Archive for July, 2011

Columbia River Crossing Open House & Video

Tuesday, July 26th, 2011

Open House on Alternative River Crossings
Third Bridge Now and Economic Transportation Alliance will hold an open house information session on alternative river crossings on July 29th from 5:30 to 7pm and July 30th from 10am to 9pm at 1300 Franklin St. Vancouver, WA.
Kevin Peterson’s Interview on Clark County Today
Carol Mayer-Reed of PDXplore passed [...]

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N Williams Traffic Safety Project Brainstorming Meeting this Wednesday 7/27 at 7:00pm

Tuesday, July 26th, 2011

This summer, the City of Portland will run a special educational campaign to encourage safe and respectful traveling on North Williams.
While discussions about changes to the roadway continue as part of the North Williams Traffic Safety Project, the city understands that how people interact with one another while traveling up North Williams is just [...]

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Vacancy on Noise Review Board

Tuesday, July 26th, 2011

There is a vacancy on the Noise Review Board which serves two purposes:

Reviews complex requests for a variance from the noise code, Title 18 of the City of Portland.
Helps establish the direction the City is headed in addressing emerging noise problems in the community.

For more information visit the noise review board’s website.

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Oregonian Article on CRC Traffic Estimates

Tuesday, July 26th, 2011

New questions about the traffic projections on the Columbia River Crossing could further complicate an already muddy financial picture for the CRC.
Oregon Department of Transportation documents have surfaced in which three of CRC’s largest contractors question traffic forecast models used by the project. Their findings were unambiguous: The introduction of tolled roads and bridges [...]

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Home Depot Foundation’s Community Impact Grants Program

Tuesday, July 26th, 2011

Grants, up to $5,000, are available to registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit
organizations, public schools or tax-exempt public service agencies in
the U.S. that are using the power of volunteers to improve the
physical health of their community. Grants are given in the form of
The Home Depot gift cards for the purchase of tools, materials, or
services.
For 2011 funding, The [...]

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Gallery

Snow! Students at the bus stop Eureka, Euphorbia! Through a neighbor's window