Brooklyn Action Corps

  • Coming Soon: More Street Trees for Brooklyn

    photo credit: Trevor Blake The nonprofit group Friends of Trees is bringing its tree planting expertise back to the Brooklyn Neighborhood.  Volunteers will be planting street trees in the neighborhood on…

  • BAC General Meeting to Discuss Future of SE 17TH Avenue

    Residents and owners of property between SE 16th and 17th Avenues are strongly encouraged to attend the next BAC General Meeting.  Trimet staff will be present to talk about future plans…

  • THANK YOU!: Ice Cream Social A Huge Success

    The 2008 Brooklyn Ice Cream Social was bigger and better than ever.  The weather was sunny and darn near perfect.  We had several new organizations present this year, and this…

  • Editorial: Can Brooklyn Survive Its Outdated Zoning?

    Planners at the City of Portland’s Bureu of Planning are hard at work on a much-needed update to the Central City Plan.  The plan was last updated in 1988, and…

  • In Memorium: Chester Yeom

    Chester Yeom, the former operator of Brooklyn’s Milwaukie Market, has passed away.  Many area residents will no doubt remember Chester for his keen sense of humor and his collection of…

  • Sting Snares Dozens of Speeders on Powell Boulevard

    Portland Police’s traffic enforcement team was out in full force at the east end of the Ross Island bridge on the evening of Tuesday, July 29th.  Over a dozen officers…

  • Breaking News: Portland City Council Approves MAX Extension

    The planned Portland to Milwaukie MAX light rail line cleared another hurdle on July 17th with the adoption of the new locally preferred alignment by Portland City Council. Mayor, and former Brooklyn…

  • Milwaukie MAX Decision Pending

    This is it, the week that the Portland to Milwaukie MAX Steering Committee makes its formal recommendation on a route, a bridge location on the Willamette River, and on station locations!

  • Spring Cleanup Wrap Up

    As far as spring cleanups go, we thought this was going to be the worst due to the unseasonably cold and wet weather we have been experiencing for weeks. How…

  • Changing Face of Transportation in Brooklyn

    As has been reported earlier, many changes are coming to the transportation infrastructure in Brooklyn.

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