The City has reopened a public comment period on the 2008/2009 budget after some recommended changes were added. One notable one for Brooklyn is the addition of a full-time ecologist on Ross Island.
Entries from May 2008
City Budgeting Reopens, Possible Brooklyn Impact
May 30th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Ross Island · Willamette River
Brooklyn’s Future Neighbor to the North
May 30th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Construction is slated to begin soon on Derek Hanna’s Portland City Storage facility. This will be located on the banks of the Willamette River, just north of the Ross Island Bridge.
Tags: Bikes · Transportation
Harold Street Station on Life Support
May 30th, 2008 · No Comments
Future plans for a light rail station near the intersection of SE Harold Street and McLoughlin are now in doubt.
Tags: Transportation
Comments On Our General Meeting
May 29th, 2008 · No Comments
If you missed last night’s meeting we had a good discussion about MAX, train noise and bike lanes. Today there are a couple of comments regarding our discussion that bear… more discussion!
Tags: Brooklyn Action Corps
Neighborhood Meeting is Tonight.
May 28th, 2008 · 16 Comments
Don’t miss tonight’s meeting at SE Milwaukie and Center. We’ll be in the Loaves and Fishes center right on the corner. The meeting starts at 7pm with free True Brew coffee and pastries. Tonights agenda includes
Tags: Uncategorized
Brooklyn Neighborhoood General Meeting, May 28th
May 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
Title: Brooklyn Neighborhoood General Meeting
Location: Sacred Heart Villa SE Center & Milwaukie
Description: Open to everyone. The month we’re discussing Brooklyn bike accessibility and alternate transportation.
Start Time: 19:00
Tags: Brooklyn Action Corps
Brooklyn’s wi-fi cloud in trouble, you can help
May 16th, 2008 · No Comments
Metro-Fi’s free wi-fi hasn’t been all that great in Brooklyn, it’s spotty, but at least it’s something. Today there’s news that Metro-Fi is potentially going to shut down it’s operations in the city. This is pretty unfortunate for us in Brooklyn because we have several nodes that work and presumably more than a [...]
Tags: Communication
Important bike open house on May 14th
May 10th, 2008 · No Comments
Brooklyn bicyclists who attended last years General Meeting about our bike future will recall that the neighborhood was on the cusp of winning a big grant for bike improvements in our northern portal. We did win the grant and the City will be ramping up for improvement soon. On May 14th the Portland [...]
Tags: Bikes · Transportation
New look for Brooklyn’s neighborhood website
May 5th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Hi there, you may have noticed that our website is changing. We’re making the site just as useful as it always was for finding information you’re looking for. However, we’re adding a lot of ways for you to stay in touch with neighbors and the Brooklyn Action Corps. Right now, we’re just [...]
Tags: Brooklyn Action Corps