://eastport - for what needs to be done to What does any person walking perimeter, but no sidewalks! One thing you can do right land.org/2014survey. This improve transportation in East suppose to do? We walk in the We pay lots of taxes to man - now to work towards better survey is available in multiple Portland. streets. age this property but we can't city streets in East Portland is languages and will give the Parkrose Heights Association of neighbors happenings By Tom Badrick can be told what to do, it’s so the staff identified a number of With summer sometimes theft. Remember not to leave Often I write a frustrated arti - the streets and sidewalks are improvements with safety a top comes increased crime. In the anything valuable in plain sight. cle about bad drivers, but this safe for everyone. priority. Stay tuned, there’s last week I have seen four cars more to come. with broken windows from article I want to write about This is straight from something different – a no, that the City code: doesn’t mean our neighbor - “Crown raising for clearance of hood is suddenly free of bad the street and sidewalk removes drivers, I see too many every the lower branches of a tree in single day. Instead I want to order to provide clearance for remind people to do some yard vehicles, pedestrians, and work. Specifically I want to ask buildings. The City of Portland those of you in Parkrose requires maintaining clearance Heights (and elsewhere) to do standards 7.5' above the side - some tree and shrub trimming. walk, 11' above residential If your tree has branches block - streets, and 14' above main ing a traffic sign, like say a stop arterial streets.” sign or a speed limit sign, This issue’s article idea was please trim it back so drivers suggested by a resident, can actually see the sign. (thanks Darlene) so if you have This isn’t the City’s job to do an idea, please call our PHAN this; it’s the responsibility of the voice mail at 503-610-4700 or property owner. This also email me at applies to sidewalks or places [email protected]. where sidewalks should be. I We have been participating in walk in both our neighborhood a committee led by Portland and others where the street Development Commission to trees are so low you either walk come up with upgrades to the around them or stoop to get Halsey-Weidler corridor. The under them. And yes there is a committee with guidance from regulation for it. It’s not so you
Page 6 If you want this paper please call 503-823-4550 or visit our website at www.eastportland.org Columbia slough launch site at NE 164th Avenue on Airport Way. Wilkes – Wetlands and Environmental Zones By Alice Blatt Ave. to 185th Ave, north of When Portland approved the Slough Watershed Council Conservation Plan”, to which a Following annexation in the Columbia Blvd. and Sandy NRMP on November 7, 1990, (CSWC) in 1994. few local activists contributed, late 80’s, proud of its planning Blvd). Wilkes claimed, in con - Wilkes filed a successful Land Before the appeal, members identifying several E-zones history, “west” Wilkes, one of cert with several environmental Use Board of Appeals appeal, of Wilkes, Hazelwood, Argay within Wilkes called the “Far Portland’s newest groups and governmental following through the State and other Neighborhood East Forest”, including several agencies, that the Appeals and Supreme Court Associations formed a group spring-fed stream beds in our “Neighborhood Associations” Environmental Conservation system. This resulted in two called Friends of Wetlands, recently purchased Wilkes insisted on keeping its Wilkes (EP) zoned (moderately pro - years of meetings among Wildlife and What’s Left Creek Headwaters. Community Group (WCG) title. tected) 25’ riparian width inad - stakeholders (Industrial and (FOWL). FOWL promoted We now have increasingly Reflecting its strong environ - equately protected the highly Residential) which developed familiarity with the slough vegetated slough banks, 40- mental interests, Wilkes valuable wetlands (Columbia an improved Natural through meetings and mile loop trail connections, a expanded its northern bound - Slough, et al). Resources Protection Plan canoe/kayak trips. It func - non-motorized small craft ary to the Columbia River The main priorities include (Columbia South Shore Plan tioned for five years after the launch site at 16400 NE Airport (Columbia South Shore). maintaining water quality sup - District) in late 1993 – increas - appeal; then relinquished its Way. We now have more fish- In 1989-90, the Wilkes Board plying Portland’s 27 backup ing wetland riparian protection treasury to the Wilkes friendly water, bridges replac - paid immediate attention to wells, providing a wide enough to 50’ of Environmental Community Group when it dis - ing culverts, and a totally pro - the Natural Resources wildlife corridor between the Protection zone (greatest level solved. tected, spring-fed, 25-acre, Management Plan (NRMP) for Columbia Gorge and the of protection). Many of these In Oct. 1993, Portland city-owned wetland. the Columbia South Shore Willamette, allowing for human stakeholders became charter Planning produced the “East To follow: Parks and land- “Industrial Sanctuary” (82nd recreation. members of the Columbia Buttes, Terraces and Wetlands use. Fruit harvesting and tree scouting opportunities in East Portland!
