Concordia Neighborhood Association | Portland, Oregon

So, you think you know how to spell?

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The Concordia Neighborhood Association, Englewood Christian Church and Trinity Lutheran School will be sponsoring a Spelling Bee for adults, ages 18 and above! This event is free to all.

Tuesday, February 23, 2010 from 7-8pm
Englewood Christian Church
3515 NE Killingsworth St.

Start studying the dictionary, play Scramble on Facebook, do the daily spelling on the Scripps National Spelling Bee website, challenge a friend to pla Scrabble, dust off that Thesaurus and watch for the February issue of the Concordia Neighborhood News for more details! Spectators of all ages will be welcome!

Service updates for the Bureau of Development Services

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December 14, 2009

Dear Community Partner,

As you may already be aware, over the last year the Bureau of Development Services has experienced its most drastic workload and revenue decline in recent history due to a steep and sustained decline in construction activity. In response to the revenue and workload decline, the Bureau has laid off 150 employees over the last 5 months. Bureau management and staff have been implementing service level and organizational changes focused on maximizing our ability to provide customers an acceptable level of service despite reduced resources.

In order to keep our customers up to date with these changes, we have developed a communication plan to regularly communicate any significant bureau organizational and service level changes to our customers, industry stakeholders, community organizations and citizens. This communication plan includes summarizing changes into Service Level Update documents that are provided to affected customer groups. All of the Service Level Update documents are posted on the BDS web site at http://www.portlandonline.com/bds/index.cfm?c=51292. The Service Level Update PDF summarizes our communication plan.

Please let me know if you have any questions about this or our Service Level Update communication plan. I am also very interested in ideas you may have on getting this information out to our customers.

Thank you,

Ross Caron, Manager/PIO
Bureau of Development Services
City of Portland, Oregon
(503) 823-4268
ross.caron@ci.portland.or.us
www.portlandonline.com/bds

Fix-it Fair

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Fix-It Fair is a free event designed to save you money and connect you to resources. Join your neighbors and talk to experts about how to spend less and stay healthy.

January 9
David Douglas High School
1001 SE 135th Ave
Portland

January 30
Parkrose High School
12003 NE Shaver St
Portland

Hours: 8:30 a.m. 2 p.m.

Day long exhibits and hourly workshops provide information and resources for:
· water & energy savings
· home & personal health
· food & nutrition
· community resources
· recycling & yard care
· lead testing & more!

Free lunch and childcare provided.

Organized by the City of Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability in partnership with other City bureaus, Energy Trust of Oregon, Pacific Power, Portland General Electric and the Portland Bureau of Housing and Community Development.

Questions? (503) 823-4309 | fixitfair@ci.portland.or.us | www.portlandonline.com/bps/fif

Have a say in what happens to the Memorial Coliseum site

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Do you want to have a say in what happens to the Memorial Coliseum site? Does the community need a rollercoaster? A casino? Another sports arena?

The City is moving fast to solicit plans to redevelop Memorial Coliseum and the surrounding area, yet so far the public has not had much input into any of these plans.

Vision into Action believes that the community should have the chance to submit a concept for this site that reflects community values and priorities, honors the history of the site, and benefits as many people as possible. We are therefore developing a concept for this site which will be submitted to the City and the Portland Development Commission by January 8, 2010 as part of the formal design competition.

We need your input to create a design that reflects your values! Please join Vision into Action and the Center for Intercultural Organizing for a presentation on an initial concept and a chance to provide feedback and shape this proposal as it moves forward.

Thursday, December 17th 2009
6:30 to 8:30pm
Center for Intercultural Organizing
700 North Killingsworth St.
Portland, OR 97217
(Bus Lines 4, 44, or 72)

Light refreshments will be provided.
For directions, call CIO at: (503) 287-4117 For other questions or information, call Vision into Action at: (503) 725-9620

To RSVP, send an email to viacoalition@gmail.com with “Memorial Coliseum Input Meeting” in the subject line. We hope you will join us!

For more information on the redevelopment process, go to: http://www.rosequarterdevelopment.org/

Consider Renting a living Christmas Tree this year

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The Original Living Christmas Tree Company is a nonprofit that delivers living potted Christmas trees for holiday rental. A little after New Year’s, workers pick them up and deliver them to parks, schools and other institutions that pay $10 to have a tree planted on their property. Customers can choose from Douglas fir, Fraser fir, Nordman fir, Balsam fir, Serbian spruce and Scotch pine, which are selected from local nurseries.

If interested go the The Original Living Christmas Tree Company

office@livingchristmastrees.org

CNA Holiday Party

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Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Concordia University’s Hagen Center
Map of Campus

The ANNUAL CNA HOLIDAY PARTY is just around the corner, so please mark your calendars! Due to last year’s crowd at the Concordia University Fine Arts Building, we have moved the party location to an even bigger venue. Concordia University has generously donated their Hagen Center for our event so there will be plenty of room to enjoy the festivities.

The holiday party is a great way to meet new neighbors and mix and mingle with friends, old and new, in a festive and family-friendly atmosphere. This year we are delighted to be serving homemade Mexican food provided by Chef Jose Hernandez, as well as food from “north of the border.” The CNA will also be providing nonalcoholic beverages. Additionally, we will be having a cookie decoration station for children so they can create their own tasty treats.

A holiday party would not be complete without music! This year, we are pleased to announce that we will have the Concordia University Brass Ensemble under the direction of William Kuhn, Ed.D. performing festive songs for our listening pleasure. They will be performing a variety of holiday selections both in traditional and in jazz style. We hope to see you all there for this fun end-of-the-year event!