HACE: Hawthorne Civic Ecology meeting
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Don M.
Jun 4, 2012, 6:25:50 PM6/4/12
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Nancy, Christine, Susan, and everyone,
Below it the SE Examiner article about the Hawthorne Civic Ecology project. I attended the last half or it and found it interesting, but Buckman was not well represented. My discussion occurred about the Buckman Compost project and related efforts.
I would like to encourage you to attend the next meeting at St. David of Wales church (SE 28th & Harrison). Dinner is included. It will be from 6 pm to 8:30 pm, Thurs., June 7th. An agenda is on there website along with more information. http://hacepdx.org/
I have attached a map of the Buckman charette effort.
Please attend if you can.
I am pleased to see this seasons efforts are going well.
Best wishes,
Don
PS- Great news about Buckman Pool and the old Washington HS bldg. Thank you for all your work!!!
Innovative Visioning for Hawthorne Area (including Buckman!)
6/2/12 By Bryan Brumley
Activists in the Hawthorne area identified food security and shared gardening, collective buying for businesses, and greater community use of school facilities as means of making the community more sustainable.
At a community charette, or workshop, on May 19, about 30 members of Hawthorne Civic Ecology (HACE) worked on a common vision for the Tabor to River corridor.
Elements of that vision include livability, building community, resilience and nurturing health and wellness as part of what HACE coordinator Michele Machado describes as an effort to make Hawthorne the “greenest main street in America.”
Working with Tim Smith and Anneliese Sitterly of SERA architects, HACE participants prepared “resource flow” maps of the five neighborhoods partnering with the Hawthorne Boulevard Association: Hosford-Abernethy, Mount Tabor, Richmond, Buckman and Sunnyside.
They sketched out projects to foster cooperation across neighborhood boundaries, especially involving locally owned businesses. In funding the project, Venture Portland expressed hope it would produce a template that could be applied by business and neighborhood associations elsewhere in the city.
Smith describes Civic Ecology as the “software” for neighborhood sustainability, that is, the network of groups, businesses and individuals who work out a shared vision for the community, and then develop projects to achieve it.
Part of the emerging vision included adoption of greener practices by homes and businesses, and a cooperative to make bulk purchases for local shops of more sustainably produced goods. Another popular theme was allowing more community access to school facilities, especially for community gardening, composting, the preparation of food, and encouraging schools to buy locally.
Machado, operations director of the Hawthorne Hostel, also wants HACE to map the Tabor to River carbon footprint. Tom Gonsiewski, a local resident with a passion for healthy eating, was taking the lead on expanding opportunities and public education in community gardening.
HACE seeks, in Sitterly’s words, to build an EcoDistrict from the grass roots. Portland is home to five EcoDistricts that have received government funding to accelerate neighborhood sustainability. HACE so far has operated on a shoestring budget, and has not received EcoDistrict designation.
The project is receiving organizational backing from SE Uplift sustainability coordinator Bob Kellett and intern Jamaica Robinson.
Reuben Deumling of Sunnyside, one of four panelists who opened the session, said that the Transitions movement had gotten off to a strong start in his neighborhood during the upheavals of 2001. But he said he wants HACE to provide a broader forum for green activists.
Steve Couche, from the Reed neighborhood, described the formation of the Tool Library at St David of Wales Church, and said he hoped HACE would help focus sustainability efforts in the community. He also urged participants to recruit volunteers for the tool sharing cooperative.
Sara Sullivan, another panelist, described her work developing the Garden of Wonders, a school garden, scratch kitchen and comprehensive food curriculum at the Abernethy Elementary School. Sullivan, whose efforts have been featured on National Public Radio and Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution, said that the program was jeopardized by plans to move the Garden Classroom from the main school building due to increased enrollment. She is leading efforts to transform the school gazebo into a facility to house the classroom and a demonstration kitchen.
Panel member Steve Gutmann outlined his launch of the Getaround car sharing program. Gutmann previously worked as national sales manager for Flexcar, in which the cars are owned buy the company. In contrast, Getaround is a peer- to-peer operation in which individuals own, share and rent cars via the web.
The HACE activists are meeting again Thursday, June 7, 6-9 p.m. at St Davids, 2800 SE Harrison Street, to continue work on the joint topics identified at the first meeting and turn them into viable projects.
The project received a $6,000 grant from Venture Portland. New Seasons Market also is a major sponsor, along with from Umpqua Bank, the Hawthorne Auto Clinic, the Hawthorne Hostel, and the Farmers Market. Food for the May 19th event was provided by Hot Lips Pizza, past winner of a Portland Best Award for sustainable practices. Western Seminary acted as host.
