Category Archives: Events
42nd Avenue Business Breakfast
Hosted by: Roses Ice Cream
5011 NE 42nd Ave.
Friday March 25
9-10:30am
Featuring Local State Representative Lew Frederick.
Agenda includes:
- Legislative Session Update
- Local Networking
- Pancake Breakfast
Please RSVP via phone (971.361.9923) or email.
Comprehensive Plan Proposed Zoning – Neighborhood Discussion Drop-In Hours
Nan Stark, City Planner / NE District Liaison for the Bureau of Planning Services (BPS), will be in the McMennamins Kennedy School Community Room from 4:30 – 6:45 pm on Wednesday March 16th to talk with Concordia property owners who received Measure 56 proposed R5 to R2.5 zone change notices.
She will also be available to talk about the status of the Comprehensive Plan Update and related topics. Her contact info is:
503-823-3986
nan.stark@portlandoregon.gov
www.portlandoregon.gov/bps
These proposed changes will also be discussed during the monthly CNA Land Use & Transportation Committee (LUTC) meeting that follows from 7 – 9 pm.
CNA Board & General Meeting – March 8th, 6pm
The board of directors of Concordia Neighborhood Association will meet at 6pm on March 8th at McMenamin’s Kennedy School Community Room. The board meeting will be followed immediately at 7pm by a meeting of the general membership. The draft agendas for both meetings are below.
BOARD MEETING – 6pm
6:00 – 6:05pm Roll Call, Establish Quorum
6:05 – 6:10pm CONSENT AGENDA Approval/Amend Prior Board Meetings Minutes
6:11 – 6:15pm Treasurer’s Report
6:16 – 6:28pm Public Comment (limited to 3 min per speaker)
6:29 – 6:40pm Old Business
- Mark Charlesworth end of board term
- Policies and Proceedures Committee Folow-up
- Egg Hunt Status
- Yard Sale Event
6:41 – 7pm New Business
- Recruitment of Board Member to fill vacant seats
- Resignation from Concordia News Mary Wiley and update by Susan Trabucco
- Request to modify good neighbor agreement by Lorna Fast Buffalo Horse, Principal, Alliance High School
- Policy regarding those seeking public office campaigning at CNA meeting
Following may have to occur during general meeting
Community and Committee Reports (Each Committee to please provide written Summary for each board member, prefer report submitted prior to meeting with discussion reserved for meeting)
1. Media Committee 2. Land Use Committee 3. Social Committee
4. Clean-Up Committee 5. Roles & responsibilities Committee 6. Policies and Procedures Committee
GENERAL MEETING – 7pm
- Status of Mayors Homeless Campsites
- Air Quality issues (Bulls Eye Glass etc.)
- Building the Concordia News
- Radon issues
- City of Portland NET Update and Tools for Survival
- Update on Planning Social Committee Spring Social Events:
a) Egg Hunt
b) Community Clean-up/Recycle Event.
c) Board member vacancy
Future Families of Vernon Mixer March 6
The Vernon IB World School PTA is hosting the Future Families of Vernon Mixer on Sunday, March 6, 2016 from 3:00 – 5:00 PM at McMenamins Kennedy School Community Room. McMenamins Kennedy School is located at 5732 NE 33rd Ave., Portland, OR 97211. Children are welcome.
The Future Families of Vernon Mixer offers current and prospective Vernon families a casual opportunity to learn more about Vernon and the community that supports our neighborhood school.
Neighborhood families can enjoy complimentary snacks and talk to prospective and current Vernon families about:
- Preparing their child for kindergarten.
- Determining whether Vernon is the right school for their family.
- Getting involved and meeting other Vernon families.
Families are encouraged to come to the mixer to learn more about Vernon’s:
- Global International Baccalaureate (IB) program and how IB students often outperform students from other programs.
- Weekly special classes including art, music, PE, library, technology, Mandarin and Spanish.
- On-site before and after-care programs offered by the YMCA and SUN (Schools Uniting Neighborhoods).
- Two vibrant, active school gardens and a Garden Studies teacher.