By Bob Hatton East Portland, and there are fruit.org/tree-registration/ or call events are fun, open to all, and bors in need. With your help Portland Fruit Tree Project many ways that you can join in 503-284-6106. kids are welcome! we will register lots of new fruit the delicious fun: trees in East Portland just in (PFTP) brings people together Participate in a harvest! Attend a workshop! time for the harvest season! to harvest and care for neigh - Share your fruit! PFTP will organize 100+ har - PFTP offers hands-on work - All are welcome, no experi - borhood fruit trees whose fruit If you have a fruit tree and are vesting events throughout the shops in fruit preservation and ence necessary. Residents of would otherwise go to waste, unable to use all of the fruit, city this year, June through tree care, which are open to the East Portland are especially and makes the bounty avail - PFTP can help you harvest and November. Half of the fruit from public. encouraged to participate. able to harvest participants share the fruit with neighbors in each harvest goes to harvest Volunteer for East Portland Lunch provided! (RSVP and neighbors in need. need. The first step is to regis - participants and the rest goes Tree Scouting Day! required) Portland Fruit Tree Project is ter your tree – visit portland - to local food banks. Harvesting expanding its programs in Saturday, July 26th, 9am- RSVP to 2pm, Portland Fruit Tree [email protected] / 503- Project is striving to offer more 284-6106 by Wednesday, July harvesting opportunities in 23rd. East Portland neighborhoods, For more information or to but to do so we need to regis - sign up for PFTP’s monthly e- ter more fruit trees in the area! newsletter, visit www.portland - Join us for this fun event and fruit.org or contact the PFTP help spread the word to fruit office: 503-284-6106, tree owners about the oppor - [email protected]. tunity to register their trees, get help with harvesting, and share the bounty with neigh -
East Portland Neighborhood News July 2014 Page 7 Parkrose Community Church vital to Emergency Shelter Program
By Kim Christiansen their children at the same time. The seasonal Family Winter Children are still trying to go to Shelter at Human Solutions school and keep up with their closed its doors on April 30, peers. after serving a record number of The good news is that almost homeless parents and children all of the homeless families who between November 1, 2013 stayed at the Winter Shelter this and April 30, 2014. A total of year were able to find perma - 287 families made up of 463 nent housing before the shelter parents and 456 children – 919 closed – or received a tempo - people in all – had no place else rary placement so that they to sleep besides the Winter could continue to seek perma - Shelter on some of the coldest nent housing, DeMaster said. and rainiest nights of the year. Throughout the year, homeless That’s an increase of 350 peo - families in need of help may call ple over the same six-month 211. period last year. “Right now we are requesting Many people have no idea that donations of towels for the homeless parents and children. the local faith community is Photo courtesy of Human Solutions essential to the success of the Shelter Cots at the shelter. Imagine taking a shower with - winter effort to keep homeless out a towel,” added DeMaster. families safe. Parkrose expected, the Family Winter and 30 other faith groups form – no matter what season of the “Being homeless often means Community United Church of Shelter occupied many addi - the Daybreak Shelter Network, year it is,” DeMaster said. that you lose everything and Christ has generously allowed tional areas of the church each providing year-round day and “There are still many homeless only have the clothes on your Human Solutions to operate the night---especially the Church night shelter to homeless fami - families in our community even back. Providing towels solves Winter Shelter at the church for Social Hall. lies. in the summer time. They don’t just one of the problems of five consecutive years. This A new faith partner, Highland “The faith community makes stand at freeway entrances or being homeless – and it will means that over 60 people in Christian Center, opened its our emergency shelter system on street corners, but they are make the lives of the homeless homeless families were able to doors to created additional possible,” said Jean DeMaster, here.” Some homeless families people much more comfort - utilize three large Sunday overnight sleeping space this executive director