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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. Our general meeting is at 7:00 p.m. on the 2nd Thursday of each month, and we normally have some light food courtesy of Hoda's Middle Eastern Cuisine. Our Crime Prevention Committee meets at 6:30 p.m. on the same night. Our Sustainability Committee meets at 6:00 p.m.on the 2nd Tuesday of each month, and is followed by our Land Use and Transportation Committee at 7:30 p.m. All meetings are at the Sunnyside Environmental School at 3421 SE Salmon (Sustainability occasionally meets at members' homes). We look forward to seeing you there! Annual meeting and elections, and a big thank you to volunteers Thanks to all who joined us for our annual meeting and elections on May 14. Congratulations to our new board members, Michele Gila and Jane Pullman (see June SNA newsletter for summaries of their backgrounds and interests). Our annual meeting marks the beginning of a new year for the neighborhood, and we want to thank all of you for making this the great neighborhood it is. We are especially grateful to all of our volunteers, from the 60-plus neighbors who produce and deliver the newsletter to the volunteers who help with events such as our recent Spring Clean-up to those who serve on committees or as committee liaisons. We also want to thank all who worked with us over the year on a wide range of projects, including the Belmont Street Fair, Sunnyside Neighborhood Energy (SunNE) project, Streetcar System Plan, PGE substation expansion, Hawthorne Fred Meyer renovation, and multiple other pedestrian and bike safety issues.
Historic Homes Saved!
New technology advocated by SNA allows PGE substation expansion without removal of the three threatened homes PGE took the SNA membership concerns to heart and has backed down from plans to tear down three homes located next the the substation at 32nd and Yamhill. PGE confirmed today (February 26) that they will move forward with the newer Gas Insulated Switchgear technology that the SNA membership had raised as an alternative last fall. This technology is much more space efficient and would allow them to add a transformer while saving the homes and reducing the overall profile of the existing facility. PGE representatives sent a letter to SNA President Tim Brooks providing the news and responding to the four points Tim raised at the close of the January 13 special meeting. Please click here for to view the letter: Response and update to SNA 02 26 09.pdf Thank you to all of you who have participated in this process.
Belmont Street Fair coming September 12, 2009
 
The Belmont Street Fair was big success last year, with Belmont Street closed, the sun shining, a new Kid’s Village, and a record attendance of more than 5,000 people. Meetings for the 2009 Fair have just kicked off with John Barker, Nancy Chapin, and SNA representatives leading the charge again.
Sunnyside has been in the news a fair bit this past year. Examples include Sunnyside school is focus of neighborhood energy plan and http://tinyurl.com/38yxsj. Sunnyside’s on-street bike racks and several resident bicyclists made the cover of the New York Times National Report. 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 for faces you might recognize!
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.
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.
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).
Local food resources (SNA meeting follow up): · 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.
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