Hosford-Abernethy Neighborhood Association By Jill Riebesehl The HAND Board has a long hiatus over the holidays, but we anticipate interesting challe…

• December 31, 2020

HAND By Jill Riebesehl At the HAND Board’s November meeting, it was all action. We celebrated the opening of the Gideon Overcrossing, voted to suppor…

• November 25, 2020

HAND By Jill Riebesehl Smoky, rain-and-shine September, and digging out of the coronavirus doldrums, our neighborhood, Hosford-Abernethy, along with …

• October 1, 2020

HAND By Jill Riebesehl Laying low during COVID-19, in July the Hosford-Abernethy Neighborhood Association heard, via Zoom, from TriMet regarding prog…

• August 26, 2020

HAND By Jill Riebesehl The board of the Hosford-Abernethy Neighborhood Association met in April using Zoom under the auspices of SE Uplift. We shared…

• May 29, 2020

By Laura Smith The January meeting of the Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Association (MTNA) included a visit by Portland Police Bureau East Portland Precinc…

• February 1, 2020

By Laura Smith At the November meeting of the Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Association (MTNA), a representative from the Portland Bureau of Emergency Mana…

• December 27, 2019

  By Laura Smith The restoration work at Reservoir 1 in Mt. Tabor Park is almost complete, and the basin should be ready to fill with water …

• October 1, 2019

Laura Smith Want to learn about Naturescaping? Attend a August 21 meeting of the Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Association (MTNA) and hear all about it f…

• August 1, 2019

  By Laura Smith The Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Association (MTNA) held its annual board elections on Wednesday, May 15, and all serving 2018-20…

• June 1, 2019

By Laura Smith Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Association (MTNA) holds its annual board elections Wednesday, May 15, at 7 pm at Mt. Tabor Presbyterian Churc…

• April 1, 2019

  By Laura Smith At the February meeting of the Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Association (MTNA), the Disaster Preparedness Coordinator of the Casc…

• March 1, 2019

By Laura Smith Neighbors at the January 21 meeting of the Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Association (MTNA) discussed reactions to the recent diverter insta…

• February 1, 2019

  By Laura Smith At the October meeting of the Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Association (MTNA), fiscal sponsorships through SE Uplift were renewed…

• November 1, 2018

By Laura Smith The Bureau of Planning and Sustainability is undergoing the Environmental Overlay Zone Map Correction Project. Environmental overlay …

• September 1, 2018

  By Laura Smith Hopefully our weather will cool off by September 30 for the Tar ‘n’ Trail benefit run and walk which will take place that d…

• August 1, 2018

  By Laura Smith Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Association (MTNA) held their board elections at the May meeting. Six new board members were elected…

• June 1, 2018

  By Laura Smith Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Association (MTNA) board elections will be held at the May 16 meeting which starts at 7 pm at Mt Tabor Pr…

• May 1, 2018

  By Laura Smith The joint Mt. Tabor/North Tabor neighborhood cleanup will be Saturday, April 28 at Mt. Tabor Middle School. Mark your calen…

• April 1, 2018

By Laura Smith The Thorburn Street Safety Group shared a report from the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) about the measured results of the …

• March 1, 2018

By Joshua Carey   With spring just around the corner, mark your calendars for the annual neighborhood cleanup. Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Associ…

• February 1, 2018

  By Laura Smith A community meeting held November 2 by the Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Association (MTNA) to discuss proposed car diverters at S…

• December 1, 2017

  By Laura Smith The proposed traffic diverters at SE 50th and Lincoln continue to be a concern of residents in the Mt. Tabor neighborhood. …

• November 1, 2017

By Laura Smith Proposed traffic diverters generated a lot of conversation at the September meeting of the Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Association (MTNA).…

• October 2, 2017

By Laura Smith Campsites are now a common sight in our city. At the August meeting of the Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Association, officers from the Port…

• September 1, 2017

By Laura Smith One of our neighborhood’s favorite gathering places is TaborSpace, located on the grounds of Mt. Tabor Presbyterian Church. Unfortuna…

• August 1, 2017

  By Laura Smith At the April meeting of the Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Association (MTNA), a Thorburn Safety Project committee member gave an u…

• May 1, 2017

By Laura Smith The March meeting of the Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Association (MTNA) was lightly attended. We discussed issues important to our neighbo…

• April 1, 2017

By Laura Smith Due to weather-related issues, the January meeting of the Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Association was cancelled. That made for a full list…

• March 2, 2017

  By Laura Smith The January meeting of the Mt.Tabor Neighborhood Association was cancelled due to weather-related issues. Please join us at…

• February 1, 2017

  By Laura Smith The November meeting of the Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Association had a light but interesting agenda. Portland Police Offic…

• December 1, 2016

  By Laura Smith Construction activity related to the Mt. Tabor Park reservoir project will ramp up again starting the first week of Novembe…