of Human “double up” with family and able.” School rooms for the entire winter, and also served as a Solutions. friends – sometimes in over - For more information or to period from November of one new day shelter so that families And while winter may officially crowded or unsafe conditions – donate to Human Solutions’ year when the shelter opens staying at the Winter Shelter be over, homelessness is still a while others resort to living in Daybreak Shelter, visit each winter until April of the fol - had a safe place to go during grim reality for many families in their vehicles, in campgrounds, www.humansolutions.org or lowing year when it closes. This the day. Human Solutions’ Mid County and throughout the or in abandoned buildings, call Jean DeMaster at 503-548- winter, when there were so Daybreak Shelter Network is greater Portland area. “The DeMaster noted. Parents are 0288. many more homeless families headquartered at Peace Church need for our services for home - trying to cope with the stresses coming to the shelter than of the Brethren. That church less families does not go away of being homeless and care for Historic Parkrose boosts local business district with ‘green’ facelift By Bridget Bayer will travel greater distance to Parkrose Board jumped right in In the age-old pursuit of trying visit a district having high quali - directing the District to discover the elusive intangi - ty trees and spend more time Improvement Grant (DIG) bles that drive retail customer there.” Committee to tackle the issue, behavior, one thing has become One of the first things Historic pursue the complicated clear: people like trees! Parkrose Neighborhood process and fund the effort. The According to a recent study Prosperity Initiative (NPI) was to results of their $12,000 tree- published in the Journal of survey business and property trimming project are tangible. In Forestry, “Shoppers… will owners. “Every one of them, to the 20-block area on NE Sandy spend 9-12% more in commer - a person,” says Bridget Bayer, Boulevard, between 99th and cial districts having tree district manager “mentioned 121st, 150 trees have been pro - canopy.” 1 In addition, the overgrown, unruly, sign- fessionally trimmed, 23 dead “Shoppers indicate that they blocking trees.” The Historic and unhealthy trees taken down and 23 new beautiful Dogwoods and Magnolia trees were replanted. “The transformation is amaz - ing,” says Kristin Trevino, the owner of Signs Now NW, at 11521 NE Sandy Boulevard. trees in addition to the trimming opened Nick’s Parkrose Food “When these trees were planted or removal. Corral at 11807 NE Sandy Blvd. on Sandy Boulevard years ago “To have Historic Parkrose as part of a road project, the 1 work through all that bureau - Wolf, K.L. 2005. Business District property owners were not Streetscapes, Trees and Consumer cracy—not to mention fund it— included in the process – we Response. Journal of Forestry 103, on our behalf, is HUGE,” says 8:396-400. didn’t have a say.” Nick Nichols, owner of newly “The trees are owned by the city, but the maintenance is the responsibility of the property owner,” explains Mark Gardner, DIG Chair, so many of these trees haven’t had any profes - sional attention since they were put here.” He points out that if property owners want to signif - icantly trim a tree or remove it, they must file an application, get a permit, pay any fees asso - Tree consulting with local business owner. ciated, and then pay for the
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By Andrew Land trees have on addressing public can put trees.” May was Clean Air Month but health issues. Having joined the staff of it’s never too late to consider A January 2013 article by Dr. Friends of Trees several years the profound impact of trees Geoffrey Donovan drew a con - back, I now have the privilege of along highways for those who nection between respiratory and coordinating the organization’s live nearby. I live just blocks cardiovascular disease and tree planting events immediately east from I-5 and first took an inter - loss. To view those results in a of I-205. est in trees because I knew I different light, the study helps to At this point, I’m hoping to iden - explain why those neighbor - wanted to start a family some tify community members inter - hoods with the most tree cover day. I was hearing more and ested in acting as more about how proximity to also happen to have the lowest “Neighborhood Coordinators” – highways and problems with incidence of asthma and respira - the point people for the various the resulting