Traffic Advisory: Major West Hills routes to remain closed for several days as utility, forestry and other crews work to clear power lines, downed trees (April 11, 2022) The first substantial April snow in Portland in more than half a century has felled more than 400 trees across the city, felling power lines and blocking […]
Author: Joyce del Rosario
SWHRL General Membership MeetingWednesday, April 207:00-8:30 pm On Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89857301407?pwd=R204YUw1dnZkUE5vejB0TEFlSGlzdz09 Our Roads, Our Hills, Our Future Featured speakers: Metro Councilor Duncan Hwang (District 6), on Metro’s planned transportation projects and Climate Smart Strategy and how they will affect our neighborhood Terri Preeg Riggsby, candidate for District 6 Metro Council, on planning a transportation infrastructure centered […]
Don’t miss out! 3 Grant + Award OpportunitiesNominations and applications are due soon for Portland Parks Foundation’s three current grants and award opportunities—one new—designed for community volunteers and organizational leaders working to better Portland’s parks and open spaces. The new Joey Pope Award for Parks Leadership will honor and provide a $10,000 grant to uplift and […]
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Support, Help Ukraine.
SWHRL condemns the Russian invasion of Ukraine in the strongest possible terms. The unprovoked attack on innocent civilians is a horrifying violation of basic human rights. We support the international community’s demand that Russia immediately cease hostilities and withdraw its forces. And we invite our members to do what you can to help its victims. […]
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4/7 PSU Clean-up Sign up
Sign up link: https://www.solveoregon.org/opportunity/a0C8W00000V8tbZUAR/psu-team-solve-cleanup PSU Team SOLVE Cleanup Bora Architects This opportunity is for the folks involved in the PSU SB1 project. We will plan to meet at the SB1 Building (1025 SW Mill St, Portland, OR 97201) at 3pm. We’ll do litter clean up around the building and surrounding city blocks for about an […]
Topics: Outreach/communication, Park Ave Apartments, Public safety/graffiti, Social appeals (GoFundMe; Ukraine), NWNW update,Planning for May Members’ Meeting
The Graffiti Program offers no-cost or reduced-cost graffiti removal assistance to residents, small businesses, and nonprofit organizations who meet eligibility criteria. Our removal assistance includes painting and/or power washing surfaces. We cannot provide help with acid-etched glass or graffiti on vehicles. Who Qualifies? Anyone impacted by hate graffiti and most gang graffiti; Small businesses with […]
On March 10th the Portland Charter Commission has a virtual meeting starting at 6:00pm where they will be taking public comment from an unlimited number of community members! Community members will have three minutes to share their thoughts. The Commission would love to hear from you! Don’t forget to sign up! Community members are highly […]
Traffic Advisory: Landslide closes sections of NW Thompson and Miller roads overnight A landslide covers half of two-lane road, with debris from the adjacent hillside reaching the center double yellow line. Please avoid the area if possible and expect delays. We ask the public to travel cautiously, observe all directions by reader boards and flaggers, […]
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Taking Homelessness to Task
SWHRL is hosting educational meetings to tackle our homelessness emergency and housing inventory crisis. We see families that need support to keep their homes safe and families that don’t have the safety of a home. Please contact outreach@swhrl.org to join the taskforce.