May issue recap
A summary of feature stories from the May 2009 edition of the Mid-county Memo:
The Gateway Green Project gets going with a grant for planning and an anonymous donation.
To meet Mayor Sam Adams’ first round of budget cuts, Portland Police Chief Rosie Sizer cuts the number of police precincts from five to three. The Northeast Precinct will now stretch from Linnton to Gresham.
Western States Chiropractic College, the 105-year-old institution in Mid-county seeks to become a university.
Up next, Perlman’s Potpourri: news items from across the Gateway and Parkrose neighborhoods of mid-Multnomah County from veteran Beat Reporter Lee Perlman.
In this month’s version he reports on the funding found to complete the 102nd Avenue Project; the soft opening of Russellville III; the ongoing wrestling match for design approval between Prunedale developer Bob Schatz and the Portland Design Commission; the state legislature was debating a bill that could give both the city and neighborhoods more say in the look and design of new buildings; Eastside Streetcar route choices need to be bicycle friendly; the Feds are moving into Cascade Station and TriMet cuts service to part of Northeast 102nd Avenue.
Plus, the Argay Neighbohood Association comments to the City’s Bureau of Environmental Services folk on the 16 curb extensions/bioswales to be built this summer on Northeast 122nd and 131st Avenues this summer.
Also in this month’s issue the process to relieve the severe traffic congestion at the I-205/Airport Way Interchange lurches forward.
And finally, and as always, the departments: Memo Calendar, Memo Pad and Business Memos.
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