8 • The Southwest Portland Post
FEATURES
June 2012
Park bureau offers free movies and
concerts for summer fun
Once again,
the Portland
Bureau of Parks
and Recreation
is offering free
entertainment in
City parks, in-
cluding many in
Southwest, this
summer.
Outdoor Cin-
ema The follow-
ing is a sched-
u l e o f m o v i e s The Linda Hornbuckle Band performed at Willamette Park
i n s o u t h w e s t : in July 2011. (Post file photo by Polina Olsen)
July 13, Sherlock
“Bon Ton Roulet” July 11, “Norman
Holmes: A Game of Shadows, Multnomah
Sylvester Band” July 18, “The Bylines”
Arts Center. July 19, Roman Holiday,
July 25, and the “Devin Phillips Band”
Elizabeth Caruthers Park. July 26,
August 1.
Pretty in Pink, Dewitt Park.
At Duniway Park, as part of the Ter-
August 9, The Muppets, Elizabeth
williger Parkway centennial, “Trash-
Caruthers Park. August 23, Megamind,
can Joe” will play July 21. This concert
Dewitt Park. September 6, Big Miracle,
will be at 6 p.m..
Elizabeth Caruthers Park. September
Note: In most cases, also, there will
7, Hugo, Multnomah Arts Center.
be vendors on site from whom you
In most cases the fun begins with
can purchase food, but you’re also
some kind of live entertainment be-
free to bring your own. Movies and
ginning at 6:30 p.m., with the film
concerts are co-sponsored by local
commencing at dusk.
neighborhood groups and others.
Summer Concerts In The Park
Somewhere during the program,
Three parks will have live concerts
volunteers will seek donations to help
starting at 6:30 p.m. except as noted
offset this year’s or next year’s pro-
below. Elizabeth Caruthers Park
gram. Bring a blanket or lawn chair,
will have its first such program with
be considerate of your neighbors, and
“Toque Libre” August 17 and “Sasspa-
enjoy the fun.
rilla” August 24.
Willamette Park continues its an-
– Lee Perlman
nual Wednesday concert series with
Bicyclist injured in Hillsdale collision with
automobile
when we have a Barbur Concept Plan
looking into what to do about one of
the ugliest streets in the city we should
be allowing new outrages that we will
have to live with for a long time. Or am
I unaware of planned improvements?
The Southwest Portland Post
4207 SE Woodstock Blvd #509
Portland, OR 97206
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email: editor@multnomahpost.com
Is landscaping required for new
Walgreens drugstore?
I’m writing about Jillian Daley’s
article about Walgreen’s in the May
2012 issue of the Southwest Portland
Post (“The Country Store: Walgreens
to replace Castle Superstore at Barbur
Crossroads”).
I notice from driving by (the con-
struction site) that the footprint of the
new Walgreen’s and its parking lot
seems to take up almost the entire lot,
coming within about a foot or so of the
sidewalks.
I’m wondering whether this leaves
any room at all for landscaping.
I realize that this property has prob-
ably been zoned commercial for some
time, but does the code enforcement
bureau of the City of Portland have no
power to require landscaping and off-
sets and other aesthetic enhancements
when it approves new construction?
It seems paradoxical that at a time
Michael Ossar
Southwest Wood Parkway
Editor’s Note: We received this let-
ter at press time, but we will look into
Michael Ossar’s concerns and report
back to you in the July edition.
The Post welcomes reader response. You
can e-mail editor@multnomahpost.com or
fax us at 866-727-5336. Snail mail: Letters,
The Southwest Portland Post, 4207 SE
Woodstock Blvd, Box #509, Portland, OR
97206. Please limit letters to 350 words.
Deadline is the 20 th of the month prior to
publication.
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On May 22, 2012, at 7:52 a.m.,
Portland Police officers assigned
to Central Precinct and the Traffic
Division responded to the report of
a bicycle rider struck by a vehicle
at Southwest Bertha Boulevard and
Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway.
Medical personnel responded
and transported the bicycle rider,
28-year-old Jessie L. Belter, to an
area hospital where it was deter-
mined that she had a broken right
leg.
The driver of the car, 33-year-old
Nicole Y. Poor, remained at the scene
and cooperated with investigators.
Traffic investigators determined
BARBUR CONCEPT PLAN
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agree, saying it contains “too much
noise and pollution.” In contrast,
Southwest Neighborhoods, Inc. land
use chair John Gibbon countered,
“Many people live on busy streets.”
Barbur Boulevard to receive tax
abatement for housing
New multi-family housing develop-
ment on most of Southwest Barbur
Boulevard would be eligible for tax
abatement, under a change in pro-
gram boundaries proposed by the
Portland Housing Bureau.
Under the program, the owners of
new development that meets certain
that Poor was driving northbound
on Bertha then made a westbound
turn onto Beaverton-Hillsdale High-
way where she struck Belter, who
was riding her bicycle eastbound
on Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway in
the bike lane.
According to Portland police, the
driver of the car stopped at the stop
sign but failed to yield to the bicycle
rider. Investigators believe that the
collision speed was approximately
five miles per hour.
The driver of the car was given a
citation for failure to obey a traffic
control device. Traffic in the inter-
section was affected briefly as inves-
tigators processed the crash scene.
– Don Snedecor
criteria would be exempt from paying
property taxes on their buildings for
the first 10 years, although they would
still have to pay taxes on the land.
Factors that could help a project
win such abatement would be that
at least some of the units would be
“affordable.”
Additional factors include that
some units are large enough to house
families with children, that some units
are handicapped accessible, that the
area has shopping and services within
walking distance, and that the proj-
ect has little or no off-street vehicle
parking.
There will be a public hearing on the
program and its boundaries the after-
noon of June 12 at 1900 S.W. Fourth
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Portland Housing Bureau.
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