MSANA Temporary

....And one of the reasons why it is so exciting is that you can have input and help determine which improvements may happen and how Foster Road will be transformed! For many, many years the City has had plans to improve Foster Road. But with so many other projects needing funding as well, and available funds being so scarce, it has mostly remained plans on paper. That is about to change. Due to a combination of factors, things are finally about to change for Foster Road. And “change for the better” that is! SE Foster and 50th, 1937 taken from Vintage Portland Our own Mt.Scott-Arleta Neighborhood Association is working together with our friends north of Foster, the Foster-Powell Neighborhood Association and we are jointly engaging the City in different ways get improvements for Foster Road not just planned but also implemented. Our vision is to make Foster Road safer, nicer, better, friendlier and in short a street to be proud of being part of our neighborhood. If we make Fo...

Get outside folks! Exercise and meet your neighbors while talking about Portland’s compost program to help raise some extra funds for MSANA for cool neighborhood projects and activities!    What :  The Bureau of Planning and Sustainability (BPS) invites neighborhood associations to mobilize volunteers to promote composting and raise money for their group. Why :  Portlanders are doing a great job at composting food scraps. It takes time to adapt to a new change and the City wants to answer questions and provide assistance with the changes. How: BPS will provide training and materials and folks from the Mt. Scott-Arleta Neighborhood will earn $2.00 per conversation or $.50 per household not home for our Neighborhood Association! The more volunteers who show up, the more money we will raise for MSANA for cool neighborhood activities and projects! When :  SATURDAY, MAY 12 at  10:30 a.m. Training will start and canvassing will follow, for an hour or two or howe...

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Time to get your Spring Cleaning Done! Foster-Powell and Mt. Scott-Arleta are teaming-up to Clean-Up the Neighborhood! Please see flier below for more information on the Clean-Up...  ------click to enlarge below flier -------

Neighborhood Elections in May! The Mt. Scott-Arleta Neighborhood is seeking new members to support the work that is happening in our vibrant neighborhood. A few of our dedicated board members are taking on new roles, and one has an exciting new life waiting in Alaska (bon voyage, Matt, the treasurer!) Take a gander below at the positions that will be open in May. We would love to have you on Board! Please contact lisa anne (current chair) if you would like to get involved...we will help you ease into your new role. Open Board Positions : The Treasurer tracks money coming in and out of the neighborhood association and makes financial reports at meetings. The Land Use Chair receives land-use notices from the City and notifies the Land Use 'Group' about neighborhood Land Use issues. The Chair responds to email inquiries, helps put together the agenda, and helps facilitates meetings. The Vice-Chair position supports the Chair with their responsibilities. If your curiosity is pi...

Get the word out! Foster-Powell and Mt. Scott-Arleta are teaming-up to Clean-Up the Neighborhood! Please see flier below for more information on the Clean-Up... We need your help! Give a couple hours to help distribute fliers or help at the clean-up email or call Shawna (503-771-3104). Thanks Shawna for organizing this event! Terah Beth even enlisted her visiting Mom (from Tennessee) to help pass out Fliers to her neighbors.  ------click to enlarge below flier -------

The following is a summary of the cell tower that is proposed at Mt. Scott Fuel, located within (your) Mt. Scott-Arleta Neighborhood.... In September of last year (2011) a notice was issued by the City about a public hearing regarding Verizon and Mt. Scott Fuel proposing to build a new cell tower at the site of Mt. Scott Fuel at 6904 SE Foster road. This Mt. Scott Fuel site is a non-conforming use and non-confirming development that does not fit within the current zoning (or character) of our neighborhood. Furthermore even though the nature of the business is selling landscaping materials from the site, the actual site has no landscaping at all but instead is surrounded by an ugly chain-link fence and concrete walls all around, and on top of that the owners even requested a waiver from the mandatory landscaping requirements associated with the proposed cell tower. The application required a so-called Type-III zoning review because the applicant was requesting a waiver of the required...