Buckman Community AssociationBy Susan Lindsay At the October 8 meeting, staff from Portland Bureau of Transportation presented on two separate areas of their interest which could affect Buckman, the proposed
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Buckman Community AssociationSusan Lindsay At our September 10 Buckman Community Association meeting, we hosted two candidates for the position of Multnomah County Chair; sitting commissioner Shannon Singleton and former commissioner
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Buckman Community AssociationBy Susan Lindsay Last month, thanks to the stupendous help from our dedicated Board, community volunteers and via the generosity of our sponsors, both business and individual, the
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Buckman Community AssociationBy Susan Lindsay Buckman Summer Events are here!! Saturday, August 1, the Buckman Community Association is once again co-sponsoring Buckman Movie in the Park Night at Colonel Summers
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Buckman Community AssociationBy Susan Lindsay The Buckman Community Association (BCA) has a new meeting space! Due to construction and remodeling to expand the storage of the Inner SE Tool Library
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Buckman Community AssociationBy Susan Lindsay At the May 14 General Meeting, former county commissioner Sharon Meieran, physician and former ER doctor who served for the past eight years before term
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Buckman Community AssociationBy Susan Lindsay The May 14 Buckman Community Association meeting features special guests Multnomah County Commissioners Julia Brim Edwards and Shannon Singleton. Both Commissioners are running for the
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Buckman Community AssociationBy Susan Lindsay At the upcoming Buckman Meeting Thursday, April 9 we’ll discuss the concerns about potential budget cuts affecting Buckman Elementary and, separately, the need for traffic
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Buckman Community AssociationBy Susan Lindsay The Buckman Community Association (BCA) hosted District 3 City Councilors Angelita Morillo and Steve Novick separately at our February 12 meeting. Both were well spoken,
Neighborhood Notes – March 2026 Read More
Buckman Community AssociationBy Susan Lindsay Thursday, February 12 marks the next Buckman Community Association (BCA) meeting and we will host two sitting District 3 City Council members. Angelita Morillo will
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Buckman Community AssociationBy Susan Lindsay The Buckman neighborhood has been in the news lately related to Multnomah County’s Coordinated Pathways Center…otherwise known as the Deflection Center and with the addition
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Buckman Community AssociationBy Susan Lindsay For the December 9 monthly meeting we will have our annual holiday social for the Buckman Community Association. We’ll be joined by Representative Rob Nosse
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Buckman Community AssociationBy Susan Lindsay It’s a very chaotic time in our country right now and the city is under a siege of misinformation. But on the eve of a
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HANDBy Jill Riebesehl The Hosford-Abernethy Neighborhood Association Board quickly got down to business regarding a new project being planned for our neighborhood. There had been news stories about a proposed
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Buckman Community AssociationBy Susan Lindsay Monthly meetings resume Thursday, September 11 for the Buckman Community Association. Last month we hosted a very successful 13th Annual Buckman Picnic in the Park.
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Buckman Neighborhood AssociationBy Susan Lindsay The 13th Annual Buckman Picnic in the Park free and fun neighborhood gathering is Sunday, August 3, 3-7 pm at Colonel Summers Park. All are
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Buckman Community AssociationBy Susan Lindsay The Buckman Community Association (BCA) Summer Events are here! Thursday, July 17, co-hosted with Portland Parks “Summer for All Programs,” the BCA presents Buckman Movie
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Buckman Community AssociationBy Susan Lindsay All aboard! The annual elections for the Board of the Buckman Community Association are upon us! The Board is composed of nine, two-year positions, half
Neighborhood Notes – June 2025 Read More
Buckman Community AssociationBy Susan Lindsay The next Buckman Community Association (BCA) meeting will be held Thursday, May 8, 7-9 pm. Join us at 1137 SE 20th Ave. (enter on Salmon
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Buckman Community AssociationBy Susan Lindsay Hello Buckman Neighbors and Friends! Our next meeting is Thursday, April 10 in person with a hybrid option. Here’s what’s scheduled.Margaret Salazar, CEO of REACH
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Buckman Community AssociationBy Susan Lindsay Because of snowy weather, the February 13 BCA meeting was canceled. The agenda rolls over to Thursday, March 13, 7-9 pm, with the exception that
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Buckman Community AssociationBy Susan Lindsay Megan Moyer, the newly elected District 1 County Commissioner, will join the BCA at the February 13 Monthly Meeting. As the County holds the purse
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Buckman Neighborhood AssociationBy Susan Lindsay On December 12 the Buckman Community Association hosted the winners of the recent City Council election—Angelita Murillo, Steve Novick and Tiffany Koyama Lane—as well as
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Buckman Community AssociationBy Susan Lindsay Thursday evening December 12, 7-9 pm will be the Buckman Community Association’s monthly meeting and our annual holiday meetup! Join us at 1137 SE 20th
Neighborhood Notes – December 2024 Read More
Buckman Community AssociationBy Susan Lindsay Join the Buckman Community Association Thursday, November 14 for our General Membership meeting. Meetings are held in person at Hinson Church, 1137 SE. 20th Ave.,
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Buckman Community AssociationBy Susan Lindsay Sunday, August 4, 4-8 pm, the Buckman Community Association brings the 12th Annual Buckman Picnic in the Park back to Colonel Summers Park, SE 17th
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Buckman Community AssociationBy Susan Lindsay Over the next several months, the BCA is hosting at our monthly meetings all the candidates for City Commissioner District 3. In June, we met
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Buckman Community AssociationBy Susan Lindsay Thursday, June 20 is Election Night at the BCA!! We have four open Board positions, each available for a two-year term. The only requirements are
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HANDBy Jill Riebesehl Perhaps because downtown is just across the river from us, the Hosford-Abernethy Neighborhood Association (HAND) has taken an interest in a large revitalization effort under consideration by
