Sumner Association of Neighbors (SAN)

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Urban Food Zoning Code roundtable on Wed, Feb 15 at CNN

February 3rd, 2012 · Comments Off · cnn, food, fun, gardening, health, land use

GardenNet is a group launched by Central Northeast Neighbors (CNN) two years ago with a group of Portland State students. GardenNet connects neighbors with resources and opportunties to buy garden fresh food, grow your own, or anything in between. With our Helensview community garden proposal filed for grant money — with GardenNet’s generous assistance — [...]

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November 2011 meeting notes: Holiday crime prevention tips and a bunch of neighborhood updates

December 11th, 2011 · Comments Off · crime, fun, gardening, helensview, litter, san, wts

Thanks to Erica, the secretary for Sumner Association of Neighbors (SAN) in NE Portland for drafting these meeting notes. Guest Speaker: Officer Mark Wells – Crime Prevention Coordinator Mark provided crime statistics on Sumner Neighborhood. To learn more about the current statistics, check out http://www.portlandonline.com/police/crimestats/index.cfm. Other items from Mark: Property Related Crimes: (such as car [...]

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October 2011 meeting notes: Walking, safety, composting were topics

November 14th, 2011 · Comments Off · Cleanup, gardening, helensview, johnson lake, litter, safety, san, transportation, trees, wts

Three guest speakers + a lot of status updates to report = a long October meeting. Many thanks to our Sumner Association of Neighbors (SAN) secretary, Erica, for these (abridged) notes from the October 18, 2011 meeting. Report from Portland Police Officer Jerry Cioeta Presented offense report from past 30 days- “smash and grab” car [...]

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Helensview community garden plan gains OKs from Parkrose & MESD

November 9th, 2011 · Comments Off · food, fun, gardening, health, helensview, planning, schools

Last week a community garden plan (PDF) for the schoolyard at Helensview High School gained the support of the two school districts that own (Parkrose) or operate (MESD) the 11-acre site. Caption: The white rectangle shows the estimated size and location of proposed Helensview community garden The OKs come after Portland officials with the city [...]

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