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STAR PUBLISHING INC. STAR THE HOLLYWOOD PREP FOOTBALL PREVIEW Find the fall schedule for your neighborhood team. PAGE 24 StarH SERVING NORTHEAST AND NORTH METROPOLITANHNEWS PORTLAND NEIGHBORHOODS H SEPTEMBER 2015 H VOLUME 33, NUMBER 3 H SECRET SAUCE Thrive Sauce & Bowls will open in the former Alameda Cafe space in Beaumont Village. PAGE 6 LaurelhurstLOVING KATHY EATON: OUT AND ABOUT PHOTOS BY: JUDY NELSON OUT AND ABOUT This month Kathy and Judy visit Northeast Portland’s Laurelhurst neighborhood, where they find 18-month-old Meklit welcoming visitors to a concert in Laurelhurst Park on a sunny Sunday afternoon. PAGE 14 MUST-SEE MURAL Recent Grant High grads make their mark on the neighborhood where they grew up. PAGE 10 IT TAKES A VILLAGE We Village has opened a flexible child care center on Northeast Broadway. PAGE 4 GET SUGARED Anna Long at The Portland Girl uses a mix of sugar, lemon juice and water to remove BEAUTIFUL BOOKS Artist and writer Marilyn unwanted LUX LIFE Katie Robinson has opened Lux Boutique, a new, Stablein creates unique, handmade art objects. PAGE 20 hair. PAGE 19 used and vintage shop in the Hollywood district. PAGE 7 97208 SIGNATURE GRAPHICS SIGNATURE PORTLAND, OREGON 97213 OREGON PORTLAND, PORTLAND, OR PORTLAND, PAID 2000 NE 42ND AVENUE PMB 142 PMB AVENUE 42ND NE 2000 POSTAGE U.S. NORTH AND NORTHEAST METRO NEIGHBORHOODS METRO NORTHEAST AND NORTH STANDARD NEWS STAR HOLLYWOOD THE PRESORTED H 2 THE HOLLYWOOD STAR NEWS WWW.STAR-NEWS.INFO: SERVING NORTHEAST AND NORTH PORTLAND NEIGHBORHOODS SEPTEMBER 2015 HSTAR DEVELOPMENT NEWS The Hollywood Star News Efforts to curb residential Lewis, 61, as a suspect in the death of his Serving North and Northeast tenant Renée Standidge, 59. Police found Portland Metropolitan Neighborhoods. demolition continue Standidge’s body in the basement of the Published monthly in Northeast Portland. Barbara Strunk of United house that was razed. www.star-news.info Neighborhoods for Reform, a citywide Victor Remmers of Everett Custom coalition of neighborhood representatives Homes told the Hollywood Star News that Mailing Address pushing review and tightening of he acquired the property earlier this year 2000 N.E. 42nd Ave. PMB 142 Portland’s real property demolition and will build three new houses on larger, Portland, OR 97213 regulations, told the Hollywood Star 40-foot-wide lots. The four-square vintage Office Address News that UNR is promoting reform of lot American structures will have three 3939 N.E. Hancock, Suite 303 splitting, residential infill and accessory bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and Portland, OR 97213 dwelling regulations. individual driveways to detached garages To prevent demolitions spurred by in the backyards. Phone 503-282-9392 existing allowable lot-splitting, UNR Remmers said Everett Homes secured Mary DeHart Owner and Publisher urged residents to write Portland City BY PHILL COLOMBO a demolition permit at the beginning [email protected] Commissioners, asking them to remove [email protected] of July after he presented his plans “lots of record” and “lot remnants” to a June meeting of the Roseway Larry Peters Sales Manager language from the zoning code’s Title several years and affirmed that ADUs can Neighborhood Association. “Reaction [email protected] 33.110 that covers single dwellings. help fill this void. from the neighborhood was generally Nancy Woods Editor Detailed information is available at To promote ADUs, UNR lobbied for positive,” Remmers said. “As a matter [email protected] http://www.fixportlandzoning.com/. ADUs to be “…limited to existing houses of fact, some said it was about time Strunk said Portland’s residential infill only. Allowing ADUs to be built at the something happened on the property. Phill Colombo process continues to seek members for same time as new construction can Even demolition opponents told me that Community Development Reporter the Stakeholder Advisory Committee. only act as an incentive to demolition. that house had to come down, so we’re [email protected] cleaning up that property.” “Neighborhood representation is very All the positive benefits that we feel can Kathy Eaton Community Liaison important, so UNR urges citizens to come from ADUs could be eliminated A neighbor watching the demolition [email protected] consider applying to be a member of entirely with this provision,” the letter at the beginning of August told the this committee,” she said. Information is recommended. Hollywood Star News that she and others Lisa Chiba Perkins available at http://www.portlandoregon. Strunk said UNR’s Demolition- were relieved when they learned that the Graphic Designer gov/bps/infill. Development Resolution, the result of a houses to be built would be compatible [email protected] with other structures in the neighborhood In a letter to the Bureau of Planning two-year effort supported by 43 Portland Ted Perkins and Mary Ann Seeger and that the property was finally being and Sustainability, UNR affirmed positive neighborhood associations, calls for Digital Media Production developed rather than being vacant. use of Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs). preservation of neighborhood livability, [email protected] “ADUs are a way to provide affordable sustainability and affordable housing. [email protected] housing or income to allow people to Neighbors, businesses invited remain in their homes,” the letter said. Three new houses will replace to review and comment James Bash and Janet Goetze “They are a way to increase density Contributing Writers Central Northeast Neighbors (CNN) (without teardowns) and preserve abandoned Roseway home coalition and Portland’s Bureau of Judy Nelson and Jane Perkins the existing livable character of a Structure demolition on a five-lot Planning and Sustainability will host Contributing Photographers neighborhood.” The letter went on to property at 3934 N.E. 66th Ave. began a review and comment session on two say that UNR is certain Portland has lost August 6 after the property had been Greg Schott Circulation discussion drafts of the Comprehensive far too many smaller, entry-level homes vacant more than a year. 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Beninati and Gorsky supervise 30 Charles L. Darby, MD Marjorie J. Hrbek, MD Carol R. Stampfer, PMHNP child care specialists and Luis A. Valls, PhD, MD Charles M. Wood, MD hope to have 200 families enrolled by the end of September. (Phill Colombo) framework to guide Portland’s growth and at the same time. Mary Lee Baker, MD Kristan C. Collins, MD Michael G. Mazzotta, MD development over the next two decades Beninati has evolved her responsibilities Hilary R. Basco, MD June M. DeSimone, MD Emily W. Puterbaugh, MD through 2035. to coordinating behind-the scenes George W. Bengtson, MD Melissa A. Hahn, MD Anne F. Vestergaard, MD The draft plan includes a land use map, operations, but she can still be found Kurt Kemmerer, PMHNP policy document and a list of needed welcoming parents and kids in her own public facilities, i.e., places where the personal, vibrant manner.