Upcoming BAC Events

Apr
5
Wed
7:00 pm Brooklyn Land Use & Transportati... @ TBD
Brooklyn Land Use & Transportati... @ TBD
Apr 5 @ 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...
Apr
6
Thu
7:00 pm Brooklyn Climate Community Open ... @ email or slack for location
Brooklyn Climate Community Open ... @ email or slack for location
Apr 6 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Brooklyn Climate Community Open Meeting @ email or slack for location | 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.
Apr
11
Tue
4:00 pm Community Connections Committee ... @ Rose City Coffee
Community Connections Committee ... @ Rose City Coffee
Apr 11 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Email community-connections@brooklyn-neighborhood.org for details on the agenda and location updates.  During the summer, the meeting tends to rotate among committee members’ homes.
Apr
12
Wed
7:00 pm Brooklyn Action Corps Board Meeting @ Sacred Heart Villa & Virtual
Brooklyn Action Corps Board Meeting @ Sacred Heart Villa & Virtual
Apr 12 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Brooklyn Action Corps Board Meeting @ Sacred Heart Villa & Virtual | Portland | Oregon | United States
The Brooklyn Action Corps board meets on the second Wednesday of each month to discuss ongoing projects and conduct the business of the BAC. The public is welcome to these...

Oregonian Covers BAC Mural Project for 9th Avenue & Powell Pedestrian Bridge

In Brooklyn neighborhood, a mural is coming to an old concrete bridge

By Steve Beaven, The Oregonian The Oregonian

In the next several days, Portland artist Lew Jones will begin work on a mural on the interior of a pedestrian/bike bridge at Southeast Ninth Avenue and Powell Boulevard.

The project was launched by Mike O’Connor, chairman of the Brooklyn Action Corps and a member of its mural committee. It’s being funded by a $2,046 grant from Portland’s Office of Neighborhood Involvement.

The mural is intended to lighten up the drab, graffiti-ridden concrete bridge that crosses Powell Boulevard.

“I live five houses up here on Ninth and I’ve been using it for the 20 years I’ve been here,” O’Connor said Wednesday afternoon. “It seemed like it was just crying out for embellishment.”

So Jones and a crew of volunteers will begin work as early as Sunday on a project that will take roughly a month to complete.

Jones said he likes the idea of taking a blank space, or a “non-thing,” and turning it into a piece of art.

Art, he said, “should be a place where people can go and take a break.”

Stephen Beaven

Editor’s note: We’d like to thank Miller Paint and Metro for providing paint, Beard’s Frame Shop for providing stencil-cutting services, and all the volunteers that have made this project possible.


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