Neighborhood Notes – January 2021
Hosford-Abernethy Neighborhood Association By Jill Riebesehl The HAND Board has a long hiatus over the holidays, but we anticipate interesting challe…
Hosford-Abernethy Neighborhood Association By Jill Riebesehl The HAND Board has a long hiatus over the holidays, but we anticipate interesting challe…
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…
HAND By Jill Riebesehl Smoky, rain-and-shine September, and digging out of the coronavirus doldrums, our neighborhood, Hosford-Abernethy, along with …
HAND By Jill Riebesehl Laying low during COVID-19, in July the Hosford-Abernethy Neighborhood Association heard, via Zoom, from TriMet regarding prog…
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…
By Laura Smith The January meeting of the Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Association (MTNA) included a visit by Portland Police Bureau East Portland Precinc…
By Laura Smith At the November meeting of the Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Association (MTNA), a representative from the Portland Bureau of Emergency Mana…
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 …
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…
By Laura Smith The Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Association (MTNA) held its annual board elections on Wednesday, May 15, and all serving 2018-20…
By Laura Smith Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Association (MTNA) holds its annual board elections Wednesday, May 15, at 7 pm at Mt. Tabor Presbyterian Churc…
By Laura Smith At the February meeting of the Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Association (MTNA), the Disaster Preparedness Coordinator of the Casc…
By Laura Smith Neighbors at the January 21 meeting of the Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Association (MTNA) discussed reactions to the recent diverter insta…
By Laura Smith At the October meeting of the Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Association (MTNA), fiscal sponsorships through SE Uplift were renewed…
By Laura Smith The Bureau of Planning and Sustainability is undergoing the Environmental Overlay Zone Map Correction Project. Environmental overlay …
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…
By Laura Smith Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Association (MTNA) held their board elections at the May meeting. Six new board members were elected…
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…
By Laura Smith The joint Mt. Tabor/North Tabor neighborhood cleanup will be Saturday, April 28 at Mt. Tabor Middle School. Mark your calen…
By Laura Smith The Thorburn Street Safety Group shared a report from the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) about the measured results of the …
By Joshua Carey With spring just around the corner, mark your calendars for the annual neighborhood cleanup. Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Associ…
By Laura Smith A community meeting held November 2 by the Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Association (MTNA) to discuss proposed car diverters at S…
By Laura Smith The proposed traffic diverters at SE 50th and Lincoln continue to be a concern of residents in the Mt. Tabor neighborhood. …
By Laura Smith Proposed traffic diverters generated a lot of conversation at the September meeting of the Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Association (MTNA).…
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…
By Laura Smith One of our neighborhood’s favorite gathering places is TaborSpace, located on the grounds of Mt. Tabor Presbyterian Church. Unfortuna…
By Laura Smith At the April meeting of the Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Association (MTNA), a Thorburn Safety Project committee member gave an u…
By Laura Smith The March meeting of the Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Association (MTNA) was lightly attended. We discussed issues important to our neighbo…
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…
By Laura Smith The January meeting of the Mt.Tabor Neighborhood Association was cancelled due to weather-related issues. Please join us at…
By Laura Smith The November meeting of the Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Association had a light but interesting agenda. Portland Police Offic…
By Laura Smith Construction activity related to the Mt. Tabor Park reservoir project will ramp up again starting the first week of Novembe…
By Laura Smith A local Portland Police representative attending the August meeting of the Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Association said recent crime in ou…
By Laura Smith The July meeting of Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Association (MTNA) had a long list of development topics on the agenda. The Residential…
By Laura Smith At the June meeting of the Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Association (MTNA), homelessness issues were a hot topic. Mayor Hales has…
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…
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…
By Laura Smith Safety issues opened the March meeting of the Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Association (MTNA) with a reminder from our neighborhood liaison…
By Laura Smith January’s neighborhood association meeting opened with information about more proposed housing development in the neighborhood and …
By Laura Smith Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Association recently submitted sponsorship monies for the 2016 Concerts in the Park so we’ll have weekly July …
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…
By Laura Smith Transportation and land use concerns dominated the discussions at the August meeting of the Mount Tabor Neighborhood Association. …
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…
With a packed June agenda, largely related to issues of traffic and growth in the neighborhood, Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Association facilitato…
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…
Mt. Tabor By Kate Mitchell MTNA held its monthly meeting January 21. Officers from the gang crimes prevention unit as well…
By Dawn Smallman Board member John Laursen announced at our October meeting that Portland Water Bureau (PWB) has submitted the land use ap…
By Kate Mitchell MTNA Land use co-chair Stephanie Stewart provided background on a disputed bed and breakfast application submitted for a …
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…
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…
By Kate Mitchell and Stephanie Stewart Our monthly meeting on February 19 meeting drew a large crowd, including many people concerned abou…
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 …
By Kate Mitchell The Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Association adopted a policy position on the city’s open reservoirs, three of which are in Mt.…
Mt. Tabor By Midge Pierce Stephanie Stewart, Land Use co-chair for the Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Association, summarized the history and cur…
By Kate Mitchell Treasurer Bing Wong reported we have approximately $700 remaining for 2013 and $1,300 for 2014 available in our outreach …
Mt. Tabor By Kate Mitchell Rich Newlands, from the city’s Transportation Bureau, spoke about the NE/SE 50s Bikeway project. …
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…
Mt. Tabor By Kate Mitchell Paul Leistner told the meeting that Cascade Anderson Geller has passed away. She was instrumental in the pla…
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…
Mt. Tabor By Heidi Kohne Steve Stenberg of Warner Pacific College discussed a project wherein Edvedt Hall is expected to get a small ex…
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…
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…