Below it the SE Examiner article about the Hawthorne Civic Ecology project. I attended the last half or it and found it interesting, but Buckman was not well represented. My discussion occurred about the Buckman Compost project and related efforts.
I would like to encourage you to attend the next meeting at St. David of Wales church (SE 28th & Harrison). Dinner is included. It will be from 6 pm to 8:30 pm, Thurs., June 7th. An agenda is on there website along with more information. http://hacepdx.org/
I have attached a map of the Buckman charette effort.
Please attend if you can.
I am pleased to see this seasons efforts are going well.
Best wishes,
Don
PS- Great news about Buckman Pool and the old Washington HS bldg. Thank you for all your work!!!
Innovative Visioning for Hawthorne Area (including Buckman!)
6/2/12 By Bryan Brumley
Activists in the Hawthorne area identified food security and shared gardening, collective buying for businesses, and greater community use of school facilities as means of making the community more sustainable.
At a community charette, or workshop, on May 19, about 30 members of Hawthorne Civic Ecology (HACE) worked on a common vision for the Tabor to River corridor.
Elements of that vision include livability, building community, resilience and nurturing health and wellness as part of what HACE coordinator Michele Machado describes as an effort to make Hawthorne the “greenest main street in America.”
Working with Tim Smith and Anneliese Sitterly of SERA architects, HACE participants prepared “resource flow” maps of the five neighborhoods partnering with the Hawthorne Boulevard Association: Hosford-Abernethy, Mount Tabor, Richmond, Buckman and Sunnyside.
They sketched out projects to foster cooperation across neighborhood boundaries, especially involving locally owned businesses. In funding the project, Venture Portland expressed hope it would produce a template that could be applied by business and neighborhood associations elsewhere in the city.
Smith describes Civic Ecology as the “software” for neighborhood sustainability, that is, the network of groups, businesses and individuals who work out a shared vision for the community, and then develop projects to achieve it.
Part of the emerging vision included adoption of greener practices by homes and businesses, and a cooperative to make bulk purchases for local shops of more sustainably produced goods. Another popular theme was allowing more community access to school facilities, especially for community gardening, composting, the preparation of food, and encouraging schools to buy locally.
Machado, operations director of the Hawthorne Hostel, also wants HACE to map the Tabor to River carbon footprint. Tom Gonsiewski, a local resident with a passion for healthy eating, was taking the lead on expanding opportunities and public education in community gardening.
HACE seeks, in Sitterly’s words, to build an EcoDistrict from the grass roots. Portland is home to five EcoDistricts that have received government funding to accelerate neighborhood sustainability. HACE so far has operated on a shoestring budget, and has not received EcoDistrict designation.
The project is receiving organizational backing from SE Uplift sustainability coordinator Bob Kellett and intern Jamaica Robinson.
Reuben Deumling of Sunnyside, one of four panelists who opened the session, said that the Transitions movement had gotten off to a strong start in his neighborhood during the upheavals of 2001. But he said he wants HACE to provide a broader forum for green activists.
Steve Couche, from the Reed neighborhood, described the formation of the Tool Library at St David of Wales Church, and said he hoped HACE would help focus sustainability efforts in the community. He also urged participants to recruit volunteers for the tool sharing cooperative.
Sara Sullivan, another panelist, described her work developing the Garden of Wonders, a school garden, scratch kitchen and comprehensive food curriculum at the Abernethy Elementary School. Sullivan, whose efforts have been featured on National Public Radio and Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution, said that the program was jeopardized by plans to move the Garden Classroom from the main school building due to increased enrollment. She is leading efforts to transform the school gazebo into a facility to house the classroom and a demonstration kitchen.
Panel member Steve Gutmann outlined his launch of the Getaround car sharing program. Gutmann previously worked as national sales manager for Flexcar, in which the cars are owned buy the company. In contrast, Getaround is a peer- to-peer operation in which individuals own, share and rent cars via the web.
The HACE activists are meeting again Thursday, June 7, 6-9 p.m. at St Davids, 2800 SE Harrison Street, to continue work on the joint topics identified at the first meeting and turn them into viable projects.
The project received a $6,000 grant from Venture Portland. New Seasons Market also is a major sponsor, along with from Umpqua Bank, the Hawthorne Auto Clinic, the Hawthorne Hostel, and the Farmers Market. Food for the May 19th event was provided by Hot Lips Pizza, past winner of a Portland Best Award for sustainable practices. Western Seminary acted as host.
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