Strategic Planning Meeting & Potluck

DON'T MISS IT!

BRUNCH POTLUCK & INTENSIVE PLANNING MEETING

We've come a long way, from this...

To this...

And we've still got a long way to go!

PLEASE JOIN US IN SHAPING THE FUTURE OF THE ARLETA TRIANGLE PROJECT--YOUR INPUT IS VALUABLE

Saturday, October 29th, 10am -Noon
Guapo Comics (SE 64th & Foster Rd)
10:00 am Brunch Potluck (please buy your beverages from Guapo, since they are graciously letting us use their space for free...)
10:30 am-Noon Project Discussion & Planning Session

We'll be discussing options for sheathing the canopy and grants to pay for it in addition to strategizing future directions and long-term maintenance of the site. We need your input and expertise!

Village Building Convergence 2011 Schedule

With the help of the folks from Portland's Bureau of Transportation and The Mt. Scott-Arleta Neighborhood Association, we'll be moving forward with some very exciting projects on site during this year's Village Building Convergence. Here are the exciting events we've got planned:

Sat 5/28, 9AM Weed and Seed: tidying landscape, trellis building, and installing native, drought tolerant plants to minimize site maintenance. we’ll even tidy up the compost bin please bring garden tools

Sat 5/28 and Sun 5/29, 9AM (both days) “Communished” Kiosk Building: construction savvy helpers encouraged to RSVP. Please bring rechargeable power tools, levels, measuring tapes and other builderly stuff

Tues 5/31 and Thurs 6/1, 9AM Cob Wall Repair: intensive repair of five-year old wall. this will be a valuable learning experience for both new and veteran cob builders.

Thurs 6/2, 5-7 PM Post Work-Party Happy Hour (Lion’s Eye Tavern, 5919 SE 82nd Ave)

Fri 6/3, Overflow Day (TBD)... please check back to see if/when we'll be working...

Sat 6/4, 9AM Tie up loose ends day... Us run over schedule? Never! But just in case, we’ll set this day aside for putting any necessary finishing touches on the cob wall repairs and final flourishes on The Communished (i.e. the eco-roof)

Sun 6/5, 11AM-1PM Pie-in-the-Sky Bruncheon and End of VBC Awards Ceremony: what better way to wrap up two weeks of delightful community building than with a pie party? bring your favorite pie(s), large or small, sweet or savory, to share and sample with friends and neighbors. wear your pork pie hat for our group photo and cheer on your friends and neighbors as they accept awards like “Dirtiest VBC Volunteer” and “Tastiest Peace of Pie”

We will have a limited supply of work gloves on hand for your use. Please label any tools you bring on site. There will be coffee and drinking water available. Lunch provided at noon on all work party days (except Sunday). We ask that you please bring your own reusable cups, dinnerware and utensils and cart out your own trash. Please let us know in advance if you need childcare and we will do our best to accommodate. Also, if you have five gallon buckets, bring them--we can never have too many!

Let's Get Busy! 2011 Spring Planning Workshops

Back in January, 2005, some concerned folks from the Mt. Scott-Arleta Neighborhood hunkered down, stuck their spoons into steaming bowls of chili, picked up their magic markers, and began dreaming about transforming a grassy space in the middle of an intersection into something beautiful, iconic even, that would inspire neighbors to come together, promote a positive image of the neighborhood to visitors, and promote pedestrian safety by encouraging traffic to slow down.

In the years since, much has happened on the Arleta Triangle Project. We have many opportunities looming on the the horizon, and we hope you'll join us these last days of winter by participating in a series of visioning meetings about the future of the project--for this building year and in the long-term.

We'll be meeting the last Saturday of the next few months at Mt. Scott Nutrition Central 5427 SE 72nd at Harold, at 10AM-11:30 on the following dates (coffee and pastries provided, but feel free to bring something to share):

Saturday, January 29th
Saturday, February 26th
Saturday, March 26th

Planning and Long-term Visioning Meeting

We'll be joining the Mt. Scott Arleta Neighborhood Association's January meeting this Wednesday, 1/5 at 6:30 pm in the poolside room of the Mt. Scott Community Center, 5530 SE 72nd Ave, to do some planning for the coming months as well as to discuss strategies for developing a sustainable, long-term vision for the site.

Please join us! Refreshments provided. Please let us know via email in advance if you require childcare in order to attend.