Neighborhood Association Meeting, Wednesday, January 11, 7 pm
Our next meeting will be in January. Mark it on your calendar and plan to be there ... we’re working on an action-packed year ahead and we need the help of every neighbor.
There are monthly work parties involved in the removal of invasive plant life, improvement of park trails and planting native shrubs and trees in both Woods Park and Dickinson Park in December. To volunteer for Woods Park, contact Kurt Runzler, 503-544-0129, and Tony Hansen, 503-246-4656, for Dickinson Park.
Auction Moves Playground Closer to Reality: This year’s Friends of Dickinson Park auction raised $2,000 toward the goal of realizing a playground structure at the park field located on 55th Avenue. The playground fund now stands at nearly $16,000 toward the fund goal of $150,000. Friends of Dickinson Park and others interested in seeing the playground a reality soon, will be working on grant funds and other money sources in the year ahead. Those interested in getting involved in this project can contact Darien Reece, 503-452-9795/dreece@comcast.com for information about specific needs.
Jere Retzer, former CNA president, has moved from our neighborhood to the Lincoln City area. Retzer was instrumental in brokering a finish to the Southwest Community Plan, was well known for his conservation and environmentalist activities and founded the Crestwood Headwaters Group. He also oversaw the creation and drafting of the Natural Area Management Plan among many activities he headed and participated in over the years as a Crestwood resident. We will miss him.
Big Year Ahead Needs Your Support: Mayor Tom Potter, has given everyone of us a chance to have a greater say in how our city is run now and for the next three decades with the creation of his Portland Vision Project. He is seeking the input of all of us in the city. And, there’s no better way to get started in this future vision than to attend Crestwood Neighborhood Association meetings this coming year. We meet the second Wednesday of the month.
Election of Crestwood officers and board members is this coming spring, so it’s not too early to start thinking about becoming active in CNA. See you in January?
Wes McMullen
503-244-2659, wes@ecosolvents.com
Dickinson Park group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dickinsonpark/