“The Future Families of Vernon Mixer is the perfect place to meet current Vernon families and learn about all the awesome things going on at the school. We’re an engaged group of parents, teachers, and community members working hard to make sure our kids have a great place to learn. Join us at the Mixer on March 6th to learn more about our great school and community,” said Lindsay Corliss, Vernon parent and PTA member.
Learn more about Vernon IB World School at the Future Families of Vernon Mixer on Sunday, March 6, 2016 at McMenamins Kennedy School Community Room.
For more information, please contact Lindsay Corliss at (503) 750-6670, or lindsaycorliss@gmail.com.
Summer Concerts in Fernhill Park Needs Y-O-U
A Call to Business Owners, Families, and Individuals!
There’s no better way to spend a warm and breezy summer evening than gathering with friends and neighbors in Fernhill Park for music, dancing and family fun! For the last eleven summers, the Fernhill Concert Series has been a smashing success- offering the finest musical talents that Portland has to offer free of charge! This year it all happens on four Friday nights starting July 8th through July 29th and ends with a big shebang on Tuesday August 2nd for our Concordia Neighborhood National Night Out! The CNA Fernhill Concert Committee has begun the long, hard slog of fundraising for the Summer Concert Series, but we need your help to raise enough money to fund all five concerts! So, if you have the means, PLEASE DONATE! We are looking for local businesses and individuals to donate anything they can to help make the concerts happen! It doesn’t matter if you are a business owner, a family, or an individual, WE NEED YOU to help raise the money to produce another memorable concert season in Fernhill Park.
If you would like to help the CNA Fernhill Concert Committee fundraise for this year’s fabulous season, please contact Katie Ugolini at social@concordiapdx.org or 503-449-9690. HELP SUPPPORT THE POWER OF LIVE MUSIC TO BRING OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER!
Furthermore, if you are a business, institution, or individual and want to be a Fernhill Concert Series Sponsor by contributing $300 or more, you will receive these awesome benefits of sponsorship:
•Opportunity to have promotional table at all 5 concerts to display, give or sell items.
•A chance to give to your neighborhood
•A tax deductible contribution staying “close to home”
•Your Business Name Recognized:
Here are the options:
Please join us at the concert sponsorship level that is comfortable for you!
Champion Sponsor: $3,000
Presenting sponsor status for one night of a concert series
Opportunity to emcee and welcome audience to the concert
Logo or name on the concert banner, select Summer Free for All movie screens, season brochure and neighborhood flyer
Listed as presenting sponsor in the season brochure and the neighborhood flyer
Listed on the PP&R Summer Free for All website
Recognized from the stage at all concerts
Thanked in Concordia News and on the CNA Website and recognition in the SFFA final report
Listed in the newspaper guide distributed in seven languages
Invitation to sponsor night
Major Sponsor: $1,250 and up
Logo or name on concert banner, one Summer Free for Allmovie screen, season brochure and neighborhood flyer
Listed on the PP&R Summer Free for All website
Recognized from the stage at all concerts
Thanked in Concordia News and on CNA Website
Name listed in the newspaper guide distributed in seven languages
Contributing Sponsor: $600 and up
Name in bold on the concert banner
Name in bold in the season brochure and on neighborhood flyer
Listed on the PP&R Summer Free for All website
Thanked in Concordia News and on the CNA Website
Good Neighbor Sponsor: $300 and up
Name listed on the neighborhood flyer
Listed on the PP&R Summer Free for All website
Thanked in the Concordia News and on the CNA Website
Any sponsor may have a promotional table at the concerts they are supporting.
Sponsorship commitments are needed by April 1 but payment is not due until June 1, 2016 to be included in promotional material. If you are a business, please let us know how you would like to participate as a sponsor by contacting Lynn Shisler, Concert Production Manager at lynn.shisler@portlandoregon.gov. If paying by check, make checks payable to Portland Parks & Recreation/Fernhill Concerts and mail to Portland Parks & Recreation, ATTN: Lynn Shisler, Concerts: 6437 SE Division St., Portland, OR 97206. CREDIT CARDS ALSO ACCEPTED.
CNA Board Meeting – Tuesday, February 9th, 7pm – Kennedy School. Come one, come all!
