A site for all who live, work and play in our inner-southeast Portland neighborhood.
Kids Parade in Ladd’s Addition!
Meet at 1606 SE Elliott Avenue at 11 AM. Parade will march down Elliott, around Ladd’s Circle and end at Abernethy for a cool treat. Dress up your bike, wagon, scooter and self; all invited and welcome.
July 4th, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized | 
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Please join HAND for a presentation: THE CLINTON STREET MAX VISIONING PROJECT
Learn about some of the opportunities and challenges surrounding the proposed MAX Light Rail Station near SE 12th and Clinton.
DATE: TUESDAY, JUNE 3OTH 6:30 TO 9:00 PM
PLACE: ST. PHILIP NERI, ST. PAUL ROOM IN THE PAULIST CENTER (SE 17th and Division Street)
During the past academic term a group of talented PSU Urban Design Students have been studying the area around SE 12th and Clinton to explore what might happen there in the future.
They have some creative ideas to share. They have a list of questions we may want to answer as we go forward. They also have some suggested next steps for our neighborhood as we continue to work with TriMet and the City of Portland to see what the arrival of light rail could mean for our neighborhood.
June 30th, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized | Print This Post
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Thanks to all who made it out to the HAND Block Party, despite the rain!
If you weren’t able to attend today’s Community Awareness Day, but would like to give feedback about whether you think a park should be built on SE 19th @ Division, please fill out our feedback form and mail it back to us! (CLICK HERE FOR LINK)
You can send the form to the Hosford-Abernethy Neighborhood Development Association:
Pocket Park Project
C/O HAND
PO BOX 15033
Portland, OR 97293-5033
We hope to have all forms back by the next HAND meeting, which is Tuesday, July 21 @ 7 PM.
At July’s HAND meeting we’ll review the forms received and the next steps for applying for a permit.
Thanks again!
-The Pocket Park Committee @ HAND
For more information, contact Amy Lewin: amy(at)handpdx.org
June 21st, 2009 | Category: Events, Land Use Issues, Uncategorized | Print This Post
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The SE Portland Train Horn Quiet Zone Committee seeks your support for creation of a train horn Quiet Zone for the rails in the SE Portland area. A Quiet Zone substitutes other safety measures (such as gates) for the loud train horns. A roster of petitioners will be delivered to the City of Portland and to TriMet.
THE PETITION: “NO KIDDING, IT’S EARSPLITTING”
A train horn Quiet Zone is essential for the SE Portland rail corridor.
Why? Because:
* There are already 35 trains each day and night running through the corridor.
* With light rail, this could increase by five times (to 175 trains), all day and all night long.
* Each train is required to sound four 110 decibel blasts at each of five intersections between SE 8th and Clinton – 20 blasts for each train.
* Current train horns already disrupt many people’s sleep, damaging long term health.
* These blasts exceed recommended health and safety levels; OSHA requires hearing protection at 88 decibels (less than a quarter as loud as a train horn).
This “earsplitting” sound will:
* Limit viability of a passenger station and nearby bike/pedestrian trails.
* Increase liability for hearing loss for people living and working nearby.
* Be a barrier to successful economic re-development of the area.
* Damage the livability of HAND and Brooklyn neighborhoods.
TO SIGN THIS PETITION, CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=q6L_2bix9dhMkPpnA2fUwWjg_3d_3d
June 21st, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized | Print This Post
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Proposed Pocket Park location.
You are invited out for a community awareness picnic and open space party. Our goal is to raise awareness about this volunteer project, get feedback from neighbors to create a better sense of how to use this space as a park. Bring your lawn chairs, sidewalk chalk, picnic basket and more.
If you’re curious, have ideas, or are just looking for a good time with your community, please plan to attend!
CAN’T ATTEND BUT HAVE AN OPINION?
Please fill out our survey — (click for .pdf) — and mail to HAND, PO Box 15033, Portland, OR 97293-5033
You are also welcome to attend our next HAND meeting on Tuesday, July 21, 7-9 PM (check site for details).
June 14th, 2009 | Tags: 7 corners, division street, pocket park | Category: Events, Land Use Issues, Uncategorized | Print This Post
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DIVISION STREETSCAPE AND STREET RECONSTRUCTION
PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE
Thursday, June, 25 2009 from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Transit access: TriMet Bus 4
3016 SE Division St – formerly Wild Oats Grocery Store
You are invited to attend an open house for the Division Streetscape and Street Reconstruction Project (SE 6th to SE 39th Avenue). At the open house, you will have an opportunity to learn about the project,
review streetscape design concepts, and provide input on how to create a green street /main street for Division.
Please stop by anytime between 6:00 and 8:00 p.m. Project staff will be on hand to answer questions. For more project information, please visit the project website at www.portlandonline.com/transportation and
search Division Streetscape. If you have any questions, contact Elizabeth Mahon, Project Manager, at 503-823-0396.
