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Social Equity Toolkit: What is it and how do I use it? Neighborhood Association Bylaws Compliance Review Doing your part to promote social equity in your Neighborhood Association Volunteer Management / Conducting Board Meetings Nonprofit Board Member Governance Training   Doing your part to promote social equity in your Neighborhood Association

By Nancy Hiser With climate-related disasters on the rise and our unique community risks, part of everyone’s preparation should include knowing what digital resources will be helpful. Here are easy resources to adopt. Most are free for Android and iOS. By printing some information out, you will have hard copies when you need them and… Continue reading Digital Resources For Resilience 

Join your Linnton neighbors to help pick up litter along St. Helens Rd. / Hwy 30 on Saturday, April 20 at 9 AM. Meet at the Linnton Community Center, NW 10614 NW St. Helens Rd.  We’ll be covering both sides of the road from NW 107th Ave. to NW Riverview Dr. at the north end… Continue reading Neighborhood Litter Clean-Up, Saturday,April 20

By Nancy Hiser and Shawn Looney The Linnton Neighborhood Association and Tank the Tanks urge everyone to sign the petition link at the end. Below is the text. Dear Governor, Oregon Legislators, DEQ Director, Multnomah County Commissioners, Portland City Council, Metro Council, Oregon Federal Delegation:  We are deeply concerned about the threat posed by fossil… Continue reading Community Safety And The CEI Hub Petition

By Ed Jones, LNA Chair There was a time — more than fifty years ago — when Linnton’s Kingsley Park was a center of community activity. Now, many residents do not even know where it is. In 1960, downtown Linnton was both run-down and vital; a narrow street lined with stores, a bank, a barber… Continue reading Kingsley’s Resurrection

By Gail Curtis Ah, the smell of fresh parsley and tomatoes! Spring is around the corner and so are community garden plots. Kinglsey Park Community Garden, located at 11498 NW St Helens Road (north of the Shell Station) in Kingsley Park, is one of 60 City of Portland Parks and Recreation community gardens. The garden… Continue reading Kingsley Park Community Garden News

By Andrew Beckman The Portland Bureau of Emergency Management (PBEM) has proposed changes to the Neighborhood Emergency Team (NET) program. NETs are Portland residents trained to provide emergency disaster assistance within their own neighborhoods after a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake.  While this remains a primary concern of the program, NETs are increasingly deployed in more… Continue reading Proposed Neighborhood Emergency Team Realignment

By Ed Jones The Linnton neighborhood has long suffered from industrial light spill. But it is not just people who find those lights annoying, birds do not like them either, and can become distracted and lost. On behalf of those birds, Portland Audubon has started a Bird-Safe Campaign. Mary Coolidge, the Bird-Safe Campaign Coordinator, will… Continue reading Dark Skies And Safe Birds – Guest Speaker At March 6th Meeting

Do you think it’s a good idea to greet newcomers to Linnton? Provide a package of information welcoming them to our community to orient them and encourage them to engage? Volunteers worked hard for months on this project. Research was done, content was created, and graphics added. The Neighborhood Association funded printing and folders. We identified a… Continue reading Welcoming Newcomers To Linnton

Interested in having a say in guiding efforts to improve livability in the Linnton neighborhood? Nominations are now being accepted for board officer positions. The Linnton Neighborhood Association’s annual membership meeting and board elections will take place on Wednesday, May 1. All board officer positions must be elected each year. Those positions include chairperson, who… Continue reading Nominations Accepted For Annual Board Elections