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Wednesday January 5, 20227:00 PMMeeting held via Zoom AGENDA 7:00 Call to order 7:05 Introductions, review of the agenda, reading of the previous minutes and treasurer’s report 7:10 Presentation from Portland City Charter Review Committee – Melanie Billings-Yun   7:45 Approve the use funds from Legacy Account to replace trees in Median 7:55 Discuss the… Continue reading GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING

We had another successful litter clean-up on November 13 with ten or more volunteers clearing debris along St. Helens Rd from the business district to NW Riverview Drive. Thanks to Shawn Looney who is stepping aside after volunteering to organize our community clean-ups for ten years. Her husband, Dave, has been there by her side… Continue reading Thanks to Shawn Looney – 10 years coordinating Linnton’s litter clean-ups

While it may be rainy and cold out now, soon enough summer will return and the lovely plant containers along Linnton’s business district will need a helping hand watering them throughout the hot and dry summer months. Bob Hyland and Andrew Beckman helped establish and care for the drought-resilient plantings for many years. It’s now… Continue reading Volunteer needed to water and maintain business district plant containers

By Brian Hoop Both the City of Portland and Oregon Department of Environmental Quality denied permits late August that were essential to Zenith Energy’s plans for future development at their Northwest Portland oil terminal. The Linnton Neighborhood Association has been active in a broad-based coalition of environmental groups opposing Zenith’s expansion project.  First, the Portland… Continue reading City and State DEQ deny permits for Zenith Energy terminal in Linnton

By Richard Barker As some of you may have noticed, once again a driver has taken out 3 of the trees in our median on HWY 30. The accident must have happened in mid to late September and we lost the 3 trees at the northern most point of the median by the Kingsley Park… Continue reading Center Median Trees Plowed Down

By Brian Hoop Laika Studios, the Hillsboro-based stop gap animation studio, is in production on their next movie based upon the 2011 children’s novel “Wildwood,” a fantasy tale set in a magical version of Linnton’s environs of Forest Park, the St. Johns Bridge and industrial wastelands along the Willamette River. The book was illustrated by… Continue reading Laika Studios to produce animated movie based on “Wildwood”

By Richard Barker We all love our fur babies. They warm our hearts, protect our homes and entertain us with their wonderfully wacky personalities. Each one of us who has a dog can attest to wonderful (and sometimes not so wonderful) traits of our dogs’ breed. Some of us are fiercely supportive of a particular… Continue reading Business Spotlight: CoolScottieMerch

by Linnton NET team  A group of Linnton Neighborhood Emergency Team members gathered on September 5th to construct handwashing stations to be utilized in the aftermath of an earthquake. As described in our May newsletter from a NET training, following an earthquake or similar catastrophe it is critical to use clean sanitation procedures to avoid… Continue reading Linnton NET members construct emergency handwashing stations

By Brian Hoop  Initial steps have been taken to identify what happens next to build a pedestrian trail along the Willamette River Greenway. If you’ll recall in our September newsletter, we reported Representative Brad Witt and Senator Betsy Johnson had secured $810,000 in funding for the Linnton neighborhood as part of the Covid-related American Rescue… Continue reading The Willamette River Greenway and Linnton’s river pathway