• November 3, 2016

By Laura Smith A local Portland Police representative attending the August meeting of the Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Association said recent crime in ou…

• September 2, 2016

By Laura Smith The July meeting of Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Association (MTNA) had a long list of development topics on the agenda. The Residential…

• August 1, 2016

  By Laura Smith At the June meeting of the Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Association (MTNA), homelessness issues were a hot topic. Mayor Hales has…

• July 1, 2016

By Laura Smith The annual Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Association board member elections took place at the May meeting.  Two new members were added to he…

• June 1, 2016

By Laura Smith The biggest news is the cancellation of the joint Mt. Tabor/North Tabor neighborhoods’ annual cleanup scheduled for April 30. DEQ and…

• May 2, 2016

By Laura Smith Safety issues opened the March meeting of the Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Association (MTNA) with a reminder from our neighborhood liaison…

• April 1, 2016

By Laura Smith January’s neighborhood association meeting opened with information about more proposed housing development in the neighborhood and …

• February 1, 2016

By Laura Smith Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Association recently submitted sponsorship monies for the 2016 Concerts in the Park so we’ll have weekly July …

• December 1, 2015

By Laura Smith Debra Monzon provided an update from the Thorburn Street Safety Group. The City is still doing research on the traffic issues and a n…

• November 1, 2015

By Laura Smith Transportation and land use concerns dominated the discussions at the August meeting of the Mount Tabor Neighborhood Association. …

• September 1, 2015

Mt. Tabor  By Laura S. Smith July’s neighborhood association meeting opened on a cool note.  Experiencing one of the hottest summers on record in…

• August 2, 2015

  With a packed June agenda, largely related to issues of traffic and growth in the neighborhood, Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Association facilitato…

• July 1, 2015

By Kate Mitchell MTNA held its monthly meeting March 18. The board voted to grant a noise variance to the PDX Adult Soap Box Derby, scheduled thi…

• April 1, 2015

Mt. Tabor By Kate Mitchell     MTNA held its monthly meeting January 21. Officers from the gang crimes prevention unit as well…

• February 1, 2015

By Dawn Smallman   Board member John Laursen announced at our October meeting that Portland Water Bureau (PWB) has submitted the land use ap…

• November 1, 2014

By Kate Mitchell   MTNA Land use co-chair Stephanie Stewart provided background on a disputed bed and breakfast application submitted for a …

• October 1, 2014

Mt. Tabor  By Kate Mitchell   Testing is underway of the disputed “regulatory diverter” at SE 52nd Ave. and Division St., a key link in t…

• September 1, 2014

By Kate Mitchell   Note the date/time: Wednesday, June 11, 6:30 -8:30 pm. View the draft construction plan for disconnecting the Mt. Tabor P…

• June 1, 2014

By Kate Mitchell and Stephanie Stewart   Our monthly meeting on February 19 meeting drew a large crowd, including many people concerned abou…

• March 1, 2014

By Brian Mitchell   Due to budget cuts, the days of the city land at 60th Ave. and Lincoln Street as a tree nursery are numbered. According …

• February 1, 2014

By Kate Mitchell   The Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Association adopted a policy position on the city’s open reservoirs, three of which are in Mt.…

• December 1, 2013

Mt. Tabor By Midge Pierce   Stephanie Stewart, Land Use co-chair for the Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Association, summarized the history and cur…

• November 1, 2013

By Kate Mitchell   Treasurer Bing Wong reported we have approximately $700 remaining for 2013 and $1,300 for 2014 available in our outreach …

• October 1, 2013

Mt. Tabor By Kate Mitchell     Rich Newlands, from the city’s Transportation Bureau, spoke about the NE/SE 50s Bikeway project.  …

• September 1, 2013

Mt. Tabor  By Kate Mitchell   The fate of the three open Mt. Tabor reservoirs continued to be Topic A at our July meeting. Dawn Smallm…

• August 1, 2013

Mt. Tabor By Kate Mitchell   Paul Leistner told the meeting that Cascade Anderson Geller has passed away. She was instrumental in the pla…

• June 1, 2013

By Kate Mitchell   MTNA gears up for its annual Neighborhood Cleanup, April 27 from 9 am to 1 pm at Mt. Tabor Middle School. It will be a jo…

• April 1, 2013

Mt. Tabor By Heidi Kohne   Steve Stenberg of Warner Pacific College discussed a project wherein Edvedt Hall is expected to get a small ex…

• February 1, 2013

By Kate Mitchell At our final meeting of the year, we discussed possible safety improvements on Division St. between SE 52nd Ave. and SE 80th  Ave…

• January 1, 2013

By Heidi Kohne   Floy Jones reports she’s learned that Rochester, New York, has been granted a 10-year reprieve from a federal requirement t…

• November 1, 2012