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Wednesday May 5, 2021 | 7:00 PM | Meeting held via Zoom Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/82104562510?pwd=eGo0dmpvcHh2ZEpqYVdrQXRkYm00dz09 Meeting ID: 821 0456 2510Passcode: 139916One tap mobile+16699006833,,82104562510#,,,,*139916# US (San Jose)+12532158782,,82104562510#,,,,*139916# US (Tacoma) Dial by your location        +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)        +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)        +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)        +1 929 205 6099 US (New York)        +1 301… Continue reading General Membership Meeting: Wednesday, May 5, 2021

Three positions are open in the May election. Elections will take place during the July 7th General Meeting at 7pm.  Vice Chair:  • Attend General membership meetings bi-monthly • Attend any interim meetings called by the chairperson • Attend meetings of Neighbors West-Northwest monthly • Create Agenda and conduct General Membership meetings should the Chair… Continue reading Board Elections July 2021

9:00 AM, Linnton Community Center  10614 NW St. Helens Rd. Help keep Linnton’s main thoroughfare clean. Remove litter along NW St. Helens Rd./Hwy 30 from Riverview Rd. to NW 107th Ave. If enough people join us the cleanup should only take two hours. We should have extra gloves but bring your own, just in case. … Continue reading Linnton Neighborhood Litter Cleanup: Saturday, May 22

By Brian Hoop  ODOT is developing plans to repave U.S. Hwy 30 (St. Helens Rd.) between NW Bridge Avenue and NW Saltzman Road. The project, as currently proposed, will also replace two signals at the south end of Bridge Ave. and NW Front Ave., update and install curb ramps to American with Disabilities Act standards,… Continue reading ODOT planning to repave US 30 South of NW Bridge Ave.

By  Nancy Hiser A Neighborhood Emergency Team (NET) online training on sanitation happily titled, “You Survive the Earthquake But Die of Dysentery,” was presented by a Portland NET member and physician who began, “Those involved with sanitation following a catastrophic event will be more likely to save more lives than the rescue and medical team.”… Continue reading Neighborhood Challenge: Build Handwashing Stations to Win Free Ice Cream

By Brian Hoop  In the March 2021 newsletter issue we covered how Portland is a key participant in a $550 million nationwide settlement with Monsanto due to environmental contamination caused by PCBs, a harmful compound found in sediment at the Portland Harbor. Cathedral Park and Linnton neighborhood leaders tracking this issue have advocated for half… Continue reading Neighbors’ Brainstorm of Ideas to Fund from Monsanto Settlement Contributes to Legislators’ request in response to federal stimulus

Community Café Conversation: “What is the difference between  tokenization and inclusion?”  Friday, May 7 (11:00 – 12:00), and Thursday, May 20 (5:30 – 6:30)  Active Allies Workshop: Introduction to Intersectionality  Thursday, May 27 (5:00 – 7:00),  Community Café Conversation: “How can we spark diversity conversations in our neighborhoods?”  Friday, June 4 (11:00 – 12:00) and  Thursday, June 17… Continue reading Events with Neighbors west-northwest

 By Andrew Beckman The Neighborhood Emergency Team (NET) needs SUVs. No, not sport utility vehicles but what emergency management folks ingloriously call Spontaneous Unaffiliated Volunteers. These are people like you who want to help their neighbors in an emergency.  Maybe you have a chainsaw and can cut trees that have fallen across roads.  Maybe you… Continue reading Calling all SUVs

By Sarah Taylor, introduction by Brian Hoop A change to the boundaries of the Linnton Neighborhood Association has been proposed and discussed at several recent meetings that will be presented for consideration at the May 5th neighborhood meeting. Cause for the boundary change is a result of the adjoining NW Industrial Neighborhood Association dissolving leaving… Continue reading Boundary changes for Linnton

By Kelly Stevens Seeing Anderson Roofing Company on a daily basis is the norm for many Linntonites as we drive along Highway 30 and pass their property abutting NW Saltzman Road. Established in 1952, Anderson Roofing is a tight-knit, family company. Anderson started in a small shop on NE Glisan, moved to NW Saint Helens… Continue reading LNA business Spotlight: Anderson Roofing Company