Brooklyn Neighborhood

SE Uplift and the Office of Neighborhood Involvement are pleased to announce the fifth year of the Neighborhood Small Grants Program, with $86,664 in grant funds available to neighborhood and community groups across the city. SE Uplift will be awarding $22,594 in grant funds for projects that build community, attract new and diverse members and sustain those members already involved.

SE Uplift’s preferred use of funds is for projects that:

• Build capacity in the neighborhood system.

• Support engaging traditionally underrepresented groups in neighborhood association activities.

• Show partnerships between two neighborhood associations or an association and a traditionally underrepresented community or community-based organization that supports traditionally underrepresented communities.

Deadline to apply is Monday, November 1 by 2PM.

Grants will be awarded through a competitive basis and may range from $500-$5000.

For more information or questions about your application, please contact Kristen at kristen@southeastuplift.org
or 503-232-0010 x 319.

We encourage you to apply for your project today!

SE Uplift Neighborhood Coalition
3534 SE Main Portland, Oregon 97214
503 232-0010 www.southeastuplift.org

SE Portland Corridor Project from Mayor Sam Adams on Vimeo.

On August 16, SE Uplift’s Graffiti Abatement Community Grant Selection Committee chose the BAC’s “Brooklyn Pedestrian Bridge Mural, Landscaping Facelift and Graffiti Cleanup Kit Project” for funding in the amount of $2,046.

BAC plans to involve local stakeholders, including schools, merchants, and artists in our effort to transform the drab concrete bridge into a colorful gateway for our neighborhood, and convert the landscaped areas on both sides of the bridge into an attractive sanctuary for bus, bike, and walking commuters, with a patio, benches, bike racks, and other amenities.

We’ll be seeking volunteers and community partners, including the City of Portland, local merchants and professionals, and students to help provide planning, painting, labor, and materials.  To get involved contact mike@brooklyn-neighborhood.org. Huge thanks go out to SE Uplift for endorsing our vision for a more vibrant and useful bridge area in our neighborhood!

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Join the Brooklyn neighborhood at our block party this Saturday, August 14, noon to 10:00 PM!

Location: SE 24th Avenue between SE Cora and SE Gladstone.  There will be a stage and lots of music and fun.  The BAC is sponsoring the porta-potties.

See you there!

The BAC Board will be having a brief emergency meeting at 7PM on August 5th at the Thelma Skelton Loaves and Fishes center at SE Milwaukie Avenue and Center Street, Portland, Oregon to discuss sending a letter of support to the Federal Dept of Transportation for the “Southeast Corridor Project: Connecting Communities” TIGER II grant proposal. The project is expected to improve access and create more vibrant and livable communities by providing safer bicycle and pedestrian connections through a vital industrial corridor. The grant is expected to address the Kellogg Lake Pedestrian and Bicycle Bridge, the construction of a new Rhine Street Pedestrian Bridge, the Clinton to the River Multi-Use Path, and the relocation of SE Water Avenue to support new multimodal connections to educational institutions, employment, cultural attractions, and bicycle and pedestrian facilities. The public is welcome to attend this brief meeting.

We’ll be getting an update from Jennifer Koozer of TriMet on the Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail, our monthly police update from Officer Weber, a Friends of Trees update, and info on the August 14 Rock & Roll Block Party at SE 24th between Gladstone and Cora. See you at the meeting! Location: Thelma Skelton Loaves and Fishes hall at SE Milwaukie Blvd. and Center Street.

Meeting Time: Wednesday July 14, 6:30 PM

Location: Thelma Skelton Loaves and Fishes Center, 3925 SE Milwaukie Boulevard.

Who We Are: The Brooklyn Action Corps is a neighborhood organization whose purpose is to better the community by working together toward the solution of its social, physical, and economic problems. The Board is active in all that affects the greater good of the Neighborhood. All members of the community are invited to join the BAC and serve as a volunteer board member. Board membership requires a commitment of 2 to 3 hours per month. Please come to the board meeting if you’re interested in the neighborhood association or want to join the board.

AGENDA:
MEETING UPDATE: Please meet at 6PM at the Rhine Station location at SE 17th & Rhine Street for a tour, then we’ll head back to the Sacred Heart Villa for our meeting.
Announcements and updates, including a brief update on the status of the station area planning grant
* Urban Design Workshop students presentation of their ideas and recommendations for the Clinton station area
* Further discussion of the Rhine Station area – existing conditions and aspirations for future development and identity (we briefly covered this topic once before so I’ll give a summary of what was said at that earlier meeting)

Please feel free to invite any friends/neighbors/other business owners in the area who may be interested in discussing the Clinton, Rhine and Holgate station areas.

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