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• Construction of New Brooklyn Yard Retail Center Moves Forward

  Construction is quickly moving forward on the new retail center known as “The Shops at Brooklyn Yard”.  Located near the McLoughlin/Holgate intersection, the complex will be anchored by a 43,000…

  October 15, 2008

• BAC Takes Stand Against Poorly Planned Infill

  The BAC Board has voted unanimously to oppose a proposal to divide a parcel of land located at 3523 SE 13TH Avenue. This was a difficult decision for our organization…

  October 14, 2008

• 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…

  September 16, 2008

• 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…

  September 14, 2008

• 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…

  September 8, 2008

• Editorial: Can Brooklyn Survive Its Outdated Zoning?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…

  August 22, 2008

• Eastside Streetcar to Start Construction in June 2009

  Portland City Commissioners have voted to spend $6.3 million dollars to help jump start the planned eastside extension of the popular Portland Streetcar.  Current plans call for a new line…

  August 21, 2008

• Editorial:Where in the world is Maria Rojo de Steffey?

  Commuters in and around the Brooklyn Neighborhood found an even worse than usual evening commute on Thursday, July 31st.  A large water main at SE 11TH Avenue and Tacoma streets, broke…

  August 1, 2008

• 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…

  August 1, 2008

• MAX UPDATE: Local Approval Complete

  As of June 24th, the local approval process for the planned MAX light rail extension from Downtown Portland to the City of Miwaukie is complete.  Over a year of planning…

  July 30, 2008