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Welcome to the official Sunnyside Neighborhood Association website You've come to the right place if you want to get involved in your neighborhood and make a real difference at the local level. We meet at 7:00 pm on the 2nd Thursday of each month at the Sunnyside Environmental School at 3421 SE Salmon. Use the main entrance to the south, take a right to the end of the hall, then a left to the library.
UPCOMING EVENTS in MAY
May 3rd- Spring Clean Up/Useful Goods Exchange/Plastic Roundup Sunnyside’s annual Spring Clean-up is on May 3 at SE 42nd Avenue and Taylor Street. The Swap Shop’s Useful Goods Exchange also takes place on May 3 and 4 at the Sunnyside Environmental School. Both events were hugely popular last year. To top off your spring cleaning, take your plastics to the Master Recycler Plastic Roundup on May 3 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Floyd Light Middle School (10800 SE Washington Street) and Kaiser Permanente Interstate West (3325 N Interstate Avenue). May 8th- SNA Annual Meeting & Elections Please join us for Sunnyside's annual meeting and elections, coming up on May 8 at the Sunnyside Environmental School. We've invited speakers on the Streetcar Plan and other topics, we'll be electing board members, and there will be plenty of tasty food and beverages. May 15th- Belmont Bike Art Potluck As we reported last month, the Bike Art on Belmont project will create a sculptural sunflower garden within the on-street bicycle parking on Belmont Street at SE 33rd and 34th Avenues. Eight of the current racks will be replaced by racks with sunflowers designed by Sunnyside residents and built by local metal artists. A community potluck, with food and prizes from Belmont Street businesses, will be held on May 15 at the Sunnyside Environmental School to review and vote on the sunflower designs.
May 24th - Sunflower Painting
It's that time of year again: neighbors will be repainting the sunflower at the intersection of SE Yamhill and 33rd Avenue on Saturday, May 24th starting at 9:00 a.m. Everyone is invited to this annual community event. Rain dates: Sunday, May 25th, Saturday, May 31st, and Sunday, June 1st.
Sunnyside is back in the news again. Two recent items are Sunnyside school is focus of neighborhood energy plan and http://tinyurl.com/38yxsj.
Local food resources: · http://pacsac.org – A list of Portland area CSAs. · www.edibleportland.com – A free quarterly magazine on this topic. · www.portlandonline.com/osd – A great list of online resources. Check out their list of gardening resources as well. · www.localharvest.org – A completely searchable listing of farms and markets.
New SNA Email List
The new Sunnyside Neighborhood Association email list is up and running. We started the list with the aim of expanding communication options for residents and improving opportunities for quick response on pressing neighborhood issues. To join the list, simply send an email to SunnysideNeighborhood-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. Once you have joined the list you will receive a welcome message that will describe how to manage your membership to get the most out of the list. Once you are a member you can send an email to the list by emailing to SunnysideNeighborhood@yahoogroups.com. You may also visit the Yahoo Groups website at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SunnysideNeighborhood/. At the website you can manage your membership and select whether you want to see the groups email one at a time or in a condensed digest format. You may also decide to be a member of the group but not receive emails and come to the website to view the activity on-line. We welcome input on this new email group. If you have any suggestions or comments or need help getting started, please do not hesitate to contact the list owner at SunnysideNeighborhood-owner@yahoogroups.com. Sunnyside in the News Sunnyside’s on-street bike racks and several resident bicyclists made the cover of the New York Times National Report on November 5. To read the story, click here: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/05/us/05bike.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin Be sure to watch the video too for faces you might recognize!
Belmont Street Fair 2007
Sweet Juice fires up the 2007 Street Fair
By most measures, this year’s Belmont Street Fair was a overwhelming success, with Belmont closed formally for the first time. We are always looking for ways to improve the fair, so please send us your comments and suggestions.
Sunnyside Swap Shop
Interested families can log on to www.sunnysideswapshop.org and find out about the newly forming Sunnyside Family Swap Shop and Indoor Playground, the first permanent location of the Sunnyside Swap Shop which has been hosting Back-to-School and Useful Goods exchanges in the neighborhood. To read related articles, click on "Newsletter" on menu bar to the left.
For problem solving resource numbers in the Portland area, click on: Resource Numbers.pdf Remember, the best way to contact the board and get involved is by email. Send any questions or comments to: board [at] sunnysideneighborhood [dot] com. You can also call the hotline at 503 295-1699 (checked less frequently).
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