8 • The Southwest Portland Post
NEWS/CALENDAR
January 2013
Stephens Creek Crossing housing development scheduled to open in early 2014
MULTNOMAH NOTEBOOK
By Jillian Daley
The Southwest Portland Post
Multnomah neighbor Randy Bonella said
recently that he would like California Street
residents to attend one of the MNA meet-
ings and share their views on the Stephens
Creek Crossing development. (Post photo
by Jillian Daley)
COMMUNITY LIFE
By Don Snedecor
The Southwest Portland Post
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Multnomah Historical Associa-
tion will have their monthly board
meeting on Monday, January 7, at 7:00
p.m. at the Village Offices conference
room, 2929 SW Multnomah Blvd. For
agenda information visit www.mult-
nomahhistorical.com.
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Multnomah Neighborhood Asso-
ciation meets again on Tuesday, Jan-
uary 8, at 7:00 p.m. at the Multnomah
Center, 7688 SW Capitol Hwy. Visit
www.swni.org/multnomah or contact
Moses Ross, mnachair@gmail.com for
agenda information.
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A presenter offered an update on the
$52.8 million Stephens Creek Crossing
low-income housing development dur-
ing the December Multnomah Neigh-
borhood Association meeting.
The 122-apartment project, featuring
community gardens and a children’s
center with Head Start classrooms, will
be on Southwest 26 th Avenue, just south
of Capitol Highway where Mittleman
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Second Saturday Family Dance.
Fun folk dancing for kids and
families with live music and Caroline
Oakley calling! Saturday, January 12,
4:30 to 6:30 p.m., Fulton Park Commu-
nity Center, 68 SW Miles St. $6 adults, $5
children, $20 per family max. For more
information call 503-245-5070.
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Powwow honors Native Ameri-
can culture. Portland Commu-
nity College’s Wacipi (“They Dance”)
Winter Powwow to celebrate Native
American culture and tradition, which
is free and open to the public, will be
held from noon to 9:00 p.m. Saturday,
Jan. 19, in the Health Technology Build-
ing, PCC Sylvania Campus, 12000 SW
49th Ave.
This cultural event features drum
groups and dancers from across the re-
gion, Native American crafts and food,
activities for children, and raffle prizes.
Other attractions include grand entries
at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m., a college fair from
noon to 4 p.m. and a free community
dinner at 5:30 p.m. This event is alcohol
and tobacco free.
Proceeds from the annual Winter
Powwow support the college’s Native
American Student Scholarship, which
helps to increase access and retention
Jewish Community Center stands.
The project replaces 60-units of cinder-
block public housing built in 1968, which
have been razed. Seven Habitat for Hu-
manity homes for first-time homebuyers
also will be built nearby.
Home Forward, previously Housing
Authority of Portland, used a com-
munity design process from 2009-11 to
vet the project, holding workshops and
going door to door.
Residents of nearby Southwest Cali-
fornia Street long have shared concerns
with Home Forward about how the
project’s proposed development of their
unimproved street could increase traffic.
But Multnomah neighbor Randy
of Native American students. For ad-
ditional powwow information, visit
http://www.pcc.edu/powwow/.
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The 99th birthday of William
Stafford. A poetry reading cel-
ebrating and commemorating the birth-
day of one of America’s most important
poets, will be held Wednesday, January
23, 7:00 pm, Annie Bloom’s Books, 7834
SW Capitol Hwy, Portland.
Bring a favorite William Stafford
poem to share. Hosted by Friends of
William Stafford board member Susan
McKee Reese. Featuring Barbara Drake,
Valentine Freeman, Lisa Galloway,
Tom Hogan, and Annmarie Trimble.
Contact Susan Reese sgreese@pdx.edu
or books@annieblooms.com for more
information.
Bonella said he would like California
Street residents to attend one of the
neighborhood association meetings and
share their views themselves.
Home Forward community relations
manager Pamela Kambur told the
Multnomah Neighborhood Association
during her presentation that the ideal
situation is for the California Street im-
provements to begin this spring.
“We’re very supportive of the South-
west California neighbors and their
concerns about keeping it a low traffic
speed,” Kambur said.
None of the California Street residents
were present at the association meeting
to discuss the traffic concerns.
The association’s transportation chair-
woman, Kay Durtschi, said she’s been at
a recent meeting with California Street
residents and didn’t hear any contention.
“Nobody was really upset and at each
other’s throats,” Durtschi said.
Bonella, a former Multnomah Neigh-
borhood Association president, said
he understands that California Street
residents have concerns, but he hasn’t
heard them first hand.
“If the California residents want the
neighborhood association behind them
or the neighborhood association to do
something on their behalf, they really
need to come to the meetings, so their
voice will be heard,” Bonella said.
Meeting attendees then discussed
ways to reach out to their neighbors.
The Stephens Creek Crossing build-
ings are scheduled to be finished by the
end of 2013, and residents are to begin
moving in at the start of 2014.
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