Host a block party! It's so easy this year...
The City of Portland and your Mt. Scott-Arleta Neighborhood Association made planning a block party this summer easier (and cheaper) than ever before. If you plan ahead, you can take over the street for a night of games, cookouts and connecting with neighbors. There are a wealth of resources for making your block party easy to organize, full of ways to build community, and easy on our environment, too! 1) Check the great party planning and permitting resources provided online by the City of Portland Bureau of Transportation that make it easy to close down the street. Start by visiting PBOT's Block Party website ( www.Pbotblockparty.com ) to get the basics down. Southeast Uplift, our Neighborhood Coalition, has some great resources too. 2) If you're in the MSANA Neighborhood Boundaries, sign up to borrow the barriers the City requires for closing a street. (No rental fees, just return them when you're done!) Currently, they're available almost every weekend thi