Commission Approves New Parking Rules
The Portland Planning and Sustainability Commission heard testimony last month that proposed new parking requirements for new multi-family development …
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Kelly Butte Makeover
by Tim Hall Portland Water Bureau Making way for a better Kelly Butte landscape During first three months of the year, con…
SE Updates April 2013
Tower planned for Burnside Bridgehead Representatives of Key Development, and LRS and Skylab architects last month treated the Kerns Neigh…
Big Changes Ahead for St. Francis Park
By Don MacGillivray and Lee Perlman The one-acre private park that graced the Buckman neighborhood for 40 years is about to disappear. The St. Fr…
City Council Unanimously Adopts Code Amendments That Help Homeowners in Historic and Conservation Districts Modify Their Homes
Historic Resources Code Improvement Project makes it easier, cheaper to make minor modifications to Portland’s histor…
Defining New Budget Priorities at City Hall
By Don MacGillivray Mayor Charlie Hales campaigned on “common sense” priorities for the City of Portland. In the next three months the City will f…
Volunteer Program for Vets
By Nancy Tannler Back in 2005, Carol Levine, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker here, recognized the need to assist veterans reintegrate themse…
SE Updates March 2013
By Lee Perlman Green Castle to become apartments Joe Westerman waged a long legal battle to allow his parking lot on NE 20th Ave. at Everett St…
City proposes some parking minimums
By Lee Perlman At the direction of Portland City Council, and response to outcries from many neighborhoods, the Portland Burea…
What’s Going on in There?
Editors note: Have you ever gone by a non-descript building and wondered “What’s going on in there”? So have we. In this new column, we will explo…
Parking Study
The minimum parking requirements for new multi-family buildings along high density corridors has residents living in the immediate neighborhood very co…
SE Updates January 2013
Sunshine Dairy seeks street vacation The Sunshine Dairy at 801 NE. 21st Ave. is seeking a pair of street vacancies to facilitate its truck…
Comp Plan Visualizes Portland’s Future
By Don MacGillivray Today, more than 584,000 people live in Portland which is 200,000 more residents than were here in 1980. By 2035, Portland is …
Proposed “Lane Reorganization” for Division St.
By Paul Leistner, Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Association and MaryLouise Ott, South Tabor Neighborhood Association. Division St. between SE 60t…
Fixing Senior Property Tax Deferral
By Don MacGillivray For 40 years, the Senior Property Tax Deferral Program (SPTD) has been successful and self-supporting, allowing low income eld…
New Community Garden Plots
The Parks Bureau is taking applications for plots in the new Community Garden, being prepared now at the east end of the city nursery yard in Mt. Tabor…
Moving the Montgomery House
The redevelopment of Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard at 26th Ave. will take place – but at least one of two large and venerable buildings in its path wil…
Two Perspectives on the Parking Issue
By Lee Perlman Some say allowing large new apartments without off-street parking decreases neighborhood livability and endangers business vitality. …
SE Updates December 2012
Apartment tower slated for Bridgehead Portland Development Commission is in the process of selling Block 67, part of the Burnside Bridgehe…
Green Stewards Take to the Streets
On a cool rainy Friday last month, local business people gathered to clean up the bioswales on SE Ankeny St. They are part of the Green Street Stew…
Weed Warriors Honored
October 27 was a big day for the Friends of Mt. Tabor Park Weed Warriors, the band of volunteers who pull invasive plants from the slopes of Mt. Ta…
Coal Trains Part 3 – Experts Weigh In
Inner southeast Portland is defined by train tracks. The rails enter under the Burnside Bridge, run close to the Willamette River through the Central E…
Sustainable local business
The City of Portland’s Sustai nability at Work program provides free assistance and certification for Portland businesses looking to create a more sust…
Reservoir Advocates Seek an Economic Hardship Reprieve
The latest news relevant to the Mt. Tabor and Washington Park reservoirs comes from Rochester, New York where they’ve received a 10-year reprieve from …
SE Updates November 2012
Southeast Precinct rededicated The old Southeast Precinct was reopened and rededicated last month, this time in partnership with other pub…
Coal Trains in Southeast Neighborhoods Part 2: What local experts think
Note: In Part 1 last month, neighbors of SE Portland’s railroad tracks expressed their opinions regarding the coal transport proposal. In Part 2, here,…
Floating Reservoir Covers–an Option
“The ambience of this showcase park (Mt. Tabor) would be severely compromised if the reservoirs were permanently capped. But if they must be closed, su…
SE Updates Octoer 2012
DeMuro’s passing leaves void A large house on East Burnside St. was once occupied by one of Senator Wayne Morse’s strongest supporters. At every ele…
East Side Streetcar Opens
With speeches, celebrations and two days of free service, the Portland Streetcar’s east side loop opened for business last month, amid a …
The Artists in Portland Open Studios Find Community
Local artists open their studios for the annual Portland Open Studios tour for a variety of reasons. Some love to teach and demonstrat…