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HANDBy Jill Riebesehl The Hosford-Abernethy Neighborhood Board’s March meeting was so busy it kept us overtime. We heard and discussed progress on a brand new school building, a pitch by
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Buckman Community AssociationBy Susan Lindsay Please join the Buckman Community Association (BCA) Thursday, March 12, 7 pm, in our new ground floor, ADA accessible, in-person meeting space at Hinson Church,
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HANDBy Jill Riebesehl Highlights from the Hosford-Abernethy Neighborhood Association’s (HAND) November Board meeting included attendees hearing from Jan Zuckerman, representing a group alerting Portland to what would happen in event
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HANDBy Jill Riebesehl In a brief August meeting, the Hosford Abernethy Neighborhood Association (HAND) Board voted to approve a Good Neighbor Agreement that includes the Brooklyn Action Corps, Central Eastside
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HANDBy Jill Riebesehl Hot time, summer in the city and there is lots going on. At our Hosford-Abernethy (HAND) July meeting, we agreed to support the Linnton neighborhood’s struggle over
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Buckman Community AssociationBy Susan Lindsay At the June BCA meeting, the Board voted unanimously to support the Alder Map for new Districts and we urge all Buckman residents and our
Neighborhood Notes July 2023 Read More
HAND By Jill Riebesehl A large number of neighbors attended the Hosford-Abernethy Neighborhood Association’s first in-person meeting in three years. It was held in Carvlin Hall on the St. Philip
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HAND By Jill Riebesehl Plans are shaping up quickly for a temporary, tiny-house village this summer on a long-neglected open space at SE 19th Ave. just west of New Seasons.
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HAND By Jill Riebesehl City plans call for our neighborhood to host what could be the first of several large encampments for people who are homeless. The Board and other
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Foster-Powell Neighborhood Association By Lisa Kislingbury Anderson Foster Powell recently received a grant from SEUplift and the City of Portland Office of Community & Civic Life to paint a street
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HAND By Jill Riebesehl In response to the fatality last year at SE 26th Ave. and Powell Blvd., Tom Mills, TriMet’s director of mobility planning and policy, attended our January
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HAND By Jill Riebesehl The Hosford-Abernethy Neighborhood Board took a December break, but didn’t lose sight of some ongoing concerns. Two involve situations that lie on our borders: the river
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Montavilla Neighborhood Association By Jacob Loeb The Montavilla Neighborhood Association (MNA) skipped the August meeting to give members a summer break and Board members a rest after a successful showing
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HAND By Jill Riebesehl At the July meeting of the Hosford-Abernethy Neighborhood Association, Board members and others in attendance moved their attention to the city as a whole. Coming up
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HAND By Jill Riebesehl The Board of the Hosford-Abernethy Neighborhood asked Paul Leistner, who has long been involved in citizen participation in Portland for a brief history. He said we
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HAND By Jill Riebesehl A tiny homes village in HAND? The Hosford-Abernethy neighborhood is entertaining the possibility. At its general meeting May 17, residents listened to a report on the
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HAND By Jill Riebesehl At our upcoming annual May meeting, the Hosford-Abernethy Neighborhood Association (HAND) is inviting our neighbors to hear about and share tentative plans for a tiny house
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Buckman Community Association By Susan Lindsay The Buckman Community Association will host a public Candidate Forum virtually Thursday, April 14, 7 pm. All candidates for Multnomah County Chair and Portland
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Buckman Community Association By Susan Lindsay At this month’s BCA meeting, developers of a 12-story apartment complex slated for SE 9th Ave. and SE Sandy Blvd., and a new housing
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HAND By Jill Riebesehl Every 10 years, Portland looks anew at its charter (in many ways like the Constitution) under which the city is organized. Julia Meier is Portland’s project
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Buckman Community Association By Susan Lindsay Buckman Community Association, buckmanpdx.org, meets Thursday, December 9, 7-9 pm virtually. Contact BCA anytime at buckmanboard@googlegroups.com for the link or to bring any item
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Buckman Community Association By Susan Lindsay The Buckman Community Association will deviate ever so slightly in November and meet Thursday, November 18, 7 pm. This is due to the national
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HAND By Jill Riebesehl The Hosford-Abernethy Neighborhood Association Board had planned to reconvene in-person meetings in September, but will review that decision given the rise of the new delta COVID-19
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HAND By Jill Riebesehl Pressing business for the Hosford-Abernethy Neighborhood Association was a request to sign onto a petition initiated by the Linnton Neighborhood, and joined so far by more
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HAND By Jill Riebesehl The Hosford-Abernethy Neighborhood Association held what might be one of its last Zoom board meetings on May 18. We discussed the situation and decided to wait
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HAND By Jill Riebesehl Three main issues dominated Hosford-Abernethy Neighborhood Association’s concerns this winter, none of which required action from the board, which holds elections in May. All are welcome
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Hosford-Abernethy Neighborhood Association By Jill Riebesehl Now, two months since we last met, the HAND board with many faces, some new, started the New Year with a bang of a
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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 support Quiet Clean PDX in its
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HAND By Jill Riebesehl Smoky, rain-and-shine September, and digging out of the coronavirus doldrums, our neighborhood, Hosford-Abernethy, along with others should soon be seeing some urban improvements, one being the
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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 how we were faring during these
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By Laura Smith The January meeting of the Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Association (MTNA) included a visit by Portland Police Bureau East Portland Precinct Commander Tashia Hager. Two police sergeants also
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