Brooklyn Neighborhood

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This is a great opportunity for those of you who are concerned about Portland’s projected growth.  The following is the City’s request for applicants…

The City of Portland is accepting applications through October 31, 2008, for 12 community members to serve on the Community Involvement Committee (CIC) for the Portland Plan. The Portland Plan is a comprehensive, three-year planning project lead by the City’s Bureau of Planning. The purpose of the Portland Plan is to develop policies and actions to guide Portland’s growth and development over the next 30 years. The planning effort will result in an update to the city’s Comprehensive Plan and the Central City Plan.
The charge of the CIC is to review and make recommendations on the public involvement efforts and accomplishments of the Portland Plan. The committee will review past involvement efforts and results, preview upcoming involvement activities, and make recommendations to the Bureau of Planning on ways to continue or improve its public involvement activities to meet the overall goals of the public involvement strategy of the Portland Plan.
The CIC will be made up of three Planning Commissioners and 12 members of the community at large. CIC members should expect to meet quarterly over the three-year period of the planning project. However, in the beginning, the committee may need to meet more often.
Additional information about the CIC is available at: (http://www.portlandonline.com/shared/cfm/image.cfm?id=203993).