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Community Forum When: Wed Jan 19, 2012 6PM-8:30PM Where: Gresham City Hall Oregon Trail Conference Room 1333 NW Eastman Pky Get Map!

Share Your Opinion
Join us to provide your comments on draft Downtown Development Code changes.

Issues include floor area ratio (the minimum amount of building required on each lot), streets and sidewalks, minimum parking standards and building design standards.

The Downtown Plan Review project seeks to remove obstacles to Downtown development while retaining the vision of Downtown as: a center for jobs and housing; a thriving and unique entertainment, nightlife and shopping district; and a visually interesting place with buildings and streetscapes of high design quality.

Shaping Our Community When: Mon Jan 23, 2012 6:30PM-9PM Where: Gresham City Hall Springwater Trail Room 1333 NW Eastman Pky Get Map!

Improving Efficiency
The Planning Commission will hold a work session on Monday Jan. 23 to review the discussion draft of code amendments. These amendments create a land use classification system, reconsider how community service uses are categorized and reviewed, and update the Staff Interpretation process.

For more information, see the Planning Commission website or the project website: http://greshamoregon.gov/city/city-departments/planning-services/comprehensive-planning/template.aspx?id=23815

When: Jan 23-25, 2012 7-8PM Where: Multiple locations: Walt Morey Middle School HB Lee Middle School Reynolds Middle School

You're Invited!
The Reynolds School Board has selected McPherson & Jacobson, LLC, Executive Recruitment and Development to assist it in selecting superintendent candidates for the board to interview.

The board is soliciting input from district staff, parents, students and the community as part of the search, and has scheduled community forums with the consultants on the following dates.

The following forums are open to all:

• Monday, Jan 23, 7-8 PM
  Walt Morey Middle School Library, 2801 SW Lucas Ave, Troutdale
• Tuesday, Jan 24, 7-8 PM
  HB Lee Middle School Library, 1121 NE 172nd Ave
• Wednesday, Jan 25, 7-8 PM
  Reynolds Middle School cafeteria, 1200 NE 201st Ave, Fairview (in Spanish)

When: Wed Jan 25, 2012 3-5PM Where: Rosewood Cafe 609 SE 162nd Ave (just south of Stark next to Sam's Restaurant) Portland, OR Get Map!

Building Community - Neighbors helping neighbors

We need your participation in the next phase of the Rosewood Neighborhood Prosperity Initiative, a project with Portland Development Commission to support the emerging Rosewood business district.

Join us this Wednesday, January 25th from 3-5pm for a visioning workshop. We will discuss and outline a vision for increasing the economic competitiveness of Rosewood. It is crucial at this stage to have a diverse range of perspectives and participation. Nick Sauvie from Rose Community Development Corporation will facilitate and we will have a Spanish interpreter to assist our conversation.

We hope you can make it! This work is in conjunction with our public safety efforts and is an important part of bringing in the resources that we need for long-term improvement in the Rosewood community. Thank you for continuing to be involved in Rosewood!

Jenny Glass, The Rosewood Initiative

IMPORTANT NOTICE When: Wed Nov 9, 2011 11AM Where: All Broadcast Media Nationwide

A nationwide live test of the emergency alert system is planned for 11:00AM Pacific Standard Time (2:00PM EST) on Wednesday, Nov 9th.

The three-minute test will go out on radios and TVs, briefly interrupting normal programming.

The test is different than other tests in that it will present itself as an actual emergency announcement, not a test. Doing so allows the Federal Communications Commission and Federal Emergency Management Agency to test reliability of different parts of the emergency notification system chain.

Officials stress that though it will appear there is a real emergency, it is only a test.

When: Tue Nov 8, 2011 5:30PM Where: IRCO 10301 NE Glisan Portland, OR Get Map!

Show Your Support Tonight!
Meeting with Portland Development Commission at 5:30pm at IRCO, 10301 NE Glisan, Portland to explore the options of the ROSEWOOD area as a new "mini-urban renewal area."

This is our first workshop to discuss what resources that could bring our neighborhood. It's extremely important that we have a diverse group of people to represent us, please come participate!.

Coalition of Gresham Neighborhood Associations When: Tuesday Nov 8, 2011 7-8:30PM Where: Gresham City Hall Springwater Trail Room 1333 NW Eastman Pky Get Map!

Public welcome
The Coalition of Gresham Neighborhood Associations was formed to provide structure and support for the leadership of Gresham's neighborhood associations, enabling more effective cooperation among neighborhood associations in order to achieve desired outcomes. Goals of the Coalition include providing a public forum for the review and evaluation of issues and problems, providing education and information on specific areas such as land use, and providing a unified voice for the neighborhood associations.

The Coalition meets monthly on the second Tuesday at 7:00PM

Community Forum When: Thu Nov 10, 2011 6PM-8PM Where: Gresham City Hall Conference Room 3A 1333 NW Eastman Pky Get Map!

Share Your Opinion
Join us to discuss the preferred approaches to removing obstacles to Downtown development by changing the Development Code.

Issues to be explored include floor-area ratio (development intensity), parking and street design.

The Downtown Plan Review project seeks to remove obstacles to Downtown development while retaining the vision of Downtown as: a center for jobs and housing; a thriving and unique entertainment, nightlife and shopping district; and a visually interesting place with buildings and streetscapes of high design quality.

A document that describes the preferred approaches to addressing Downtown Development Code issues is available on the project website.

Residents, business owners, property owners and other interested parties are invited to attend and comment on the proposals.

Quiet Thunder PowWow When: Sat Nov 12, 2011 11:30AM-10PM Where: Mt. Hood Community College Gymnasium 26000 SE Stark St Gresham, OR Get Map!

Public welcome
The eighth annual Kanawaksooma (Quiet Thunder) Celebration is coming to Mt Hood Community College (MHCC). This cultural celebration offers traditional Native American music, dance, crafts, food and cultural enrichment for the whole family.

Chako Kum Tux, MHCC’s Native American student club, welcomes the public to this free event. Parking is free in lots U and V.

Urban canopy, Gresham Oregon

You're Invited When: Mon Nov 14, 2011 6:30PM Where: Gresham City Hall Council Chambers Public Safety & Schools Building 1333 NW Eastman Pky Gresham, Oregon Get Map!

* Note: Hearing Public Comment Follows the Staff Report

Urban Forestry
Join us on Monday Nov 14 at 6:30PM when the Planning Commission considers approving proposed amendments to the Gresham Community Development Plan, Volume 1 - Findings and Volume 2 - Policies, that will adopt new and revised findings, goals, policies and action measures related to the Urban Forestry Management Plan.

You can view the staff report and proposed plan amendments at: greshamoregon.gov/urbanforestryplan.

Institutional Master Plan
The Planning Commission will hold itshearing Monday, Nov. 14, immediately following the Urban Forestry hearing regarding Development Code changes that would create an Institutional Master Plan process.

You can find the Institutional Master Plans Staff report and Proposed Code Amendments here.