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Saturday, May 5th, 2012
The May 2012 Mid-county Memo is posted online. A recap of its contents:
Last month, the top three mayoral candidates debated at David Douglas High School’s Howard Horner Performing Arts Center; the new Neighborhood Prosperity Initiative areas are approved; Parkrose School District averts a teacher’s strike; David Douglas special education teacher Annie Harrell is named Outstanding Teacher of the Year; Lee Perlman interviews City Commissioner Amanda Fritz and opponent, state Rep. Mary Nolan; the Planning and Sustainability Commission endorsed the Outer Powell Conceptual Design Plan; since 2006, east Portland neighborhood associations have been operating illegally; the Portland Housing Bureau is changing tax abatement area boundaries in east Portland … again; and, longtime Gateway hairstylist June Bauer’s obituary.
Tags: Amanda Fritz, David Douglas High School, June Bauer, Mary Nolan, Outer Powell Conceptual Design Plan, parkrose school district, Portland Housing Bureau, The Big Look
Posted in Argay neighborhood, Business, Churches, City news, Commissioner Amanda Fritz, David Douglas High School, East County news, east Portland, East Portland Neighborhood Office, Entertainment recommendation, Fundraiser, Gateway news, Glenfair Neighborhood Association, Hazelwood neighborhood association, Land Use, Letter to the Editor, Mid-county, Mt. Hood Comm. College, Outer east portland, Parkrose Business Association, Parkrose Heights Association of Neighbors, Parkrose High School Community Center, Parkrose Neighborhood Association, Parkrose news, Parkrose School District news, Portland news, Portland Parks & Recreation, Reynolds School District, The Grotto, Volunteer opportunity, Wilkes Commuinty Group | No Comments »
Thursday, May 3rd, 2012
Are east Portland neighborhood associations all illegal? Technically yes, says East Portland Neighborhood Office Executive Director Richard Bixby, but it is not their fault. It is his.
A handful of the City’s 95 recognized neighborhood associations are 501(c)3 non-profit corporations, able to offer tax deductions for donations. Most of the rest fall into a different non-profit status.
Because they handle relatively small amounts of money, they do not have to make yearly reports to the IRS — or did not until the year 2006, when the law was changed.
Tags: Cindy Comfer, East Portland Neighborhood Office, EPNO, Office of Neighborhood Involvement, ONI, Richard Bixby
Posted in City news, east Portland, East Portland Neighborhood Office, Glenfair Neighborhood Association, Hazelwood neighborhood association, Mid-county, Outer east portland, Parkrose Heights Association of Neighbors, Parkrose Neighborhood Association, Powellhurst-Gilbert, Wilkes Commuinty Group | No Comments »
Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
The April 2012 Mid-county Memo is posted online. A recap of its contents follows:
Bre’Shay Barnes was named Rose Festival Princess from Parkrose; the new Neighborhood Prosperity Initiative areas struggle to meet financial goals; Parkrose School District declares impasse with teachers; PSD Superintendent Karen Fischer Gray is one of four finalists for Reynolds job; the first meeting between Metro and Glendoveer golf course lovers since a contentious open house in August; the Argay Neighborhood Association hires a lawyer to help fight infill development across the street from Argay Park and an east Portland high school winter sports roundup.
Tags: Bre'Shay Barnes, east portland, Glendoveer Golf Course & Fitness Trail, Karen Fischer Gray, mid-county memo, Neighborhood Prosperity Initiative, Parkrose
Posted in Argay neighborhood, Business, Churches, City news, Columbia Slough, David Douglas School District, East County news, Fundraiser, Gateway news, Glendoveer Golf Course and Fitness Trail, Letter to the Editor, Metro news, Mid-county, Outer east portland, Parkrose Business Association, parkrose educational foundation, Parkrose High School Community Center, Parkrose news, Parkrose School District news, Reynolds School District, SnowCap news, TriMet news | No Comments »
Thursday, March 1st, 2012
Editor’s note: The 2012 elections are a watershed moment in city politics. For the first time in decades, with the mayor declining to run for re-election, Randy Leonard retiring from his council seat and incumbent commissioner Amanda Fritz facing a serious challenge, there will be at least two, if not three new faces at City council. Veteran beat reporter Lee Perlman interviewed the major mayoral and city council candidates. The Smith interview concludes the mayoral portion of the series. Council candidate interviews follow in upcoming editions.

State Representative Jefferson Smith.
Tags: Charlie Hales, david douglas school district, east portland, Eileen Brady, Gateway Education Center, gateway urban renewal, Jefferson Smith, Parametrix, parkrose school district, Portland Development Commission, Reynolds School District
Posted in City news, east Portland, Mid-county, Portland news | 2 Comments »
Friday, February 10th, 2012
Editor’s note: The 2012 elections are a watershed moment in city politics. For the first time in decades, with the mayor declining to run for re-election, Randy Leonard retiring from his council seat, and incumbent commissioner Amanda Fritz facing a serious challenge, there will be at least two, if not three new faces at City council. Veteran beat reporter Lee Perlman interviewed the major mayoral and city council candidates. In this post, mayoral candidate Eileen Brady is interviewed.
Tags: 2012 Portland Mayor's race, Arlene Kimura, Charlie Hales, david douglas school district, east portland, east portland action plan, Eileen Brady, Gateway Regional Center Urban Renewal Area, Healthy Kids Initiative, Jefferson Smith, New Seasons
Posted in City news, David Douglas High School, east Portland, Mid-county, Outer east portland | 1 Comment »
Thursday, February 9th, 2012
At a Portland City Council Candidate forum — the first in a series sponsored by the Gateway Area Business Association — City Commissioner Amanda Fritz, vying for reelection, proudly told the audience how she intervened on behalf of Portland General Electric executive and David Douglas School Board chair Annette Mattson to get a small portion of a sidewalk built in outer east Portland specifically at Mattson’s request.