air pollution can be tory disease in general. Trees communities who are there to addressed by planting trees. have also been shown to help Having heard about Friends of with relieving stress and depres - help promote trees. If you live in Photo courtesy of Green Lents Argay, Parkrose, Russell, Wilkes, Trees and the opportunity to Trees are planted during the annual Lents neighborhood planting event. sion, reducing ambient tempera - plant both residential street and tures, and even improving a Centennial, or Mill Park and yard trees at their events I real - Many of us plant trees because way a healthy tree can improve community’s level of physical would like to help, please con - ized that I had found a move - we like the idea of being able to the aesthetics of our yards, but activity. Dr. Donovan makes the tact Andrew at andrewl@friend - ment I wanted to put my weight walk out into our gardens and that doesn’t even take into excellent point that “We can’t put softrees.org soon! behind. pick fresh fruit or appreciate the account the profound effect that new parks in everywhere, but we Kids bowling rolls on in Lents By William Linden School based sports continue bowling skills while still having League Supervisor to see rising prices in order to fun. Joining the league allows Parents are faced with many keep up with changing trends each child to build new rela - options when it comes to in equipment and safety. tionships with kids their age in extracurricular activities for the At 20th Century Lanes kids this sport. children. Choices range from and teens in the Southeast Bowling is a very healthy, low arts and crafts to music and Portland area and West risk sport. The average bowler the ever popular, sports. Gresham area now have an playing (3) three games of affordable sport to join. The bowling will walk nearly a mile 20th Century Lanes Youth from their first frame to the last Bowling League, starts this frame. Bowling also burns over September, and will be coach - 100 calories per hour. ing kids in the sport of bowling, Find out more and sign up for while teaching lessons in league at sportsmanship and social con - Facebook.com/20thCenturyYo nections. Open to kids ages 4 uth. League registration starts to 17, each bowler will be August 9th through the shown how to improve their Facebook page. Oh! Festival, festival, festival! We can’t wait to go to the Slavic Festival in July!
the evening we will fea - ture a Russian language movie with English sub - titles. There will be per - formers and presenters celebrating Oregon Historical persons and celebrating the history of the State of Oregon and the City of Portland! There will be wonderful food vendors featuring Slavic culinary dishes. They will be serving from breakfast till late in This year’s festival will be cel - Lents Park, located at SE 92nd the evening. Or, you can bring ebrating the history of the Avenue and Holgate your own picnic. great State of Oregon and how Boulevard, on July 26th, 2014 We welcome one and all to the Slavic people contribute to from 10 a.m. until 11 p.m.! this year’s Slavic Festival in Oregon's growth, development All activities are free; there will Lents Park on July 26th! and culture. be children's activities, music We welcome everyone to and dance performances. In Celebrating 155 years of Oregon’s History! The Festival is partially sup - G ( D ported by a grant from East [ V R L S Portland Action Plan (EPAP). I K L I W U H V K
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East Portland Neighborhood News July 2014 Page 9 Parkrose Farmers Market to expand to Wednesday afternoons! Located on Northeast Halsey token program for SNAP and street at 125th Avenue next to Seniors who want to expand BI-MART. "We have wonderful their fresh fruit and veggie dol - traffic, stopping to shop!" The lars. They will match your dol - new location in the parking lot lars essentially doubling your of Parkrose Community United purchase power by $20 each Church of Christ is ideal, and a market day, just sign up for the wonderful addition to the program. Eastminister Community With the Wednesday Market Garden and other programs of opening at 2 PM to 7 PM there the church. "The stone fruits will be a whole new availability have been particularly wonder - to persons who might not regu - ful this year with Strawberries, Apricots and Cherries starting larly travel to Halsey on the season off right", adds Sue Saturdays, an ideal way to open Rubsam. the market to a new group of The market has a wonder possible users of organic and locally grown produce.
