Rally your friends, family and neighbors, come on down to 2828 NE Glisan Street grab a seat, order dinner and a drink anytime between 4-8pm on July 9, 2014 and show your neighborhood coalition some love. 10% of all sales will be donated to our cause and in the end, will directly benefit any number of our 20 neighborhoods.
As the weather turns the corner toward summer and neighbors dust off their bikes, skateboards, roller skates, or pogo sticks, it’s a good time to think about how we pay for the roads and sidewalks we use every day. Transportation funding is currently getting a lot of attention at the federal, state, and local level, mostly because there isn’t enough of it. Due to rising costs of construction, lack of… Read More »Money Makes The Wheels Go Round
As our Southeast neighborhoods change and redevelop, it makes sense to consider the impacts on the City’s infrastructure. When single-family homes or smaller commercial buildings are replaced by increased commercial and residential density, how does the City account for increased demand on the water, transportation, sewer, stormwater, and open space services? The City addresses those impacts by charging developers System Development Charges (SDCs), one-time fees based on the size and… Read More »The Nuts and Bolts of System Development Charges
SE Uplift invites you and your neighbors to come listen, learn and inquire about neighborhood-level marketing.
The amount of new development in the SE Uplift coalition neighborhoods has been significant over the past year. Apartment buildings are seemingly springing up left and right, homes are being demolished and replaced by something different, and the splitting of lots is continuing to take place. Our quadrant is clearly a place where people want to live and where developers are eager to cash in on that desire. One issue… Read More »Solar Access and New Development
It is the nature of cities to change and evolve over time. Sometimes the change is dramatic like the transformation that is occurring on SE Division Street today. Other times, it is more subtle like when a large tree on your street succumbs to old age and has to be removed. Large or small, changes to a city’s built environment have an impact. They can breathe new life into a… Read More »Change is the only Constant
We are so excited to be bringing you yet another opportunity for community storytelling. Join us at Ford Food & Drink on February 20th for stories of neighbor envy and rescue.
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What will we see in the SE Uplift coalition area in 2014? One safe prediction is that there will be a number of land use and transportation planning projects that will impact our neighborhoods both this year and for many years to come. Here is a look at many of the projects that are taking place. 20s Bikeway A project that will plan, design and construct safety improvements along a… Read More »January 2014 Land Use Trends
Join SE Uplift for an open house at ADX on January 30th. You’ll have the opportunity to check out the space and learn how neighborhood associations can access resources to turn their projects into reality.