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By Brian Hoop Have you seen the yard signs saying, “Learn How to Protect Your Home from the Front Door to the Forest.” The Linnton community has been part of the Firewise Program since 2020, a program designed to help residents protect their homes that exist in a wildland-urban interface (WUI) due to our proximity… Continue reading Sign Up for An Assessment to Make Your Home Firewise

“It takes a village to raise a child,” says a well known African proverb. Likewise, this is a challenge to Linnton residents to step up and financially support a very unique community resource – our own independent community center. How your donations can help: • $1,000 allows the food pantry to purchase a week’s produce… Continue reading Donate to Your Community Center

By Brian Hoop The Linnton Community Center continues to grow under the leadership of Executive Director Susy Kristin. There are currently 4 full time and 5 part time employees serving our community with child enrichment programs, a food pantry, and various recreational activities. For more info: go to https://linntoncommunitycenter.org, call 503-286-4990, or email activitycoordinator@linnton.com. Learn… Continue reading Linnton Community Center updates – Winter 2025

By Nancy Hiser With forecasts of more unstable weather and the arrival of winter, my household was reminded of several power outages in the last few years that we endured with no power.  We have fireplaces we used to heat two rooms.   Fortunately, our power outages were not as long-lived as others experienced, but… Continue reading Portable Power Sources

By Nancy Hiser Multnomah County’s Board of Commissioners first discussed requiring liquid fuel facilities to adopt risk bonding in 2016.  Little was publicly known about the measure to insure that facilities would assume financial responsibility for any damages they cause so that those costs would not fall to the government and the taxpayers.   A… Continue reading Multnomah County Vote on Risk Bonding Ordinance for Tank Farm

By Nancy Hiser  Jeremy Van Keuren, PBEM’s Community Resilience Manager, will present at the Linnton neighborhood meeting on February 5th.   Our community resilience has been the focus of the Linnton NET (Neighborhood Emergency Team) for 10 years and neighborhoods have become more resilient because residents are better connected with each other.  Given our risks,… Continue reading Learn How You Can Prepare For Disasters at Feb. LNA Meeting 

By Nancy Hiser Following a decade of local advocacy efforts around Linnton’s air quality–meetings with Oregon’s DEQ and the U.S. EPA, taking air samples, writing reports, drafting legislative proposals, and more–help has arrived! The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found that some fuel storage tanks may not minimize or prevent emissions so they are studying nine… Continue reading Fenceline Air Monitoring at Oregon’s Critical Energy Infrastructure Hub

By Nancy Hiser Water will have many uses following an emergency: drinking, cooking, sanitation.    Why is water important?  • You can live many days without food but not without water. • A normally active person should drink 2 quarts every day, up to double that when it’s hot or you are physically active. A… Continue reading Water Storage – Be Prepared for Emergencies

By Brian Hoop A suit was filed December 3 seeking judicial relief via the Circuit Court of Oregon to clear the remaining barriers to allow construction to proceed for the Willamette River Greenway Trail.  The project is a federally funded effort to create a riverfront park area to serve the residents of Linnton.  It would… Continue reading Court Suit Filed to Move Greenway Trail Forward

Wednesday, February 57:00 PM to 9:00 PMLinnton Community Center Upper Meeting Room10614 NW St. Helens Rd 7:00 pm Welcome and Introductions 7:15 pm Presentation about emergency planning – Jeremy Van Keuren, City of Portland Bureau of Emergency Management 7:45 pm LNA ORGANIZATIONAL UPDATES • Discussion and vote on Amendments to our bylaws • New 501c3 status… Continue reading Meeting Agenda