June 2014
NEWS
The Southwest Portland Post • 3
Everett proposes to build two new homes on Southwest 51st Avenue
MAPLEWOOD NOTEBOOK
By Lee Braymen-Cleary
The Southwest Portland Post
At the May meeting of the Multnomah
Neighborhood Association, neighbors
listened to proposals by Vic Remmers
of Everett Custom Homes. Remmers
himself grew up in the immediate area
and claims to have sensitivity to local
opinions.
Everett has recently constructed
several homes in other Portland areas
in addition to two homes it plans to
build in Maplewood on Southwest 51st
Maplewood, Hayhurst rummage sales to benefit
good causes
By Erik Vidstrand
The Southwest Portland Post
Missed the recent spring clean-up
event? Kids all grown up but you still
have all their toys? Well, donate to one
of two upcoming rummage sales.
The first one is coming right up on
the weekend of June 6-7. Maplewood
Coffee & Tea (5206 SW Custer St) will
hold a benefit rummage sale with a
portion of all proceeds going to p:ear,
an organization that creatively mentors
homeless youth.
It’s also the Maplewood café’s two-
year anniversary party. Music, drinks,
food, and activities for all ages will take
place from 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.
People are invited to either come and
enjoy the fun, or if interested, sell items
at the rummage sale. Sellers are respon-
sible for setting up and cleaning up all
personal items.
Ten percent of the sales at the end of
the day will be collected and donated to
the charity. Participants must be signed
up by June 5 to reserve a space. For more
information, please contact Liz Boyd at
ejboyd378@hotmail.com.
Hayhurst Elementary School is hav-
ing their first annual rummage sale on
Saturday, June 21 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
in the school parking lot (5037 SW Iowa
St). Organizers are accepting items now
and offer to provide pick-up and storage.
It is the school’s first effort to raise
money for Dream Big Playground Proj-
ect, as well as the school’s neighborhood
program.
Hayhurst has recently welcomed ap-
proximately 60 new students from Ste-
phen’s Creek Crossing and are expecting
at least 30 more.
“We are trying to come up with
fun new ways to raise money,” ex-
claimed parent coordinator Courtney
Kreutz. “Buy an early-bird ticket (8:00
a.m.) for just $5.00. Beat the crowd.”
To donate, arrange a pick-up, or
buy an early-bird ticket, please contact
Kreutz at courtneykreutz@gmail.com or
Jamie at jamieclary@outlook.com.
All donations are tax deductible. For
more information visit www.hayhurst-
dreambigproject.weebly.com.
Avenue.
The proposed Everett dwellings will
back Maplewood Elementary School
property and will market for about
$500,000 and range in size of between
2,500 to 3,000 square feet.
Each will have four bedrooms and
two and one-half bathrooms. These
homes are proposed to sit close to the
road and only a few feet from each oth-
er. Thus future residents cannot avoid
looking into each others’ windows.
One Maplewood neighbor suggested
that since proposed backyard areas are
about 143 feet deep, the builder could
move one home farther back on the
property.
Other residents thought this move
was a good idea. Remmers said he
would seriously consider this sugges-
tion.
Neighbors registered concern about
such things as the size of the homes.
Nearby homes are small and the size
of proposed homes deviates from the
area’s historic tendency for smaller
homes.
Additionally, one couple showed con-
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Construction started this month on the Newbury and Vermont Street
Bridges on Barbur Boulevard, near the Hillsdale exit. The project is
expected to take five months.
Traffic will be reduced to one lane in one direction on one bridge at a
time, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. When a lane is closed on one
bridge, the other bridge will have all lanes open.
On two weekends in June, all southbound lanes of Barbur Boulevard
will be closed to work on the ends of the bridge. Check the website for
specific dates to be announced in early June. Traffic will be detoured
on to Terwilliger and Bertha Boulevards. For other traffic impacts and
project information, visit the project website: www.barburbridges.org
cern for what will happen to the path
currently existing in their backyard. It
leads students to Maplewood School.
Their question was “should a similar
path be built?” Eliminating it could
heighten these residents’ privacy since
countless parents dropping off their
children by the path constantly disrupt
their driveway by using it as a turn-
around point.
BOARD POSITIONS OPEN: Claire
Carder announced that several Maple-
wood Neighborhood Association board
positions are open to local residents.
A chairperson, an outreach coordina-
tor, a safety coordinator, and secretary
are much needed. Any Maplewood
residents interested in applying for any
of these positions should contact Carder
via email: maplewood@swni.org.
GARDEN TOUR: The annual Maple-
wood garden tour occurs this year on
Saturday, June 21 from 10:00 a.m. until
2:00 p.m. This walking tour will involve
10 to 12 local gardens.
Anyone wanting to indulge in a
scented and flowery trek should show
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