[Posted Saturday, December 3, 2022]
The Hillsdale Neighborhood Association will hold listening sessions at the Hillsdale Library on Tuesday, December 6, 2-4 pm and Thursday, December 8, 1-3 pm, to hear your suggestions for projects to enhance the livability of Hillsdale. As well, they invite you to join the HNA to help make your suggestions a reality. To receive announcements of monthly meetings (7 pm on the first Wednesday of each month), contact HNA President Tatiana Lifshitz.
Anyone who lives, works, studies or owns property in Hillsdale is invited to participate in the HNA civic leadership skills building program, tentatively scheduled for January 2023. Contact HNA President Tatiana Lifshitz to indicate interest.
HNA has launched a new website which includes a contact form to communicate with the HNA Board or submit a request to be added to the email list.
A newly-formed Hillsdale Good Neighbor Community Action Group including members of the Hillsdale Neighborhood Association Board, the Hillsdale Business and Professional Association, SWTrails PDX and adjoining property owners will begin discussions with Portland Public Schools focussing on areas of concern regarding access and use of non-building facilities and grounds at Wells High School. Items of interest include public use of the track and pickleball facilities, lighting of athletic fields, and parking management on weekends and summer, among other issues. Contact Don Baack with any additional concerns or issues to be addressed.
TriMet representatives will be in attendance at the December 7 meeting of the HNA to discuss bus services changes proposed as part of TriMet's Forward Together initiative.
Changes to bus service around the city are being considered. Impacts to bus routes in Southwest are listed below.
The final proposal will be presented to TriMet's Board of Directors on December 14; changes could be implemented beginning in September 2023. However,
As noted here earlier, installation of Trimet's Rose Lane bus-and-turn lanes in Hillsdale has been completed. What has your experience been with the new traffic patterns? Are the lanes achieving their stated purpose of improving transit times for transit users? Let us know.
SW 13th Drive Development
Mark Dane is on the agenda at 8pm to discuss a revived proposal for new construction
on SW 13th Drive.
HNA's December meeting will be held on Wednesday, December 7, at 7pm via zoom. Meeting ID: 841 8470 0958 Passcode: 811165.
—Valeurie Friedman
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