Would you like to create art that highlights the wonderful work being done by your Foster-Powell Neighborhood Association? There will be an exhibit at the Elisabeth Jones Art Center on 13-July and you could be awarded a stipend to create art! See the page below for details —
Do you live near the Kellogg school construction site? Would you like an opportunity to talk to the project team and the contractor about how they will mitigate construction impacts to the surrounding community?
Kellogg construction update and open house on Wednesday, May 29
Email received from Portland Public Schools
If you live near the Kellogg school site, please join us for a construction update open house on Wednesday, May 29 from 4:30 p.m.to 6:30 p.m. in the field at the north end of the Kellogg project site. The open house is an opportunity to meet the Kellogg project team and the contractor. This is an opportunity to learn more about the construction impacts on the community and neighborhood and how the contractor will work to minimize any inconveniences that may occur.
For everyone else, don’t forget about the groundbreaking ceremony the following Saturday —
The email also included a bit of information about the boundary for the new Kellogg Middle School —
Kellogg’s boundary will be determined in 2020
Email received from Portland Public Schools
The feeder path and school boundaries for the new Kellogg Middle School have not been determined. District-wide boundary decisions will be examined by the PPS Board of Education as part of an Enrollment and Program Balancing effort that is underway now.
The process of drawing the school boundaries has received some coverage in the news —
We have been planning on posting these photos and video of our local Foster-Powell resident, Linda Hitt, who is otherwise known as the Portland Violin Chicken. But with so much going on in Foster-Powell, this post kept getting set aside while we announced other news. But based on a post from Linda on Nextdoor.com, we decided to get this posted out quickly. Sadly, Linda is moving out of Portland and the Violin Chicken is on a farewell tour.
We wish Linda and the Violin Chicken best of luck in their new city!
