You're invited to join community members and city planners on a community walk to share ideas for how zoning regulations can be crafted to achieve desired development outcomes.

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Panel Discussion on

Demolition, Infill, Housing

Wednesday, June 11th

Concordia University

Luther Hall Auditorium

2811 NE Holman St.

6:30pm - 8:30pm

Learn more about what is driving demolition, residential infill and housing affordability in Portland neighborhoods.

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Hayhurst Elementary

Rummage Sale

Saturday, June 21st

Hayhurst School parking lot

5037 SW Iowa St.

9:00am - 7:00pm

Proceeds benefit school programs and the Dream Big Hayhurst Playground Project.

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Maplewood Neighborhood Garden Tour

Saturday, June 21st

Maps available for purchase at

Maplewood Coffee & Tea

5206 SW Custer St.

10:00am - 2:00pm

Come tour and get ideas for your own garden while supporting the Maplewood Neighborhood Association.

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SWNI Volunteers of theYear

Celebration

Tuesday, June 24th

Multnomah Arts Center

7688 SW Capitol Hwy.

7:00pm - 8:30pm

You are invited! Join us as we celebrate valuable volunteers who make our community a great place to live, work and play. Enjoy a light dinner, live music by Jamie Stillway and presentation of awards by Commissioner Amanda Fritz.

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Friends of Spring Garden Park

Ice Cream Social

Sunday, June 29th

Spring Garden Park

5 blocks south of Multnomah Village

3:00pm - 4:30pm

Join the Friends of Spring Garden Park for free ice cream & get the scoop on Spring Garden Park happenings!

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SWNI's Spring Cleanup event on May 10th rocked!

The reuse area collected 3 truck loads of items for Community Warehouse and Habitat for Humanity, including 11 mattresses and lots of furniture in very good condition for families in need. Community Cycling Center collected 27 bikes for kids. Hillsdale Foundation collected 400 books. Volunteers assisted 42 seniors and disabled residents by picking up their items and bringing them to the cleanup site. Over 35 volunteers picked up litter along our major highways and gave special assistance to cleaning up a site near Rieke Elementary School. Over 200 participants filled 13, 30-yard drop boxes with 23 tons of bulky waste and 4.9 tons of yard debris. In addition, 3.5 tons of scrap metal was collected.

Southwest Neighborhoods, Inc.

Empowering citizen action to improve and maintain the livability of southwest neighborhoods.