Category: Notices
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>Portland Is Better Together!
> Portland City Council went into the community this afternoon to launch an initiative to encourage and better connect Portlanders to resources they might need during the national downturn that has hit families and businesses particularly hard. “My City Council colleagues and I understand the importance of having a strong support network in place at…
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>N/NE Patching Up Old Wounds
>Steve Law with the Portland Tribune has a recent article on touches upon many of the events over the last 60 years that have impacted Portland’s African-American community. At the end of the article, I found the following detailed events very eye opening… 1948: Flooding overruns Vanport, a wartime city near present-day Delta Park in…
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>PNA Bylaws
>The PNA Board has unanimously* voted to present the following alterations to our bylaws: Change general meetings from monthly to quarterly. Our goal with this change is to allowthe board more time to organize meetings that are more productive and beneficial. Repeal board term limits. Currently the bylaws limit board position participation totwo years. Two…
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>PNA Email List
> From Historical Pics If you are not already on our email list, you sign up by popping over to http://www.piedmontneighborhood.com/ and then clicking the Mailing List link. Emails from the PNA go out about once a month. Of course, we will never share or sell the information you submit.
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>Parks Budget Cuts
> This Saturday, Portland Parks & Recreation is holding a public meeting where the public can hear about and respond to their budget cuts. One of the proposed “efficiencies” is to close Peninsula Park Community Center (PPCC) daily at 5pm. While we all understand that tough choices must be made given the current economic climate,…
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