100th Birthday Party for Mt. Tabor
Park
The
celebrated Get A Life Marching Band
brought a rousing conclusion to the
Mount Tabor Park Centennial
Celebration August 1-2. Dave
Hillman, longtime MTNA stalwart and
a founder of the Friends of Mt.
Tabor Park, was a primary
organizer of the festivities, which
drew thousands of spectators,
participants and volunteers to the
park.
Click
here to read an account from the
Oregonian. And click
here for a photo page.
TriMet overrides MTNA objection to 2-way bus
service on Lincoln Street
TriMet will resume both-way Line
71 bus service on Lincoln Street
over the opposition of the MTNA. A
neighborhood consensus on the issue
is lacking, TriMet said, even though
the association voted 26-10 at its
April meeting in favor of a
"couplet" rerouting of the bus line
when the buses return to Lincoln and
proponents had collected 250
signatures in favor of the move.
(Check out the MTNA's letter to
TriMet
here)
Line 71 buses were rerouted from
Lincoln about two years ago to
accommodate city Water Bureau work
at the east end of Lincoln. Under a
"couplet" proposal backed by the
MTNA, eastbound buses would have
been shifted off Lincoln to Division
Street, a move that proponents said
would make Lincoln safer for
bicyclists and pedestrians.
Despite the MTNA vote, TriMet
said, there is still no neighborhood
consensus on the bus routing issue..
"Given this lack of consensus and
TriMet’s strong concerns about the
significant difficulties of
communicating with riders when
inbound and outbound bus stops are
on different streets, TriMet has
decided against pursuing the couplet
idea and does not intend to further
review this matter," Jon L. Joseph,
TriMet Marketing Programs
Coordinator, said in a letter to
MTNA President Bruce Treat.
Treat said the TriMet response
was "disheartening," adding, "I'm
glad that other organizations don't
so easily disregard positions taken
by MTNA like TriMet does or we would
be in trouble."
Joseph said the resumption of
full Line 71 service on Lincoln was
tentatively scheduled to start June
21.
MTNA seeks
continued funding for neighborhood
cleanup programs
County government Metro is
thinking of cancelling or greatly
reducing grants that help MTNA
and other neighborhood associations
run neighborhood cleanups.
See MTNA's letter to Metro
Councilor Robert Liberty saying why
Metro should continue
supporting the cleanups.
Help plan the
routes of an expanded streetcar
system
Portland’s Streetcar System Plan
wants to hear from the Mt. Tabor
Neighborhood Association about
potential streetcar corridors in our
neighborhood. Position letters are
due by the end of year. The
potential streetcar corridors that
would potentially affect our
neighborhood include:
o SE Hawthorne Blvd./SE 50th Ave.
o SE Belmont St.
o E Burnside St.
See the project website for more
information:
http://www.portlandonline.com/transportation/index.cfm?&c=46134
(A map showing potential routes is
on the second page of this two-page
document.)
The responses will be reviewed by
the System Advisory Committee, which
is gauging reaction from the
community.
New Seasons
coming to Hawthorne Blvd in 2010
New Seasons now hopes to open its
new Hawthorne Blvd. Store by October
2010, more than a year later than
originally planned
Under revised plans, the new market,
at SE 40th and SE Hawthorne, will
have about 17,000 square feet of
selling space and could occupy the
entire block. Some neighbors
doubted whether the new store will
have adequate parking, and the store
in its revised plan has increased
customer parking from 17 slots to 37
on the second story roof.
New Season executives say they are
pleased to kept this former site of
the Daily Grind, one of Portland’s
oldest natural food stores, under
local ownership.Daily Grind,
occupied the site for more than 20
years before it was closed in 2007.
New Seasons could face stern
competition from the upgraded Fred
Meyer a block and a half away on
Hawthorne.
City
Council Passes Resolution Regarding
Tabor Maintenance Yard
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED,
that the Portland City Council
supports the updating of
the Mt. Tabor Park Master Plan
to include the parcel commonly
referred to as the Mt. Tabor Park
Central Maintenance Yard, and
including the Nursery and Long
Block, in a process that follows
the Public Involvement proposal
brought forth by the Mt Tabor Joint
Committee; and re...
Updated Hawthorne Site Features
Business Search and Map
By David Wagner, HBBA
Volunteer Writer
The Hawthorne Boulevard Business
Association (HBBA) recently
completed their overhaul of the
ThinkHawthorne website. More
current than a phonebooklisting,
www.thinkhawthorne.com/explore
can provide you with information
for businesses all along the
boulevard.
Hungry? Visit the site and type
"restaurant" into the search
field to get a complete listing
of the wonderful eateries and
bistros on Hawthorne. Want more
information? Members of the HBBA
often have a description of
their fare, hours, a photo, and
an email contact in addition to
their phone number and address.
Can't remember the name, but
know roughly where it is? The
ThinkHawthorne site also boasts
an interactive map. Simply click
on a section of blocks, and see
all the businesses on that side
of the block. Check it out and
be amazed by the number of
businesses on Hawthorne.
Questions or corrections? Email:
think@thinkhawthorne.com.
Clean
River Rewards, the City's
stormwater discount program, is
now available.
Contain the rain and earn
stormwater discounts on your
City Utility Bill!! You may
qualify for Clean River Rewards
if you contain rainwater on your
property and prevent stormwater
runoff from polluting the City's
rivers and streams. Your
discount may be worth as much as
35% of your basic stormwater
management charge.
Register online at
www.CleanRiverRewards.com
and your utility account will be
updated immediately, and your
discount will appear on your
next utility bill. Or, if your
property is a single-family
residence, register by
touch-tone telephone by dialing
503-823-1371 and following
the instructions.
Visit
www.CleanRiverRewards.com to
learn more about ways to manage
stormwater runoff or to review a
schedule of stormwater
workshops and discount
registration classes. This web
site also provides information
about utility rates and charges
as well as ways to receive
financial assistance.
Call 503-823-1371 to order a
discount registration packet or
a packet of technical
information about ways to manage
stormwater runoff or send an
email to:
cleanrivers@bes.ci.portland.or.us
Citizens
Hold Meeting About Sale of Mt.
Tabor Park Land
At the Same Time City Says
Park for Lease, Not for Sale
Citizens gathered for an
informational meeting at the Mt.
Tabor
Presbyterian Church last
night, November 13, to share
what they had
learned about
the City's plan to sell a part
of Mt. Tabor Park to
Warner Pacific College.
The room overflowed with
over 50 people in attendance
even though the
meeting was quickly
organized and announced with
only a few days
notice. Some citizens found
out only a few hours before the
meeting..
