Selected articles from the Concordia News are published on the website, but the entire paper is available for download as well. Here’s the Concordia News – August 2008 Edition – hot off the presses (pdf ~2MB).
Monthly Archives: July 2008
Concordia News – July 2008 Edition
Selected articles from the Concordia News are published on the website, but the entire paper is available for download as well. Here’s the Concordia News – July 2008 Edition – not so hot off the presses (pdf ~2MB); apologies from your webmaster for the late post.
Keep Colwood Green – Update
As we’ve reported previously, the current property owners of the Colwood National Golf Course want to rezone 116 acres of the site from Open Space (OS) to General Industrial 2 (IG2). On May 15, 2008, Greg Frank, BDS Hearings Officer, made a recommendation to deny the applicants’ requested zone change. However the proposal must go to the Portland City Council for final determination.
The location of this open space is along the Columbia and Whitaker sloughs. These areas are sensitive wildlife areas that include fragile riparian zones and important buffers to these zones. A significant amount of riparian habitat in this area has already been lost. Losing even more of this habitat is not supported by the Comprehensive Plan’s goals for the local environment, Metro’s goal for the area, or local neighborhood plans.
The transition of this open space and habitat area to industrial use would also have a pronounced effect on local health. North and Northeast Portland already suffer from the long-term effects of environmental injustice resulting from existing and historic industrial uses in the area. The significant impact of new air and water pollution sources on the health of local residents in addition to the effects on local wildlife should not be discounted.
The CNA passed a formal resolution in opposition to the rezoning in March and remains strongly opposed to the rezoning of Colwood. CNA opposition is powerful, but we also need to participate as individuals to make our voices heard.
The Portland City Council is scheduled to hold a public hearing on September 17, 2008, 6 pm at 1221 SW 4th, prior to making a final recommendation. You can show your support to Keep Colwood Green by speaking at the hearing or submitting written testimony to the Council before September 17th. Write to Portland Council Council, 1221 SW 4th Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97204 or Fax: 503-823-3588.
You can find more information, including email contact info for all the Portland Council members, at keepcolwoodgreen.com.
Free Shopping Bags
Coming soon, some of you will get a free cloth shopping bag, compliments of the Green Team, Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods, and the Office of Neighborhood Involvement. Les Schwab Tire Center on 122nd and Division is purchasing advertising for some of our bags. They want to work with kids, so the SUN School program at Faubion School will have a contest for an environmental drawing for the outside of the bag. Alberta Cooperative Grocery Store will be sponsoring some bags for the kids contest, too. They’re also purchasing advertising for their business on another batch of bags. We are projecting delivery of the bags to start sometime between the first and middle of July. There will also be something special” in the bags for you. We will be knocking on your door to give you a bag, but if you’re not home we’ll hang it on your doorknob. Join us at a Green Team meeting, always the fourth Tuesday of the month in the Community Room at the Kennedy School. We always have room for more people committed to our environment.
Click on the link below to read another story from the Green Team about the effect cows and their methane output have on climate change.
Wading Pool Fun & Volunteer Opportunity
We are looking for volunteers to supervise the Fernhill Park Wading Pool again this summer. It is super easy…all you need to do is attend a half hour training, complete a background check, and commit to a two-hour shift of helping at the Fernhill Park Wading Pool. You are welcome to help as often as you would like, but we are so happy even when you can only help one time. When we work together, we can provide so much more for the children. The plan is to have the wading pool open on Tuesday and Thursdays, 12:00 to 4:00, July 1 through August 21st. If we get a lot of volunteers, we can keep the pool open longer on Tuesday and Thursday or possible add other days. Please give me a call if you have any questions or to put you on the volunteer schedule.
Contact: Melody Winn, 503.282.6574
Also, we have a few dollars left from the playground fund that we are going to use to purchase water toys. We always welcome donations of water toys or other things (soccer balls, hula hoops) children can use in the park. I am looking for someone to donate a badminton/volleyball net and all the supplies. Our volunteers can put them up on Tuesday and Thursday during the pool hours. There is arranged storage for all the items when they aren’t in use.
Summer Concerts in Fernhill Park 2008
The Concordia Neighborhood Association, in conjunction with Portland Parks and Recreation, is very excited to bring you another year of FREE concerts this summer. The community sponsorship and neighborhood attendance has been greater than we could have ever imagined.
Concerts are on Fridays, starting July 11th through August 1st from 6:30 P.M. to 8:00 P.M., and conclude with a special Neighbors Night Out on Tuesday, August 5th. Concerts are free to attend and you are welcome to bring your food and drink, but note there will also be food vendors, Aladdin’s Café and Hot Dog Ernie’s, at the events. We will pass the “watering can” during intermission for you to donate any amount to ensure we can continue this event in the future.
Follow the link below for a complete schedule of dates and performers:
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