By Ron Glanville Also open every Saturday from Salmon is sold along with local - Parkrose Farmers Market 8 AM to 1 PM until October 11, ly laid duck and chicken eggs! opened its 6th year on May 3, 2014 it is filled with fruit and Craft vendors include jewelers, 2014 in a new location at NE vegetable farmer vendors, local candle makers, and pet treats 125th Avenue and Halsey. It craft vendors, plant growers, and pet accessories. Gardeners was an immediate success with flower grower with wonderful will find many things to like in the participation of 25 vendors bouquets. It also has a wonder - the market, like the stone craft and 800 local residents visiting ful baker with delicious pas - engraver and the trellis and on opening day. tries, and a specialty bread lawn furniture woodworking. The Parkrose Farmers Market bakery featuring sourdough and "Our new location is working will open for the summer boun - chocolate breads. There is Thai well", says Sue Rubsam; ty for ten weeks of Wednesday food and authentic Tamales, Secretary of Parkrose Farmers afternoon markets starting on plus lots of samples for items to Market; a full volunteer organi - July 2 through September 3 satisfy your appetite. Fresh and zation whose profits are given from 2 PM to 7 PM. Smoked Columbia River back to the community.
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and decision-making for the 1017 NE 117th Ave., Portland Neighborhood Office, 1017 NE healthy, complete, and stable East Portland Brownfields proj - 97220 (between Halsey + 117th, Portland 97220 neighborhoods; and promote ect. Glisan at the foot of the water - (between Halsey + Glisan at the family wage jobs. Regular meeting: 1st tower). foot of the watertower). Regular meeting: 2nd Wednesdays of the month, Everyone welcome! Everyone welcome! Mondays, 6:00 – 7:30 PM at 6:00 - 8:00 PM at David the East Portland EPAP Communications EPAP Education Douglas District Office Board Neighborhood Office, 1017 NE Committee Subcommittee East Portland Action Plan Room, 1500 SE 130th (at SE 117th Ave., Portland 97220 Purpose: To provide commu - Purpose: To advocate for (EPAP) general meeting Market & 130th). (between Halsey + Glisan at the nication support (materials and effective strategies that support Purpose: To coordinate imple - Everyone welcome! foot of the watertower). web page development, and the academic success of all mentation of action items in the Everyone welcome! EPAP Chairs translation/interpretation) to the students and to prioritize action East Portland Action Plan. Purpose: To plan for and EPAP. items in the Action Plan that Regular meeting: 4th organize the EPAP. Regular meeting: 2nd relate to education, as a means EPAP Technical Advisory Wednesdays, 6:30 - 8:30 PM Regular meeting: 2nd Tuesdays of every other to strategically address com - Committee at David Douglas District Office Tuesdays, 10:00 – 11:30 AM at Month at 6:00 PM at the East munity-identified issues. Purpose: To work collabora - Board Room, 1500 SE 130th (at the East Portland Portland Neighborhood Office, Meeting: 2nd Wednesdays, tively with municipalities to SE Market & 130th). Neighborhood Office, 1017 NE 1017 NE 117th Ave., Portland 1:30 – 3:00 PM at the David implement Action items and to Everyone welcome! 