Neighborhood Notes

Neighborhood Notes – March 2026

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, […]

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Neighborhood Notes – February 2026

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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Neighborhood Notes – January 2026

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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Neighborhood Notes – August 2025

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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Neighborhood Notes – June 2025

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

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Neighborhood Notes – April 2025

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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Neighborhood Notes – February 2025

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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Neighborhood Notes – December 2024

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

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Neighborhood Notes – January 2024

HANDBy Jill Riebesehl The Hosford Abernethy Neighborhood District (HAND) Board doesn’t hold a meeting in December unless something urgent comes up. We did, however, enjoy a holiday get-together with friends,

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Neighborhood Notes – December 2023

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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Neighborhood Notes – September 2023

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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Neighborhood Notes June 2023

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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Neighborhood Notes – May 2023

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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Neighborhood Notes August 2022

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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Neighborhood Notes June 2022

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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Neighborhood Notes March 2022

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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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 challenges in the coming year. It looks as if Catholic

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Neighborhood Notes December 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 support Quiet Clean PDX in its

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Neighborhood Notes October 2020

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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