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News Support the East Portland Concerts at Ventura and Parklane Parks by eating at Papa's Pizza Parlor on Tuesday, April 9, 2013. The restaurant will donate 25% of all food purchases to the concert series (held on Wednesday evenings in August). Offer good all day. Be sure to print the coupon and take it with you. Feel free to print extra coupons to share with others!  Work is finally underway on the playground structures to be installed at East Holladay Park (NE Holladay at about 130th, between NE Halsey & NE Glisan). Portland Parks & Recreation (PP&R) has indicated that the playground will be completed sometime in October. The Hazelwood Neighborhood Association and Portland Parks & Recreation will hold an event at East Holladay Park on Saturday, September 29, 2012 from 10:00 am til 1:00 pm. Since there is also an off-leash area at the park, there will be fun activities for both children and dogs. And there will... The 2012 East Portland Concerts at Ventura and Parklane Parks will be held on the last four Wednesday evenings in August: Ventura ParkSE Stark & 113th - TriMet #20, MAX blue line
Parklane ParkSE 155th & Main - TriMet #20
Portland Parks and Recreation is offering a free playground program this summer at ten new locations in East Portland, in addition to the three sites served last year and four locations that have a playground program every weekday, combined with a federal free lunch program . THESE PROGRAMS START MONDAY, JUNE 25TH. Please help us get the word out about the supervised play activities at all of these locations in East Portland this summer. [For information about parks in the city that... Lincoln Park (SE 135th & Mill) is one of 20 parks in Portland where a free lunches and playground program is available to children every week day this summer. Lunch is served at 12:30 each day. LINCOLN PARK, SE 135 & Mill 11:00 AM-1:00 PM, June 18-22 & Aug 16-24 ------------------ Thanks to funding through the East Portland Action Plan, Portland Parks & Recreation is offering additional free playground programs at the following locations in the Hazelwood neighborhood this summer. ... Local non-profit seeks families in Hazelwood to welcome an international student for a few weeks! ANDEO (www.andeo.org), a Portland-based non-profit organization, is looking for great host families in the Hazelwood neighborhood to host a teen or college-age student from France, Spain, Germany, Japan, or China for a few weeks this summer. Learn about another culture, share your own, make a new friend, and create some fun summer memories together! The students are excited to learn more about... The Gateway Area Business Association (GABA) is looking for community groups that are fun, festive, silly, colorful and noisy to participate in the Fun-O-Rama Parade in May. They want everyday folks doing fun things, including groups that do some kind of music -- e.g., rhythm cadence, Latin rhythm, bagpipes, kazoos, something also those lines. Ethnic groups in their native costume, representing the increasing diversity of the Gateway area, are also welcome to participate. The parade is... Here's the confirmed list of performers for the 2012 East Portland Concerts at Ventura and Parklane Parks -- for the last four Wednesday evenings in August: Ventura ParkAugust 8: Stringed Migration (Celtic/World Music Synthesis) Parklane ParkAugust 22: Lisa and Her Kin (Honky Tonkin’ Country) Enrollment for this new garden began on March 15, 2012. The Eastminster Community Garden is located at 12505 NE Halsey St (beside the Eastminster Presbyterian Church). 15' x 15' plots are available for $50 participant fee; 15' x 30' double plots for a $90 fee. The participant fee includes the plot, water usage, use of tools and the garden shed. (Discounted fees are available to those with limited income. All enrollment will be done online at www.growportland.org; all payments must be made by... |
