Reed Neighborhood Association

Recent months have brought distressing news about a variety of unrelated sexual offenses in North and Northeast Portland, including a serial flasher, public groping, and sexual assault. This may have been weighing on your mind and leaving you with a lot of questions. How can I protect myself and my children? What do police do […]

Reed Neighborhood Association Board Meeting 6:35 p.m., Tuesday, February 4, 2014 @ Tucker-Maxon Oral School (new location) Present:  Doug Menely, Mark Gossage, Heather Fields, Lloyd Lemmermann, Kathy Truman, Marisha Childs, Kelly Fedderson, Gabe Headrick.   Meeting convened at 6:40 p.m., Quorum present   Prior to moving on to any agenda items, meeting minutes from October […]

Draft City Club report recommends changes to Portland water, sewer bureaus to improve oversight and build ratepayer confidence Report recommends ‘no’ vote on proposed ballot measure, proposes alternate structure The City Club of Portland today released a draft research report that recommends a new governance structure to improve oversight of the Portland’s water and sewer […]

Seeing the Light: Solar Access & New Development February 27, 2014 Trends In Land Use – March Edition By: Bob Kellett The amount of new development in the SE Uplift coalition neighborhoods has been significant over the past year. Apartment buildings are seemingly springing up left and right, homes are being demolished and replaced by […]

  Tuesday, March 4 from 6-8pm Tucker Maxon School (2860 SE Holgate Blvd) Please join Reed Neighborhood Association for an interactive brainstorming session on how we can make our neighborhood a better place. Open to ALL Reed neighbors (yes, that means you too, renters). Want to see intersection murals, public art, block parties, or street […]

January 30, 2014   Contributed article by the Regional Water Providers Consortium Word count: 509 Author: Lindsey Berman, Conservation Program Manager, Regional Water Providers Consortium   Every Drop Counts: Simple Steps Save Water and Money During Fix a Leak Week and Beyond Regional Water Providers Consortium offers free indoor water saving kits Many of us […]

Brooklyn Station Areas Project Kicks Off – Join the conversation!   The Brooklyn Station Areas project is providing detailed planning for the Rhine and Holgate station areas on the new Portland-Milwaukie light rail line. The process kicks off next month with the first in a series of three working group meetings that will guide planning. Additional meetings […]

Johnson Creek Watershed Council E-BULLETIN December 2013  1) Become a Friend of Johnson Creek  2) JCWC Volunteers Discover Coho Carcass 3) Johnson Creek’s Newest Side Channel 4) Stumped for a Gift? Give a Name Engraving!  5) JCWC in the News 6) Native Neighbor: Red-osier dogwood 7) Calendar at a Glance 1) Become a Friend of Johnson Creek Each gift to the Council before […]

  Headline: Easy ways to save energy—and money—this winter   As temperatures begin to drop, heating bills across Reed will begin to rise. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, the typical U.S. family spends at least $2,000 a year on home utility bills. Unfortunately, a lot of that money is wasted when heat escapes […]