Brooklyn Neighborhood, Portland, Oregon

The Sellwood-Moreland Improvement League, or SMILE, is hosting its largest fund-raising event of the year this Sunday, August 7. Enjoy $1 sundaes, hot dogs, chili dogs, and beverages, plus some of Sellwood’s best food carts. Yogi Bear, the free Movie in the Park, starts at dusk. They’ll be serving “after-hours” snacks during the movie as [...]

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Portland Commissioner Dan Saltzman apologized to Southeast Portland residents, at the Brooklyn Neighborhood general meeting Wednesday evening, for a sewer repair project that went awry. As part of a citywide effort to build additional public sewers, the Bureau of Environmental Services sent letters in June to 127 property owners in Southeast and Northeast Portland. The [...]

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Dear Neighbors: Many of you have received letters from the Portland Bureau of Environmental Services asking you to return a signed and notarized form committing to pay a Public Service Utility Waiver fee ranging from $6,000-$18,000 in anticipation of BES installing upgraded sewers in our streets as part of the city’s nonconforming sewer program. It [...]

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Miller Paint, a Portland Company for over 120 years, has graciously donated ten gallons of premium paint and tinting for the 9th Avenue Pedestrian Bridge Mural Project. The mural is being funded by a grant awarded to the BAC by the Office of Neighborhood Involvement Graffiti Abatement program. Lewton Jones, a Portland mural artist, is [...]

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Cities Report Surge in Graffiti NEW YORK TIMES, Tuesday, July 19, 2011 By ADAM NAGOURNEY SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Fresh blotches of graffiti decorate the backs of street signs here near the ocean. Tags have popped up on guardrails along the dirt trails near Griffith Park across town. There are, almost daily, fresh splashes on walls [...]

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The BAC is launching our foot patrol. Our first night will start Thursday July 21st at 7:30. Just gather in front of Dan Howell’s house at 4018 SE 10th Avenue. We’ll have reflective vests, flashlights, and a graffiti removal kit. Call the help line at (503) 241-4540 to get involved, or just show up Thursday [...]

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Check out the latest edition of BrookNews BrookNews July/Aug 2011out the latest newsletter  

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The Karate Kid starring Jaden Smith is our Movie in the Park this summer! The River City Band will rock the park before the show! FREE POPCORN! Where-Brooklyn Park at SE Milwaukie and Haig Street When-July 9th at 6:30 PM with the River City Band!  

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Dear Neighbors, Our June BAC Board Meeting is on Wednesday, June 8th at 6:30 PM this month at the Loaves and Fishes Center at SE Milwaukie Boulevard and SE Center Street. If you’re interested in making an impact on neighborhood issues, or want to volunteer with our pedestrian bridge mural or our Brooklyn Historic Block [...]

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Brooklyn Neighborhood Cleanup-Saturday June 4, 2011– 10AM-3PM 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, [...]

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