BroadArts Theatre, Portland's award-wining, progressive musical theater company is creating Portland's future and they need your help...What? Tables are available on a sliding scale for organizations who would like to play a role in one or all of five upcoming themed, interactive community salons. The BroadArts Visionary Salons will be filled with discussions, presentations, and theatrics all working to bring together our rich community more...

Do you know that there are six neighborhoods that straddle East Burnside? Yep, these neighborhoods are lucky enough to have a foot firmly planted in Northeast and Southeast Portland:KernsLaurelhurstCenterMontavillaHazelwoodGlenfairIn the past, we had the option of listing these neighborhoods in only one quadrant. As you might suspect, this wasn't popular! So, we're happy to announce that we've made some changes and now these six more...

"Be the change you wish to see in the World."GhandiAre you ready to give back to your community and be a part ofthe emergency response system to be there for those in need?Have you wanted to be more involved in your community in a truly meaningful way? Trauma Intervention Program of Portland/Vancouver, Inc. (TIP) is an organization of specially trained citizen volunteers helping citizens in crisis. TIP is seeking volunteers more...

According to a ranking by SustainLane, Portland is the greenest city in the nation. The rankings track the unfolding story of cities working to improve their residents’ quality of life. Cities with decentralized energy supplies, renewable water sources, abundant mass transit etc score high. Green building and land use policies also play an important role in determining who's green and who's not. Portland's placing at the top may more...

First HydroPark proposed for North PortlandUnder Commissioner Randy Leonard's leadership, the Water Bureau has taken on the exciting challenge of turning many of the Water Bureau's properties into greenspaces for public use. Since 2006, six new neighborhood HydroParks have been opened around Portland.A relatively unknown site located just north of the sound wall along N. Going Street and east of the pedestrian overpass between N. more...

Do you know that posting signs, posters and flyers on wooden or metal utility poles is against the law?It's trespassing. Get this: Persons attaching posters or signs to privately owned poles may be charged with Criminal Mischief III (ORS 164.345) Apparently, this act also violates a number of City of Portland and National Electrical Safety codes (including Portland City Codes 14A.50.070 and 17.64.040 and NESC Rule 217A4 and Rule more...

Sorry for the brief absence. It appears that a server update didn't go according to plan, which took Neighborhood Notes down for about an hour. We're happy to say that, since you are reading this, we are up and running again.If it were only that easy to fix my dishwasher and the DVD drive in my Mac... more...

SustainLane.com has released its 2008 City Rankings of the most sustainable cities in the United States—whaddyaknow: Portland is the greenest city in the nation! What's really interesting is the breakdown of categories and where we rank in each. Let's just say that we didn't receive an A+ in every category of our sustainability report card.  Portland is a Sustainability Leader in:Air Quality (we're #1)Energy and Climate more...

The Portland metropolitan area is expanding. This growth increases pressure on water quality and fish and wildlife habitat. How can our region achieve a balance between development and conservation? What are the best ways to improve ecological functions within our growing urban areas? How can existing neighborhoods increase the presence of nature? The Metro Council is seeking creative answers to these questions through the Nature in more...

The Office of Neighborhood Involvement (ONI) has been working with staff and bureau advisory committee members to evaluate the current bureau mission statement and to develop bureau goals. ONI is now presenting a draft mission and bureau goals for review by all stakeholders to provide feedback on the proposal as well as on key challenges/issues identified during this process.BackgroundONI's strategic planning effort was motivated by more...