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Read our March 29th's Newsletter If you don't conveniently receive our Newsletter in your Email Inbox, Sign-up HERE!  Neighborhood News         March 29, 2012 

Hope to see you at the meeting! April 4th, 6:30pm Mt. Scott Community Center Msana Agenda 4-4-2012 (You can print and download by pressing the buttons at the bottom)

Neighborhood Appreciation Party It's an Appreciation Shindig at the Historic Bob White Theatre! Saturday, March 31st at 7pm - Food! Music! Fun! FREE. ALL-AGES. Visit the Event on Facebook! Come one, come all to the Historic Bob White Theatre's opening shindig and help us show our appreciation for the Foster-Powell neighborhood! March 31st will mark the beginning of a new era for the Historic Bob White Theater with the first official event in over 20 years!  Experience the potential This is only the beginning of many major happenings in the works for this long forgotten palace. Things are still pretty rough around the edges and we have a lot of work ahead of us but in the meantime, let's have some fun this weekend! ...

  SE Uplift is seeking coalition musicians and neighborhood leaders to march with us in the 6th Annual 82nd Avenue of Roses Parade on Saturday, April 28th, 2012! Musicians will ride in style in our coalition director's truck while staff and neighbors walk/ride the route cheering and handing out candy. This is a great opportunity for you to show off your talent and your neighborhood pride! This will be the third year SE Uplift staff have participated in the parade. Each year we have a wonderful time and this year we would like you to join in the fun! Please let us know if you would like to donate your musical talent to the cause of uplifting community spirit and contact SEUL before April 20th ! The parade begins at Eastport Plaza and ends at Yamhill and 78th Ave and is followed by a carnival at Eastport Plaza!

Arleta Library Bakery and; Cafe, SE 72nd Ave. The City of Portland is continuing its update the Comprehensive Plan and is reaching a point of more robust public involvement.  The Comprehensive Plan provides direction for City decision-making on land use, transportation, sewer and water systems and natural resource management plans.  It tells us what we want to happen in the future through a set of maps; goals and policies; and a list of projects.   At our April 4th Neighborhood Association Meeting, Matt Wickstrom, the Southeast District Liaison from the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability will explain the process, timeline and involvement opportunities for the update to the Comp Plan and hear from neighbors about connections between this effort and areas of interest to neighbors in Mt Scott-Arleta. The Comp Plan will be informed by and help to implement the Portland Plan, a strategic plan for a prosperous, equitable, educat...

On March 18, from 11am-1pm, we invite YOU, the neighbors of Foster Road, to participate in a visioning session for the Wikman-Arleta Building Project. The Wikman-Arleta building project has the potential to transform our neighborhood. Imagine what you’d love to see here in the neighborhood that can be housed at the Wikman-Arleta building! Imagine programs that bring our community together. Imagine the possibilities that will transform our neighborhood. Your voice matters in shaping our neighborhood. Your voice matters in exploring the the possibilities. Visit Rose CDC's website

With no-money-down financing, instant rebates, and step-by-step expert guidance, Clean Energy Works Oregon is helping Oregonians save energy now and save their homes from becoming history.  Hammer & Hand and Chicks of All Trades have both contacted MSANA about this program. Chicks of All Trades rebate code is“CNCAT” Hammer & Hand rebate code is“CNHHA” - Go to cleanenergyworksoregon.org and enter one of the above rebate codes

This month's free movie features "One flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest". A movie that show cases many of the problems that mental institutions used to struggle with during the 1950's and 1960's. This movie is a tragic comedy that is both painful, honest, and important. The movie will be introduced by Dr. Dan Smith, who is a Clinical Psychologist at Oregon State Hospital, where much of this movie was filmed. Dr Dan and our friends with Empower Oregon will help lead a short conversation after the movie about what has changed and what is still needed for adequate mental health services in our communities. 6:00pm Doors open, 6:30 movie 6401 Southeast Foster Road Portland, OR 97206 SEIU Local 503 | SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION ... www. seiu 503.org |

Brad Taylor, our Crime Prevention Coordinator, presented at tonight's Neighborhood Meeting. He discussed the 'high crime' areas in our neighborhood and offered methods to improve safety and livability. Brad went through the various crimes that have been committed and where the crimes seem to be concentrated in our neighborhood. (Mostly along SE 82nd Ave and a bit of SE Foster). Neighborhood watches and foot patrols are very effective in preventing crime and Brad would love to help YOU get one started. Contact Information: Brad Taylor . Telephone: 503.823.2781 Crime Prevention Coordinator : (Office of Neighborhood Involvement) Visit PortlandMaps.com and enter your street address to see what crimes have been committed in your neighborhood. Take a BITE out of Crime!