Concordia Neighborhood Ass sciation
Board Meeting
February 9, 2016
Kennedy School Community Room 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
DRAFT Agenda
| 7:00 – 7:05 pm | Roll Call, Establish Quorum, Acknowledge Guests & Visitors
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7:05 – 7:10 pm
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CONSENT AGENDA Approval/Amend Prior Board Meetings Minutes
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| 7:11 – 7:20 pm
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| 7:20 – 7:35 pm | Public Comment (limited to 3 min per speaker) | ||
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7:36 – 7:45 pm |
Old Business Demolition of 4907 NE 35th Ave. Policies and Procedures Committee Folow-up
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| 7:45 – 8:15 pm | New Business
1. Installation of New Board Members 2. Review of Board Members obligations regarding attendance and participation 3. Recommendations for 2016 Goals and Objectives 4. Request to support Overlook Neighborhood association letter 5. Funding Spring Egg Hunt 6. Yard Sale Status (No Organizer at this time) 7. Board Member assignment to committees and programs to take place in 2016 (i.e. who will serve on neighborhood clean up or summer concerts 8. Review of Board Member Participation and Attendance Requirements. 9. What will the focus or speaker for March General Meeting 10. Volunteers for General Meeting (welcome, place large General Meeting announcing meeting) 11. Proposal for Meet the Chair at 6
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| 8:00 – 8:30pm | Community and Committee Reports (Each Committee to please provide written Summary for each board member, prefer report submitted prior to meeting with discussion reserved for meeting)
1. Media Committee 2. Land Use Committee 3. Social Committee 4. Clean-Up Committee 5. Roles & responsibilities Committee 6. Policies and Procedures Committee
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| Meeting Guidelines
1. Stay within agreed time (Option: Decision to add time) 2. Stay on topic (Option: Parking lot) 3. Voice a solution if you voice a concern (Upgrade: Seek solutions to address ALL concerns) 4. Avoid personal attacks (Upgrade: Notice and care about the effect your words have on others) |
Spring Egg Hunt – Saturday, March 26th, 10am SHARP! – Fernhill Park
Back by popular demand and pure awesomeness!
Please Join Us for the
SPRING EGG HUNT
SATURDAY, MARCH 26
FERNHILL PARK
(Near the Playground along NE 37th Avenue)
The Hunt begins at 10 am SHARP!
Don’t be late, it ends in a flash!
Sponsored by:
The Concordia Neighborhood Association & American Legion Post 134
Volunteers Needed To:
- Stuff 5000 plastic eggs with candy
Friday, March 25th at 6:00 pm at American Legion Post 134
2104 NE Alberta St - Hide 5000 candy-filled eggs
March 25th at 8:00 A.M. at Fernhill Park (NE 37th & Ainsworth)
Contact: Katie Ugolini or 503-449-9690
Emergency Preparedness Event: Map Your Neighborhood – Feb 22nd
Emergency Preparedness Event: Map Your Neighborhood
NECN Office, 4815 NE 7th Ave
February 22, 6:30pm
Join the Safety and Livability Team on a FREE hands-on workshop to map and identify your neighborhood’s risks, hazards, and assets. We’ll kick off the event with a showing of the documentary “Unprepared”, and then move straight to learning about how to think about and identify hazards and assets in your area.
Free Heart-Healthy Classes in Concordia
Concordia’s New Seasons Market is partnering with National College of Natural Medicine in Portland for a free heart-healthy class and a tour of the Concordia store with a New Seasons Market nutritionist.
The class, titled Heart Health and Wellness: Know Your Numbers! will be held Tuesday, Feb. 16 from 7p.m. to 8:30 p.m.. The presenter is Dr. Cesilie Cocks, a naturopathic doctor from the NCNM Clinic. Information will be provided to help attendees understand why cholesterol, blood pressure, blood glucose and other cardiovascular markers are important to understand and track. Participants will learn how to better interpret their lab values, and also about supplements and nutritional strategies that might be beneficial for cardiovascular wellness.
On Tuesday, Feb. 23, from 7p.m. to 8 p.m., a New Seasons nutritionist will lead a tour of the store, with an emphasis on heart healthy foods.
Both classes are free, but registration is encouraged. Visit www.newseasonsmarket.com to sign up or for more information.