At a Portland City Council candidates forum, City Commissioner Amanda Fritz tells the audience how she personally intervened to get a sidewalk built for friend Annette Mattson in outer east Portland. East Portland businessman Bruce Altizer, one of Fritz's opponents in the race, looks on.
Tags: Amanda Fritz, Annette Mattson, Bruce Altizer, Gateway Area Business Association
Posted in City news, Commissioner Amanda Fritz, east Portland, Mid-county | No Comments »
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
Posted online, here’s a recap of the February 2012 edition of the Mid-county Memo ….
Tom West, girls varsity basketball coach at Portland Christian for 30 years, was named Oregon’s 2010-2011 National Federation of State High School Associations Coach of the Year.

Former Portland Christian girls varsity coach Tom West, center, holding plaque, was named 2011 National Federation of State High School Associations Coach of the Year. West quit coaching after 30 years at the school. He won three state titles, including a 29-0, undefeated record in 2007.
Tags: Classroom Law Project, Eileen Brady, Neighborhood Prosperity Initiative, Portland Christian Jr/Sr High School, Portland Plan, Richard English, Tom West
Posted in Business, Churches, City news, East County news, east Portland, East Portland Parks, Entertainment recommendation, Fundraiser, Gateway news, Mid-county, Midland Library, Mt. Hood Comm. College, Outer east portland, Outer Southeast Portland, Parkrose Business Association, Parkrose High School Community Center, Parkrose news, Parkrose School District news, Portland Christian Jr/Sr High School, Portland news, Portland Parks & Recreation | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
СВЕТИ ГЕОРГИThe Parkrose Neighborhood Prosperity Initiative wrapped up its three organizational meetings last month with creation of a seven-person steering committee for the next step: a formal commitment to the Portland Development Commission and city, then formation of an “urban renewal light” district bringing physical, permanent improvements along Sandy Boulevard, from Northeast 99th to 120th avenues.

Colleen Gifford, from left, David Ableidinger and Luke Shepard at a Parkrose Neighborhood Prosperity Initiative organizational meeting held last month. Gifford, hired by the Parkrose Business Association through a grant from the City to recruit steering committee members for the Parkrose NPI, one of six areas in Portland designated by the City and Portland Development Commission.
Tags: ABC Sustainable Solutions, Amy Salvador, Bryan Ableidinger, Colleen Gifford, Dana DeKlyen, Joe Rossi, Luke Shepard, Marcy Emerson-Peters, Mary Walker, Neighborhood Prosperity Initiative, Pakrose Business Association, Parkrose, Parkrose Hardware, Parkrose Neighborhood Association, Portland Development Commission
Posted in City news, east Portland, Land Use, Mid-county, Outer east portland, Parkrose Neighborhood Association, Parkrose news, Portland news, Sandy Blvd, Volunteer opportunity | No Comments »
Monday, January 30th, 2012
As the Portland Planning and Sustainability Commission continued their review of the draft document last month, Mid-Multnomah County had a prominent place in the draft Portland Plan.

Portland Planning and Sustainability Commission members, from left, Chris Smith, vice-chair Howard Shapiro and Mike Houck listen to testimony at the Portland Plan hearing held at Parkrose High School Community Center in November.
At their January 24 meeting, after praising Bureau of Planning and Sustainability and other bureaus’ staff work, they approved the Plan unanimously and forwarded it to City Council. Accoring to BPS staff, Council is expected to act on the Plan in April.
Tags: Andre Baugh, Dave Hampsten, Don Hanson, East Portland in Motion, Howard Shapiro, Joe Zehnder, Karen Fischer Gray, Michelle Rudd, parkrose school district, Portland Comprehensive Plan, Portland Plan, Portland Planning and Sustainability Commission
Posted in City news, east Portland, Hazelwood, Parkrose High School Community Center, Parkrose news, Portland news, Volunteer opportunity | No Comments »
Tuesday, January 17th, 2012
The second of the three meetings for the Portland Development Commission’s Parkrose Neighborhood Prosperity Initiative is tonight, at 7 p.m. in the Religious Education Building behind St. Rita Catholic Church, 10029 N.E. Prescott St.
An article in the Mid-county Memo on the formation of the six new mini urban renewal areas was published in December 2011 edition.
Tags: Dana DeKlyen, Neighborhood Prosperity Initiative, Portland Development Commission, Rey Espana, Sokhom Tauch, St. Rita Catholic Church
Posted in City news, Parkrose news, Volunteer opportunity | No Comments »