Concordia Neighborhood Association | Portland, Oregon

Summer Concerts in Fernhill Park needs Y-O-U

Posted on by Posted in Archive, Events

A Call to Business Owners, Families, and Individuals!

There’s no better way to spend a summer evening than gathering with friends and family in Fernhill Park for music, dancing and family fun. For the last four summers, the Fernhill Concert Series has been an unqualified success, offering high-quality entertainment to the neighborhood with five free concerts. The Fernhill Concert Committee in conjunction with Portland Parks and Recreation has been hard at work trying to raise money for the series. However, fundraising has been very slow this year due to the troubled economy and we are still 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.

As noted above, this year we are strongly encouraging individuals and /or families to contribute to the concert series, and any contribution (e.g., $5 or $10) is greatly appreciated. Contributions are tax deductible.

If you are a business, institution, or individual and feel you can become a Fernhill Concert Sponsor by contributing $250 or more, please see below for the benefits of sponsorship!

If you are a business, institution, or individual and feel you can become a Fernhill Concert Sponsor by contributing $250 or more, please see below for the benefits of sponsorship!

The benefits to you and your business:

• A chance to give to your neighborhood
• A tax deductible contribution staying “close to home”
• The option to display, give, or sell items at the concerts
• Your Business Name Recognized:
Displayed at all concerts
In the city-wide Summer Concerts Brochure (25,000 circulated)
In the Concordia News, reaching 5000 households
On the Portland Parks and Recreation website
Thanked over the “P.A.” at concerts

Here are the options:

Presenting Sponsor: $2500 or more
Business name included as presenting sponsor of one night of the concert series with opportunity to MC and welcome audience to the concert. Logo and name on the concert banner displayed at all concerts, listed as Presenting Sponsor for one night in the series in the city-wide printed schedule, on the Portland Parks and Rec website, recognized from the stage at all concerts and featured in press materials.

Major Sponsor: $1000 and up
Logo or name on the concert banner displayed at all concerts, in the city-wide printed schedule, on the Portland Parks and Recreation website, and announced at all concerts, plus mentioned in press materials.

Contributing Sponsor: $500 and up
Name in bold on the concert banner displayed at all concerts, in the city-wide printed schedule, on neighborhood flyers, on the website, and announced at all concerts.

Good Neighbor Sponsor: $250 and up
Name in the city-wide printed schedule, on neighborhood flyers, on the website, and announced at all concerts.

Concert Fan: under $250
For individuals and families who do not wish to be a sponsor, but would like to contribute.

Free concerts in a neighborhood park are one of the best ways to build community and increase safety for neighbors. We hope you will consider becoming a sponsor of this series in its fourth year. Every sponsor is invited to have a presence at the concerts to vend or give away products or just meet your neighbors. If this option interests you, please talk to us, as some restrictions apply.

Sponsorship commitments are needed ASAP but payment is not due until June 1st, 2009. If you are a business, please let us know how you would like to participate as a sponsor by contacting Judith Yeckel, Concert Production Manager at 503-249-8159 or 503-823-5446. If you are a family or individual and would like to contribute to the Concert Series, please make checks payable to PP & R/Fernhill Concerts and mail to:

Judith Yeckel, Concert Production Manager
Portland Parks and Recreation
1120 SW 5th Ave., Ste.1302
Portland, OR 97204

Invoices will be sent upon request. Thank you very much for your consideration. The concerts can not happen without the support of the community!

(thanks Katie)

Lead Poisoning Prevention Workshop March 12th

Posted on by Posted in Archive, Events, Family, Health and Wellness

Learn how to protect your family from lead poisoning. This workshop is ideal for people who live in older homes with children or a pregnant woman. Qualified participants receive a free kit of safety and testing supplies.

Thursday March 12th from 6:30-8:00 pm Matt Dishman Community Center 66 NE Knott Street.

Call: 503.284.6827 x107 or email lead at communityenergyproject.org

Forth Annual Neighborhood-Business Collaborative Graffiti Cleanups

Posted on by Posted in Archive, Land Use & Transportation, Volunteer Opportunities

The City of Portland Graffiti Abatement program will sponsor eight (8) Saturday morning graffiti cleanups between March and October 2009. Interested neighborhoods/business associations should contact Graffiti Abatement Coordinator as soon as possible to be considered as a cleanup site.

Beginning in March, the cleanups will be held one Saturday each month from 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. and will be a combined effort by City-contracted graffiti removal crews, and a minimum of 10 volunteers from the community. Be a part of the solution!

Prior to the cleanup date, residents/businesses will be asked to survey their area and compile a list of sites that have been vandalized by graffiti and then to submit the list to Graffiti Abatement Coordinator at least a week ahead of the event.

The contractor-crews will focus on paint-out or power-wash removals from private properties (provided we have signed owner-permission prior to the event). Volunteers will remove graffiti from properties “in the right-of-way”, including utility poles, dumpsters, newspaper boxes, and other sites that are not routinely cleaned by agencies or owners. Previous years collaborative events have resulted in more than 1000 sites cleaned in a “season”.

Supplies will be provided by the Graffiti Abatement Program. Volunteers must sign a volunteer agreement and application form, available at the Graffiti Program webpage: http://www.portlandonline.com/oni/index.cfm?c=32420

For additional information click here.

Cold Weather Tips

Posted on by Posted in Archive, Events

From NECN:
With this severe weather, some of our vulnerable neighbors may be at risk: please take time to visit neighbors and check in with those who may need some assistance.

If you have the ability and time, please check on single parent families, young parent families, elderly, injured, disabled and frail neighbors to determine if they have food, water, heat, medicines, etc.

Help as much as you are able. If your neighbors need assistance that you cannot offer, and their health is in jeopardy, please call 911. Once the dispatcher determines that this is indeed an emergency, service can be dispatched. If not, you will be routed to the non-emergency number. Please do not hang up; be patient with the process.

A New Way to Report Aircraft Noise

Posted on by Posted in Archive, Land Use & Transportation

CNA has recently met with the Port of Portland’s Noise Management team to discuss concerns about the safety of increase F-15 travel over nearby residential areas as part of their present “test”. One outcome of those discussions has been a reminder that anytime – day or night – any resident has a concern about aircraft noise of any kind can call the Port of Portland’s noise hotline: 503-460-4100. But now you can also report your concerns – and view flight patterns – on-line using WebTrak.

WebTrak is an online flight tracking system covering the greater Portland/Vancouver area. WebTrak offers a wealth of information about each flight, ranging from altitude and direction to aircraft type and airline to flight or tail number. For security purposes, the system is delayed 90 minutes and does not show government, military or law enforcement flights.

I took WebTrak for a whirl. You pick a location and time period and then you watch plane icons move across an area map. Basically this gives you the option to clearly identify the flight that was causing you grief and you can report the problem using an on-line form in WebTrak. Try it out yourself by logging on at http://www.portofportland.com/Noise_Mgmt_Home.aspx, you definitely need a high speed connection to use it.

WebTrak is a neat tool but it is a little clunky and if you are experiencing a noise problem, you have to wait at least 90 minutes to identify the issue using WebTrak. It remains easier and quicker to just call the Port at 503-460-4100 when you hear a wayward and/or loud aircraft.

When you call the Port or submit a report on-line via WebTrak, the Port noise management team is required to thoroughly investigate and respond within 48 hours. In some cases, the information provided by citizens or obtained during the investigation, is used to refine the noise abatement program and in discussions with aircraft operators.