Neighborhood Association Meeting, Wednesday, January 11, 7 pm
No BNA December meeting. If you have an issue that needs attention before the January 11th meeting, contact the appropriate BNA board member listed below. Happy Holidays to you and yours.
Bollards on Hamilton?
There is continued concern about parking on Hamilton in the areas signed “No Parking.†Bridlemile Neighborhood Association supports placing wooden bollards along the roadway to prevent parking. Scott Westerman, our neighborhood police officer, is working on a solution to this problem. If you have questions, concerns, contact Beverly Vogt, bevvogt@comcast.net, 503-292-6939 or see the Transportation section of the Bridlemile Neighborhood website: www.vonsalza.com/bridlemile for information, pictures and contact information.
SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS - Bridlemile Elementary School has been selected as a pilot safe routes to schools school, and PDOT has sent a flyer about the pilot project. They are looking for school team members to help guide Safe Routes to School at Bridlemile Elementary. If you would like help or just participate, call Lynne Mutrie, lynnem@actsoregon.org, 503-656-7329; or Lillie Fitzpatrick, lf@pdx.edu, 503-892-9921.
CREEKS - Bridlemile Creek Stewards’ monthly meeting Tuesday, December 13th; details at BCS web site http://home.comcast.net/~steve.mullinax/bridlemile/BCS.htm. January 1st, 9:30 am to noon Hamilton Creek Restoration - Resprout Control Event: Join Greg and Jerry in their annual New Year’s Day celebration to help keep invasive blackberries from coming back along the stream banks near the NE corner of Hamilton Park. Contact: Steve Mullinax, steve.mullinax@alum.mit.edu, at 503-768-9065 or Greg Schifsky, gregsch@hevanet.com, 503-246-2714.
HAMILTON PARK FOOT PATROL - Join your award-winning foot patrol neighbors for an evening walk. Enjoy good company as they discourage the use of our park as a party site. Your contribution of as little as just one night this fall and winter is all it takes to help keep the foot patrol effective. If interested, contact Ellen Underhill at ellenunderhill@comcast.net and see the Hamilton Park Footpatrol http://www.vonsalza.com/bridlemile/footpatrol web page for more information.
HISTORY OF BRIDLEMILE - Neighbors will be sharing their stories with the students at Bridlemile. The children will learn about our neighborhood and we will enjoy learning from them. It will be available to all of us to enjoy, via their Bridlemile History blog at http://www.bloglines.com/blog/Bridlemile If you are interested in participating, contact Melinda McCrossen, 503-916-6292; mmccrossen@pps.k12.or.us or history committee contact, Ginger Danzer, 503-292-9460, ggdanz@wans.net.
Kathy Bambeck, kathyb2@teleport.com, 503-245-2634
http://www.vonsalza.com/ bridlemile