Mid-county Memo Blog

A recap, with links, to the January 2010 issue of the Mid-county Memo follows.

A feature story about Multnomah County Sheriff’s office personnel adopting residents of a skilled nursing facility, a MCSO neighbor, is on this month’s front page.

Lee Perlman asks Mid-county business leaders, school and social service agency administrators to reflect on 2009 and what they see for 2010.

A story by Heather Hill about shop classes and vocational training for Parkrose High School students provided by a partnership with the Northwest College of Construction.

We received a news release from Portland Police Bureau about a shooting incident in outer east Portland last night. It follows:

“Last night (Tuesday, Jan.5) at 12:45 a.m., Portland Police Officers responded to the 100 Block of Southeast 160th (Ave.) on a report of a person being shot. Before officers arrived, 911 dispatchers received information that the victim was being driven to the hospital by a friend. The victim, 21-year-old Cherie Thompson, was taken to Emanuel hospital and received treatment for non-life threatening injuries from two gunshot wounds.

Links and a recap of feature articles from the December 2009  edition of the Mid-county Memo online version follow:

Latest photos and full story about the world’s largest choral festival, The Grotto’s twenty second annual Festival of Lights in east Portland.

Full story about east Portland neighborhood association leaders examining the different ways other neighborhood offices are run.

Latest photos and full recap of fall high school spots in Mid-County.

Latest photos and full story about Hall of Fame wrestling coach Marc Sprague joining the David Douglas Mat Club.

Mid-county Memo Neighbor of the Year (1994) William “Bill” Winge’s obituary.

Links and a recap of feature articles from the online editon of the November 2009  Mid-county Memo follow:

Latest photos and full story about the transformation of the former Children’s Receiving Center into the Gateway Center for Domestic Violence Services in east Portland.

Latest photos and full story about how former elementary schools within Parkrose School District — Thompson School and Knott Elementary — are being used these days.

A story about developers, for all intents and purposes, killing a proposed amendment to control the way garages are built on smaller parcels

A recap of feature articles from the September issue of the Mid-county Memo follows.

The three stories on the front page are: TriMet opens light rail service in Southeast Portland to Clackamas Town Center with the opening of the Green Line Saturday, September 12.

Marking the completion of the Russellville community — begun over a decade ago by the Rembold family — Russellville Park II opens with fanfare and politicos speechifying.

Mid-County’s Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization uses federal stimulus dollars to keep hundreds of teenagers working and learning.

Portland Parks & Recreation’s Community Gardens program is offering its annual free guided tour of six gardens throughout the city on Saturday, July 18. From 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon, participants can join PP&R Community Gardens staff and learn about various gardening techniques, examine water catchment systems, and view edible greenspaces.

The guided tour will take participants by van and carpool to see community gardens at Gabriel Park (Southwest 41st and Canby), Col. Summers Park (Sotheast 20th and Taylor), Sewallcrest Park (Sotheast 31st and Market), Brentwood Park (Southeast 57th and Cooper), Woodlawn Park (7200 N.E. 11th), and Hazelwood Hydro Park (Northeast 117th and Holladay), in east Portland. The tour leaves from PP&R’s Mt. Tabor Central Maintenance Yard at 6437 SE Division Street at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 18.

We received a reminder from East Portland Neighborhood Office of the Hazelwood Neighborhood Association’s general membership meeting Monday, May 18 at the EPNO office, 1017 N.E. 117th Ave.

Hazelwood, one of the larger NAs in east Portland,  is chaired by Arlene Kimura.

Have you been dying to learn about the City of Portland’s land use and development review processes?

Would you like to get hands-on experience with a land use review case study; one that includes a review of a development proposal and site plan, identification of relevant issues, and effective ways to respond to the approval criteria?

If so, you, the public, are invited to attend a free Land-Use Workshop Saturday, January 24 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the East Portland Community Center, 740 SE 106th Ave. Multipurpose Room #2

The Portland Water Bureau is planning the planting of about 47 new trees in the existing Hazelwood HydroPark, according to spokesperson Darcy Cronin.

The planting will include 25 large species, eight feet tall at the time of planting that include Douglas firs, ponderosa pines, big leaf maples and Oregon oaks, plus a dozen fruit trees, Cronin said. They will all be planted on Feb. 28 on the north side of the park.

At a community fair at the park in east Portland last summer, several people noted a lack of shade in this part of the park. Hazelwood HydroPark is at 1017 NE 117th. Ave.

On Thursday, September 11, the Oregonian reported, in its Business section, that a company called NNT, doing business as Gossip Sports Bar and Restaurant has leased the 6,920 sq. ft. building at 11340 N.E. Halsey Street, formerly occupied by Nine Ball Sports Bar.

The 6,920 foot building was originally built for a chain restaurant, Carrow’s, that operated for decades in Mid-county before closing.

In a conversation with Tony Truong, Gossip Sports Bar and Restaurant new owner, he said he and his partner are in the application process with both the Oregon Liquor Control Commission and the Oregon Lottery; hoping to have the doors open before 2009.