Upcoming BAC Events

May
31
Wed
6:00 pm Gideon Shelter Working Group @ zoom and onsite
Gideon Shelter Working Group @ zoom and onsite
May 31 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
If you’d like to join us, email gideonshelter at brooklyn-neighborhood.org We have a google drive with our working documents. short zoom link: https://bit.ly/bacCTWG Detailed Zoom info: Topic: Clinton Triangle /...
Jun
1
Thu
6:00 pm Gideon Shelter Working Group @ zoom and onsite
Gideon Shelter Working Group @ zoom and onsite
Jun 1 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
If you’d like to join us, email gideonshelter at brooklyn-neighborhood.org We have a google drive with our working documents. short zoom link: https://bit.ly/bacCTWG Detailed Zoom info: Topic: Clinton Triangle /...
7:00 pm Brooklyn Climate Community Open ... @ The Chomp
Brooklyn Climate Community Open ... @ The Chomp
Jun 1 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Brooklyn Climate Community Open Meeting @ The Chomp | Portland | Oregon | United States
For anyone who is concerned about the climate crisis and wants to do something about it collectively. Contact: climate at brooklyn-neighborhood.org You may also join the Slack.
Jun
7
Wed
4:00 pm Kids Craft Night’s @ Brooklyn Park Shelter
Kids Craft Night’s @ Brooklyn Park Shelter
Jun 7 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Kids Craft Night's @ Brooklyn Park Shelter
Do your kiddos love to do arts and crafts, but never know what to make? Kids Craft Night is the fun way to go!   On the first Wednesday of...
6:00 pm Gideon Shelter Working Group @ zoom and onsite
Gideon Shelter Working Group @ zoom and onsite
Jun 7 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
If you’d like to join us, email gideonshelter at brooklyn-neighborhood.org We have a google drive with our working documents. short zoom link: https://bit.ly/bacCTWG Detailed Zoom info: Topic: Clinton Triangle /...
7:00 pm Brooklyn Land Use & Transportati... @ TBD
Brooklyn Land Use & Transportati... @ TBD
Jun 7 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
The meeting will be held as a hybrid meeting, both in-person and on Zoom. You can join from your computer, tablet, or smartphone, or call in from a phone. https://us06web.zoom.us/j/97619486898?pwd=SlBVR3FId0xRQ2hpeWxBWCsxa0IzQT09...

Eastside Streetcar to Start Construction in 2010

Portland TriMet Streetcar by markmusicgreen.

Plans to extend the popular Portland Streetcar into the Central Eastside Industrial District took another major step forward this week.  Construction is now scheduled to begin in early 2010 on a line that will connect OMSI with the Oregon Convention Center, the  Lloyd Center Neighborhood and the Pearl.  When completed, the Portland to Milwaukie Light Rail line will include a station at the OMSI campus that will allow Brooklyn residents to conveniently transfer from one rail line to the other.

The following message is from City of Portland Mayor Sam Adams:

Finally, Federal Funding Ok’d for Eastside Streetcar Line!

I want to share with you today great news for uniting Central Portland
with a streetcar loop!

President Barack Obama signed today the 2009 Omnibus Appropriations
bill that includes $45 million in appropriations for the Eastside
Streetcar Loop.  The money signals a first-ever federal investment in
streetcars.

These federal dollars mean immediate jobs for Portland and an
investment in the long-term health of our City.  Not only will we see
increased investments in our city’s commitment to sustainability, we
will also jumpstart the streetcar manufacturing industry in Oregon.

The streetcar system is a long-term economic investment tool for the
City, delivering both jobs and clean, green transit.  It is also a
vital piece of the Portland region’s world-class public transit
system. The streetcar system also furthers Portland’s goals of
limiting urban sprawl and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

This would not have happened without the advocacy and tenacity of
Oregon’s Federal Delegation, especially the hard work of Senator Ron
Wyden, Congressman Earl Blumenauer, Congressman David Wu and
Congressman Peter DeFazio  Their work on this project has been
relentless, and their coordination with the City of Portland and other
jurisdictions has been commendable.

I want to thank all those who’ve fought for this by my side for more
than four years, making trips to D.C. to lobby for the funding, and
working locally to build support. I especially want to thank the
Portland Streetcar Board and Portland Streetcar, Inc. for their great
work.

The Eastside Streetcar Loop is a small starts project, requesting $75
million in federal funds and costing under $ 250 million.  The project
is slated to start construction in spring of 2010.


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