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Oct 9,2008
City Council Approves Lease For Portland Hope Meadows
by shooter
The Portland City Council agreed to lease the John Ball School site to a nonprofit organization over strong opposition from the Portsmouth Neighborhood Association and residents. Portland Hope Meadows plans to build a community where foster children are placed with adoptive families to gain some stability in their lives. Families would live rent-free in exchange for adopting three to four children from the state.
Opponents to the project believe that North Portland has more than its share of public housing. They also believe the City has not involved residents in the decision there by denying them the right to due process.
This vote to lease the property to Portland Hope Meadows gives them the ability to secure grants that require a signed lease. Construction cannot begin until a land use change for the property has been approved. Much of the $12.5 million construction costs have been raised through private donations.
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Sep 30,2008
Trick or Vote!
by souk
Halloween is the one day each year we culturally expect a knock on the door and it also always falls just days before the election. You may be too old to trick-or-treat, but you're never too old to trick-or-vote. Studies show that face-to-face contact is the most effective method to boost voter turnout—increasing participation by as much as 8–12%. Trick or Vote is the nation's largest non-partisan get-out-the-vote canvass hits the streets … in costume
"Trick or Vote" is the effort of a coalition working to make targeted voter contacts in urban areas on Halloween. Just 4 days before the election, costumed volunteers will canvass low-turnout, youth-dense precincts to remind people to vote, distribute nonpartisan voter guides, and generate both grassroots and media awareness of Election Day.
After the massive canvass we'll gather again for the Ghouls and Goblins Gala, a Halloween bash of epic proportions, and boogie down th
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Sep 28,2008
Controversial Portsmouth Housing Project in Front of City Council, Again
by shooter
The Portland Hope Meadows foster care project is on the agenda for this Thursday's City Council meeting. The project would build a community of homes, on the former John Ball School site, where foster children would be placed with adoptive families to gain some stability in their lives. According to the Portland Tribune , the decision before the City Council is should the city lease the property to Hope Meadows for $1 per year. Previously, the City Council said Portland Meadows could seek the lease after meeting a number of conditions, including raising a significant portion of the projects estimated cost of $12.5 million. There is significant opposition from the neighborhood, including the Portsmouth Neighborhood Association. The opposition argues that North Portland already has too many social service programs and low-income housing projects, and that the City Council is ignoring due process by not including the neighborhood in the process and not considering any
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Sep 7,2008
Tool Time for North Portland
by shooter
Tools. We all need them, some of us love them and, often, we don't have the right one for the job at hand. If you live in North Portland there is a great place to borrow the tool you need—the North Portland Tool Library . Tucked in the basement of the historic Kenton Firehouse, NPTL serves North Portland's need for everything from a wrench to an air compressor or even a nail gun. The depth and quality of the inventory is amazing! The quarters may be cramped, but the library is well stocked with over 500 tools. In most cases, they have a deep inventory, so there's a good chance that the tool you need is available. The library operates on a first come, first served basis—it does not place tools on hold. Feel free to call ahead and check the availability of the tool you need. History The North Portland Tool Library was founded in 2004. M
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Aug 6,2008
Looking for a New Best Friend? Check Out Oregon Dog Rescue!
by pearlgirlMeet Latka My name is Latka and I'm a male German Shepherd. The shelter picked me up because I was a stray. I can be aloof with strangers at first but once I know you I am the best companion in the world! I weigh 72 lbs and I'm approx. 2 1⁄2 years old. No cats please. My adoption fee is $150. We will be at a special event Saturday, August 9th, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The Tualatin Crawfish festival located at Tualatin Community Park near the intersection of Boones Ferry Rd. and Tualatin Rd. Visit Oregon Dog Rescue for more information on Latka. Cats Aren't the Only Ones with Nine Lives There's another side of the animal adoption process that most of us never see—rescue and rehabilitation. Thanks to organizations such as Oregon Dog Rescue, we see the end result: a healthy dog in need of a good home. We don't see the lives these dogs led prior to their rescue. Some come from puppy mills, others are strays, and many others are from owners w
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Aug 5,2008
Portland Water Bureau Says, "Bring it On!" to Red Cross Blog, Blog-Off Challenge
by jenniferd
As "Blogmistress" to the city's famed Portland Water Bureau, Water Blog , I get a lot of interesting things coming through my office -- but I must say, the most interesting suggestion yet showed up in my inbox last week -- A Blog-Off, presented to the Water Blog by the local Red Cross Blog . Fearing that Water Bureau Administrator David Shaff would laugh me out of his office, I meekly presented this idea to him, because quite frankly, I thought it was pretty durn cool. Much to my delight, he agreed and even liked the idea, blessing me to go forth and blog prosper. So, beginning August 18th, Blog-Off 2008 will ensue between our two blogs. I couldn't be more excited because to be quite honest, we take blogging and The Water Blog pretty seriously around here. Though I do try to keep the Water Blog light, there is some super important information that I post on there. I know that the Red Cross Blog also posts really important stuff -- so it's mandatory for both of our blog
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