117th Ave., Portland 97220 97220 (between Halsey + Douglas District Office Board coordinate website reports of EPAP Bike Subcommittee (between Halsey + Glisan at the Glisan at the foot of the water - Room, 1500 SE 130th (at SE agency progress on specific Purpose: To provide direction foot of the watertower). tower). Market & 130th). Action items. and support to the EPAP on Everyone welcome! Everyone welcome! Regular meeting: 2nd bike-related actions and make EPAP Civic Engagement Wednesdays every quarter EPAP Housing biking safer and more fun in Subcommittee EPAP Economic beginning January 2014, 3:00 To organize cultural Subcommittee East Portland. Purpose: Development (EcDev) – 4:30 PM at the East Portland Purpose: To find common Regular meeting: 4th + language specific civic Subcommittee Neighborhood Office, 1017 NE ground in supporting a range of Tuesdays, 6:30 – 8:30 PM at engagement workshops, share Purpose: To develop a strong 117th Ave., Portland 97220 housing types in East Portland Muchas Gracias, 1307 NE curriculum, advocate for ongo - business environment which (between Halsey + Glisan at the as a means to strengthen liv - 102nd Ave., Suite K. ing funding, and advise on East strengthens existing business - foot of the watertower) able communities; encourage Everyone welcome! Portland cultural + language es, promotes new businesses, Everyone welcome! specific issues and projects. and expands family wage jobs EPAP Brownfields Regular meeting: 3rd in East Portland. PLEASE RECYCLE THIS PAPER Subcommittee Tuesdays, 6:30 PM at the East Meeting: 1st Mondays, 5:00 Purpose: To provide guidance Portland Neighborhood Office, PM at East Portland SHARE WITH A FRIEND
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Tom Badrick Annette Stanhope Troy Palmquist Ron Glanville 503-539-8704 [email protected] 503-256-5445 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Next Meeting: Next Meeting: To Be Announced Tuesday, July 15, 7:00pm Tuesday, Sept. 16, 6:30pm Thursday, Sept. 19, 6:30pm Parkrose United Methodist Church Tuesday, August 5, 5:00pm–NNO Fire Station 2 NE 111th & Knott Street FREE Event! Families bring a 4800 NE 122nd Ave picnic and enjoy fun & games 12206 NE Prescott Street
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Next Meeting/Activities: Neighborhood-wide Pot Luck Saturday, Aug. 9, 5:00pm To Be Announced Concert & Movie in the Park featuring The Lorax Tuesday, Sept. 2, 6:30pm–Board Meet Tuesday, Oct. 7, 6:30pm–General Meet Margaret Scott Elementary School Library 14700 NE Sacramento
Next Meeting/Activities: Monday, July 21, 6:30pm Thursday, Aug. 7, 4:30pm Monday, Sept. 15, 6:30pm Elvis Tribute and Movie in the Board/General Meetings Park, Glenfair Park showing The Nut Job Thursday, Sept. 25, 7:00pm Glenfair Elementary School 15300 NE Glisan
Chris Piekarski [email protected]
General Meetings Tuesday, July 22, 6:00pm To Be Announced Mill Park Elementary School 1900 SE 117th Avenue Tuesday, Aug. 26, 6:00pm Mill Park Elementary School 1900 SE 117th Avenue
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Next Meeting/Activities Monday, Sept. 8, 7:00pm Wednesday, Sept. 17, 7:00pm Thursday, July 10, 6:30pm–Board Meet Ron Russell Middle School Assurety NW Building, 3955 SE 112th classroom on north side Sunday, July 20, Dusk Movie in the Park, Lents Park Hunger Games 2 Tuesday, July 22, 7:00pm–General Meet Lents Activity Center 8835 SE Woodstock Blvd.
