Find out how well you know Sabin - and get to know your neighborhood even better! There are three different versions of the scavenger hunt form, each with 12 questions - complete one, or finish all three. Drop completed sheets into the Sabin Scavenger Hunt Box in the Albina Library. Come to the Sabin Picnic on August 5 to receive recognition and a Sabin Badge.
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Here are some simple things you can do to attract and protect pollinators, including native bees, in your garden, courtesy of KATU and Metro's Carl Grimm... Hope to see you at the Tiny Tots Egg Hunt, sponsored by King Neighborhood Association, on Sunday April 20. It will be lots of fun and a great opportunity to meet the neighbors. It's BYOB (bring your own basket), so don't forget to bring a container.
Whole Foods on Fremont will donate 5% of its earnings on April 3 to the Portland Fruit Tree Project, which is a co-sponsor for the Sabin Community Orchard. Shoppers can also contribute produce purchased at the store, which will be donated to the SUN program at Sabin School. So, prepare your shopping list and head to the store on April 3.
"This week Hales convened a meeting with leaders of the African-American community, neighborhood and business representatives. He announced he would work to bring Trader Joe’s back to the table. He also called on the city to allocate an additional $20 million dollars in affordable housing money that would go for housing in the Interstate Urban Renewal Area, which includes the NE MLK Jr. and Alberta lot.
Listen to the interview with Maxine Fitzpatrick, Executive Director of Portland Community Reinvestment Initiative, here. "Neighbors on Northeast 35th Place looked outside one morning last fall to see a man eyeing the views as he went up, up, up -- higher than the brick ranch house at number 3419. He was a builder preparing to raze the existing home, valued by county tax assessors at $839,000, and replace it with two new homes, each expected to cost as much as $1 million. Neighbors, who peppered nearby streets with “Stop the Demo” signs, hate the idea. But there’s nothing they can do."
Read more here. Listen to the interview here.
"Something insidious is happening and Portland’s traditional neighborhoods are seeing the cumulative effects of the growing epidemic of the demolition of single-family homes. There is something at work here…perhaps it’s the combination of house “flippers,” people who like closer-in locations but want a house that’s brand new…BUT how can the costs of acquisition, demolition, and new construction be anything but enormous? Perhaps that’s beside the point. What we do know is that in early-December, 2013 the city had already issued at least 230 demolition permits for the year-to-date. Residents in SE and NE Portland have sounded the alarm bells, knowing all too well that among the impacts are the continuing loss of the qualities that make up a neighborhood’s character and its physical identity."
Read the rest of the article by Cathy Galbraith at Portland Preservation blog. |
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