By Joe Recker After reading the article “Infill and increasing density in North Tabor” [North Tabor News, April/May 2013] I felt compelled to offer a different perspective on infill development. In this letter, I argue that infill has historically occurred in North Tabor at densities similar to current development, that infill is particularly appropriate for
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NE Glisan Safety Project meeting – Monday, April 22
Since 2003, 301 people have been injured and two have died in crashes on NE Gilsan between 60th and 82nd Avenue. On July 10, 2007, a pedestrian was struck and killed while attempting to cross NE Glisan at 64th. Most recently, on January 29, 2013 a pedestrian was struck and killed while attempting to cross
Transportation Work Group FIRST Meeting April 10th!
This is a notification of the first Transportation Work Group (TWG) meeting. For those who may not know, the TWG is a group that was established in the Good Neighbor Agreement between North Tabor, Laurelhurst and Providence Portland Medical Center. The TWG gets down to the nuts and bolts of the transportation issues facing our
Would you like to support Friends of Trees?
Have you noticed all the new trees in our neighborhood since January protected by wooden stakes? Or maybe your participated directly in this or prior year neighborhood plantings. Friends of Trees, like our other government funded programs is affected by the recent budget cuts. The current budget proposal would cut 50% of the funding for
Support City Funding for Neighborhoods
Discussions are well underway for the City of Portland 2013-2014 Budget. In tough financial times funding for SE Uplift is facing budget cuts of 10% that will result in the loss of one SE Uplift staff person. In addition to that 10% funding loss, the community will most likely also lose all remaining neighborhood small