Our March Meeting will be this Wednesday the 7th, 6:30pm, at the Mt. Scott Community Center. View Full Screen Agenda

Brand Spanking (New) Newsletter! Check out our latest Neighborhood newsletter! We are working hard to bring you information about your community. We've given the blog a lot of attention, and now we're digging into a new style of newsletter. We've recently added twitter to our repetoire, and you can still find us on Facebook. There's a lot of information to share, so get connected… Read the Newsletter!

This past fall, the historic Bob White Theater on Foster Rd at 64 th was sold. Since then the current owner, Nick Storie, has actively engaged the neighborhood about the future use of the building. Formerly a movie theater, many neighbors expressed an interest in seeing it returned to its original use. They hosted an open house of the space, in December, which turned into an outdoor coffee, donut, and building plans community meeting when the fire marshall closed the building to visitors at the last minute. This did little to dampen people’s excitement about the future of the building. Since then they have had an estate sale and started cleaning up the inside. They are currently seeking help cleaning up the space.  From the Historic Bob White Theater's Facebook page: " Volunteers needed. Saturday March 10th we will be having a volunteer cleaning party from 9-am till 3-pm. We will provide music, coffee and doughnuts for all volunteers. We thank you for all your support, and wi...

Do you have a community project just begging to be funded? Check out these upcoming grant opportunities: PDC Lents Community Livability Grant   www.pdc.us/clg Available for the Lents Urban Renewal Area (which includes both sides of Foster Rd.) From the website: " These grants support a wide variety of community benefits: historic preservation, open spaces and gardens, community and cultural centers, social services, job training, and the growth of local businesses. All interested applicants are required to attend a mandatory workshop to learn more about project eligibility, completing the application, and the evaluation and selection process... for Lents Town Center, March 7, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at SE Works." BES Community Watershed Stewardship Grant portlandonline.com/bes/stewardship From the website: " The Community Watershed Stewardship Program (CWSP) is a partnership between Portland Environmental Services and Portland State University. The program engages Portlanders...

Hey Neighbors! Do you want to get involved in your neighborhood, but you're not sure how? The Neighborhood Association is looking for help with the following: News Team We need citizen reporters who want to write for the blog and newsletter. Do you have your ear to the ground on neighborhood happenings? Do you have a knack for writing? Share your knowledge and talents with the community! Web Development The good news is that we've secured the domain mtscottarleta.com. The bad news is that we don't have anyone to helps us build a site there! Do you have web dev skills that you'd like to show off? We'd love to hear from you! Survey Team We recently received a grant to undertake a neighborhood survey. This is great news, because it means we can finally reach out into the community in a meaningful way to get people involved and to find out what is important to you. But there is quite a lot of work to do! We're still in the planning stages but we'd welcome your i...

I’m not sure when I made the switch from pronouncing it “arr-let-ah “to “arr-leet-ah.“ It sort of happened without my noticing, but I suspect it was around the time that Multnomah County declared the Wikman Building surplus , and started soliciting bids for future uses of the site.  I learned at the open house that the building, located at 4420 S.E. 64th  Ave , at Holgate, just across from Laurelwood Park, was originally the Arleta Library. Suddenly the name had meaning, history, and context. I started pronouncing it with the long “e” in the middle. I do believe that language is ever-evolving and organic, and the same applies neighborhoods, but I also believe that it is important to recognize and preserve history.  This historic gem stands empty now, but there are plans in the works to make it a community centerpiece. The county opened up the future of the building to the community and settled on Revitalize Outer South East Community Development  (ROSE CDC) to take o...