
Grab a blanket or chairs and join your neighbors for an evening out at the movies.
Over 12,000 people participated in events and projects in SW Portland this summer. Here is an example.


Metro announces disposal voucher program changes for 2010
Metro’s disposal voucher program (which helps SWNI fund the spring and fall cleanups) has undergone changes in 2010. The program uses solid waste rate-payer funds to provide disposal vouchers to non-profit and community groups for neighborhood and natural area cleanup events. The vouchers cover the disposal costs of bulky waste and non-recyclable materials that are collected during cleanup events. The program will continue to support community and natural area cleanup events, but residential yard debris will no longer be eligible for disposal vouchers because curbside yard debris collection services are available to residents.
SW HOPE mounts largest effort yet to meet heightened need
Community drive aims to collect 150,000 pounds of food for Neighborhood House
Compiled from development review and other notices. Posted August 9, 2010.
Sunday, Sept. 26, 1-4pm
SW Community Center
Learn more about how to work with nature to decrease maintenance in your yard. Topics include native plants, why healthy soil is critical to plant success, and more. Information on local technical assistance and funding resources for landowners will also be available.
A preliminary roadway design has been developed for SW Capitol Highway, from SW Multnomah Boulevard to SW Taylors Ferry Road. The design is a hybrid of designs shown at the first open house in July. It reflects the public’s desire for a balance between minimizing the width of the street and providing for safer walking and bicycling as well as improved stormwater management.
Producing Multimedia for Your Community
Learn best practices for effective neighborhood associations in a welcoming, fun environment. Whether you are a veteran board member, a new reruit, or or just curious about neighborhood associations you will leave the training with new ideas and tips to more effectively participate with your association and affect change.
The City of Portland will test changes to the garbage and recycling collection system in some parts of the Arnold Creek neighborhood this spring. Selected households will soon be able to place food scraps in their green Portland Composts! roll cart, along with yard debris, which will be collected every week.

The Schools Committee area now has a page devoted to updates on the High School Redesign process. Click on the Committee link above, then Schools Committee, to see more.
Take the survey now! Survey will close on March 3rd.
The Watershed Resource Center wants to know what’s important to you when it comes to your backyard or the area around your home. What happens to the stormwater on your property? What concerns do you have relating to watershed health?
It doesn’t matter if you live in a house, apartment or condo. Whether your surroundings include native plants, invasives, food plants, ornamentals, or no plants at all – we’d like to know more about what motivates your choices around the place where you live, and which resources could help you.
Over in the sandbox, I've set up a new method for adding images to posts. It's not working with all the features it should have right now, but the basic functions do work. For right now, it will only place an image below the post. Just go to sb6.swni.org, it should be there on the home page at present. Check it out!
It has been a while since I have navigated around the SWNI site, and wow, what a difference!
Results of an informal survey on transportation improvements to Garden Home Road between SW Capital Highway to the east, and the intersection with Multnomah Boulevard to the west.
The Schools Committee news is recently updated with two new articles:
Children's attitudes on race, and
a Repeal effort on state income tax increases.
For more, go to School Committee News
This page is for individuals to post comments about the proposed Lewis & Clark development of a block of apartments for 150-200 students on Maplecrest in Southwest Portland. In order to post a comment, you must first log in as a registered user. You can register at this link... swni.org/user/register
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Check out the schools pages for recent changes:
* News articles updated
* Action Plan 2009-10 (on main page)
* New links to organizations
Join the Friends of Vermont Creek as we get to know our watershed! Learn more about the roles of stormwater runoff, groundwater, and native vs. invasive plants in watershed function. Tour is expected to take 2.5 hours one way (about 2-2.5 miles, some trail hiking). There will be limited shuttle space available to take people back to Multnomah Village at the end of the tour, if needed.