Brooklyn Neighborhood

Brooklyn Neighborhood Newsletter

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LOCATION: SE 16th & Center ACCEPTABLE WASTE: Yard Debris: We will be accepting a limited amount of yard debris so get there early! Mixed Solid Waste: We will be accepting non-recyclables. Each vehicle will be quoted a price beforehand. Curbside recyclables CANNOT be accepted, as well as motors, large appliances, hazardous waste, and e-waste such [...]

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This Thursday’s meeting of the Portland to Milwaukie Light Rail Citizen’s Advisory Committee will feature a presentation on the topic of property displacements along the planned rail alignment.  Current plans call for a significant number of neighborhood businesses along SE 17th Avenue to be relocated. The meeting will be held on Thursday, April 15th from [...]

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Please join us for what should be a fun change of pace at this month’s Board Meeting.

Students and Faculty from Portland State’s Urban Design Workshop group will be in attendance to discuss various planning, zoning, and transportation issues in the Brooklyn Neighborhood.

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Title: Trimet Station Area Discussion Group Meeting Location: Thelma Skelton Loaves and Fishes Center at the corner of SE Milwaukie Avenue and Center Street Link out: Click here Description: We’ve got 3 items on this month’s agenda: 1. Urban Design Workshop class project. In 2009 a class of PSU students in the Urban Studies and [...]

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The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has approved TriMet’s request to waive certain regulatory requirements relating to WES train horns.

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Project location and overview This project will repave 1.9 miles of OR 99E (SE McLoughlin Blvd.)  between the Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd./Grand Ave. viaducts (mile post 1.2) and Harold St. (milepost 3.1). ODOT also plans to install a signalized crosswalk for pedestrians and bicyclists crossing McLoughlin Blvd. near the Ross Island Sand & Gravel [...]

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In celebration of our neighborhood’s vibrant mix of small businesses, the Brooklyn Action Corps is holding an open house at our General Meeting. The famous Brooklyn 97202 sweatshirts will be raffled off, along with other prizes. Light refreshments will also be available. Interested in having your Brooklyn based business participate? Email Crissy Kibbons-Lindahl. Meet your [...]

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Follow this link to the SE Portland Tool Library. Slated to open May 1, 2010, the SE Portland Tool Library is an all-volunteer library of home and garden tools that may be borrowed free of charge by SE Portland residents. We’re just like a library that lends books, we just happen to deal in saws, [...]

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Link to NPR Story Study Says Quiet Zones are Ultimately Safer Than Horns at Railroad Crossings NPR TRANSCRIPT: Copyright © 2010 National Public Radio®. JACKI LYDEN, host:For many small towns across the country, the haunting sounds of the long bellowing train whistles are part of old world charm. But for people who live near train [...]

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