East Portland Neighborhood News July 2014 Page 11 The Lents Street Fair planned for July 27 East Portland Summer By Jesse Cornett • Food vendors that embrace the Portland Development The Lents Street Fair returns the culture of Lents Commission, Lents Grown and Concerts in the Park after a hiatus, ready to be better • Dozens of arts and crafts more to present the Lents Portland Parks & Recreation is Opera - Eccentric Operatic than ever. vendors Street Fair. presenting four outer East Cabaret. The park is located at The Street Fair will embrace • International Folk Music Please visit lentsstreetfair.com Portland “Concert in the Park” SE 115th & Stark Street. the quirkiness of Portland and • Bridgetown Brass Band for more information on activi - events, starting in August. Lents itself and will feature • Fun carnival style games for ties and to sign up to be August 20 Bring your picnic dinner, blan - many family friendly events. kids involved. Concert in Parklane Park – ket and low beach chairs and Following is a partial list of the • Authentic German Beer from Lents Street Fair Tonight, starting at 6:30 p.m., enjoy the show various elements of the day: Lents’ forthcoming brewpub Sunday, July 27, 2014 Portland Parks & Recreation • “Founder’s Day” parade to • Face painting Parade at 12:15pm August 6 and neighborhood organiza - honor the diversity and his - • Free basic bike repairs Street Fair from 1-8 pm. Concert in Ventura Park – tions and sponsors are hosting tory of Lents • Lents historical display SE 91st Ave from SE Foster Tonight, starting at 6:30 p.m., this musical event. Tonight, the • Chances to see and learn • Family photo booth Road to Reedway Street Portland Parks & Recreation concert features The David about the Belmont Goats The Lents Neighborhood and neighborhood organiza - Gerald Band - Contemporary • Chicken beauty contest fea - Association is proud to partner tions and sponsors are hosting Detroit Blues. The park is locat - turing the finest fowl Lents with sponsors including One this musical event. Tonight, the ed at SE 155th & Main Street. has to offer Pacific Coast Bank Foundation, concert features The Dusu Mali August 27 Band - Improvisational African Concert in Parklane Park – Jazz. The park is located at SE Tonight, starting at 6:30 p.m., 115th & Stark Street. East Portland historical overview: Portland Parks & Recreation August 13 and neighborhood organiza - Housing development in the 1950s Concert in Ventura Park – tions and sponsors are hosting Tonight, starting at 6:30 p.m., this musical event. Tonight, the Reprinted from East Portland 1953.” formed the Cooley-Wolsborn Portland Parks & Recreation concert features Copper and Historical Overview & Historic Local developer Ted Asbahr’s Construction Co. partnership in and neighborhood organiza - Coal - Vintage Country Preservation Study; Portland company helped satisfy the 1945. “During the next 17 years tions and sponsors are hosting Songstresses. The park is Bureau of Planning and need for new housing, con - [they] developed land and built this musical event. Tonight, the located at SE 155th & Main Sustainability Revised March, structing more than 600 homes approximately 2,000 homes, concert features Vagabond Street. 2009. after WWII in a large area gener - according to the Wolsborn fami - After World War II, automobiles, ally east of SE 82nd and south of ly, and most were in the David ideals, and population combined Stark. In 1946, many of these Douglas District. In 1962, the to cause cities to grow outward houses reportedly sold immedi - partnership was divided and in the form of suburbs. The ately for $5,750 to returning war each partner developed his own expansive area of East Portland veterans. (And many would later company and each company experienced a considerable be removed for Interstate 205.) built as many homes as the orig - amount of auto-oriented subur - Asbahr and his brother Carl inal partnership had built.” ban development during the were also involved in commercial The Cooley-Wolsborn homes 1940s and 1950s. construction, building the were very popular. The Godel Large areas were developed Eastgate Shopping Center at SE family enthused, “Like most during this era. In Hazelwood, for 92nd and Stark in 1950. The newlyweds, we rented until we example, most of the residential Cherry Blossom Park subdivi - could buy. We were so housing was constructed sion followed in 1953, featuring impressed by the quality, price, between 1946 and 1960. “The over 100 homes with a unique and location of Cooley-Wolsborn area was fortunate to have a touch: to identify the area, two homes that we moved into ours number of good contractors who blossoming cherry trees were in September 1953. Imagine, a created pleasant neighborhoods planted in front of each home on 1,120-square foot, 3-bedroom, – one, Cherry Blossom Park, the parking strip. one-story, full basement, single was spotlighted by the first two Sam and Bill Cooley were also garage home on a fully improved Homebuilders Association’s local developers who shaped the street for only $14,300.00!” parade of Homes in 1952 and area’s housing pattern. They
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