To help ensure equal access to City programs, services and activities, the City of Portland will reasonably modify policies/procedures and provide auxilliary aids/services to persons with disabilities. Please call 503-823-5185.
June 14th, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized | Print This Post
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Hosford-Abernethy Neighborhood Development Association (HAND)
Community Board Meeting
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
7:00 – 9:00 PM
(Land Use meeting at 6:30)
St. Philip Neri Church Paulist Center
2408 SE 16th Avenue (and Division)
AGENDA (TBA):
Draft Agenda
Introductions
Crime Prevention Officer
Elections to the Executive Board
Announcements
(1) Bikes in Ladds – a community meeting on the 5th Wednesday of July
(2) Siting the Max station – a community meeting on the 5th Tuesday of June
(3) Green Team – Ethan
(4) Pocket Park, Community Awareness Day, Saturday, June 20th 4-7 PM – Amy
Conversations
(1) 20th and Hawthorne Speed Tables – Will Stevens
(2) HAND involvement in Summer activities – Muddy Boot, Street Fair, Neighborhood Night Out
Internal Board Issues
(1) Approval of minutes
(2) Treasurer’s report – Matthew
(3) Approval for SEUL insurance for FLAG
(4) Approval for Friends of Trees
(5) Approval for Blues Bridge Walk on the Esplanade for St Marys Academy
(6) Approval of support for Friends of Trees 2009/2010 planting season
For more information please contact HAND chair Alex Bassos at: chair@handpdx.org
June 7th, 2009 | Category: Events, Land Use Issues, Meetings, Uncategorized | Print This Post
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Keep your eyes and ears open for more information on this major fund raising event for SAVE OUR ELMS. It will be held in July 2009. The details have not been finalized, but it will be an evening to celebrate the restoration of this grand Ladd’s Addition home.
Music & food, walk amid the roses, gather under the summer stars to learn more about Ladd’s Addition History.
For more information call Karen Girard: 503-381-5636, or email her at hometour@saveourelms.org or visit the Save Our Elms web site: http://www.saveourelms.org/
June 7th, 2009 | Category: Events, Uncategorized | Print This Post
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Elm Inoculation Day Schedule
Ladd’s Addition
Saturday, June 27, 2009 from 8:30 AM to 2:00 PM,
Meet at Palio’s Elm Room.
Inoculation Day Schedule:
Approx. 90 American Elms to be injected in 2009.
8:30 AM Orientation & Instructions. Volunteers meet on Ladd Circle in front of Videorama / Palio’s.
9:00 AM Inoculations begin.
11:30 AM (approx.) Break for Lunch.
12:30 PM Finish inoculating any remaining trees (if any).
4:00 PM Collect and remove trash and recyclable materials from inoculation area.
Contact Toby Deming at: inoculations@saveourelms.org for more information or visit the Save Our Elms web site: http://www.saveourelms.org/
June 7th, 2009 | Category: Events, Sustainability, Uncategorized | Print This Post
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Below is an update on the status of the Division Streetscape Construction Project from Project Manager Liz Mahon. If you have feedback, please contact one of the HAND board members on the CAC (Amy Lewin, Liz Gatti or Linda Nettekoven) by noon, Monday, June 1.
- Alternatives Summary (block by block and general overview)
- Overview of Alternatives
- Alternatives Summary by Block – draft
- Alternatives Legend
The concepts identify possible streetscape improvements under the two street cross-section scenarios discussed in the 2005 Division Green Street / Main Street Plan.
Please note that although we are showing two alternatives (based on where we left off in 2005), we are moving forward with removing pro-time lanes where possible along Division to either return vehicle parking, create pedestrian crossings with curb extensions, enhance bus stops, or create bike parking.
We are working with Kittelson to determine what capacity is needed at the major intersections along SE Division (11th/12th, Seven Corners, 26th). We’ll discuss their findings at CAC #4 in July. At that time, we’ll work together as a committee to finalize the cross-section design and discuss what is needed at the various intersections.
Please review the streetscape options above and provide feedback to CAC members by noon on Monday, June 1st. We’ll compile the comments and present these at our meeting on June 3rd.
Our June CAC meeting will focus on establishing the design goals and vision for the streetscape improvements. The goals will be presented to the community at the June open house.
Staff will develop a draft list of design goals based upon what we’ve heard from the CAC to date (in addition to anything you submit by June 1st). We’ll review and refine the list as a group at our next meeting.
Please email me if you have any questions. I look forward to hearing back from everyone.
Elizabeth Mahon
Portland Office of Transportation
1120 SW 5th Ave, Suite 800
Portland Oregon 97204
503-823-0396
May 25th, 2009 | Tags: biking, division, HAND, Meetings, oregon, parks, portland, transportation | Category: Land Use Issues, Transportation Issues, Uncategorized | Print This Post
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