It truly is his SIPP (also speaking of building new transportation infrastructure in underserved areas… have you heard about this project that would unlock massive property tax revenues for the city to spend on infrastructure, that is also free?)
This cracked me up (quietly, because council chambers) because someone posts in the @pnwelcome.bsky.social slack about @drmitchpdx.bsky.social plugging IE4A in a different committee every few weeks
NINETY NINE ZERO BAYBEEE
WHAT A MORNING!!
Thanks Jennifer! I was so nervous haha
I live in inner Eastside and love it here. I can only afford to live in portland because I'm in an apartment. My first place here was a studio, which was 1/4 of a hundred year old house. Portlanders deserve to live where they want. as someone who works tangentially with land use and housing, I know how long the waits to get construction done and permitting finished can be. we should speed it up and house our neighbors!
Portland's inner eastside neighborhoods are ideal for densification and healthy infill. That process will create more housing diversity, promote housing access, and foster a more sustainable and resilient community. As an affordable housing developer operating in the Portland metro and a resident of the Buckman neighborhood, this issue is very significant to me. I am strongly in support of the Inner Eastside For All project.
Dear Chairs Morillo and Novick, and members of the committee, I live and work in South Tabor and am writing to encourage advancement of the Inner Eastside Area Planning project. Our city needs more neighborhoods that allow for housing close to jobs and public schools, parks, and transit. Re-legalizing street-scale apartments and neighborhood corner stores in the Inner Eastside would make living in Portland more affordable for more people. Changes to the zoning code in recent years have re-legalized more housing types in South Tabor, and property owners have responded by building four-plexes, ADUs, and cottage clusters. It's encouraging, but more can be built "upward" to make better use of existing infrastructure and to create the density that better supports walkability. As we wait for this project, my two adult children are squeezed into their childhood home, unable to afford places of their own. It's sad to me that they may soon have to choose between the city they love and starting over in a city they can afford. I'll add that while SE 60th is the eastern edge of the study area, I encourage you to explore extending it to SE 82nd as the project takes more shape. This key main street is already undergoing a transformation that would help support denser development into the adjacent neighborhoods. Please support continued progress on the Inner Eastside Area Planning project and ensure the City moves this work forward with urgency. Thank you for your time and consideration. Sincerely, John Carr
Dear Chairs Morillo and Novick and Committee Members, I support advancing the Inner Eastside Area Planning project and the resolution to keep the work moving forward. We urgently need to increase density and allow for more housing types to be built in Inner Southeast. Two thirds (67%) of Inner Southeast is currently zoned for low density. That’s absurd! It's taking affordable housing options off the table at a time of unprecedented need. I'm a disabled renter without a car who lives in Inner SE, one of the most beautiful parts of the city. Living here has dramatically improved my quality of life. I'm mostly housebound and have limited mobility, but when able, I can walk to grocery, hardware, and pet care stores, parks, community/arts organizations, and transit. The tree canopy is fantastic, which makes living here healthier year-round. Having such walkable neighborhoods makes Inner SE a great location for people of all ages, wages, and stages of life but esp lower income Portlanders. People can save money on cars, insurance, gas, and delivery costs; can more easily and regularly support small local businesses; can more consistently and cheaply travel to jobs, school, and public services; can access an incredible diversity of free to low-cost cultural activities; and can enjoy reduced negative environmental impact. My block has a mix of renters and homeowners and is friendly and stable. We look out for one another. I want more people to be able to live here – not just a lucky few – and I want the City to use every possible tool to create more affordable housing asap. Please support continued progress on the Inner Eastside Area Planning project and ensure the City moves forward with urgency. Thank you! -Kate Sattler (District 3)
Just a small sampling of the amazing testimony submitted so far. You can find our testimony guide here: portlandneighborswelcome.org/ie4a-resolut...
Wow! 36 of you have already submitted written testimony in support of an Inner Eastside for All! Thank you! It is incredibly important for Council to hear why ordinary Portlanders support more homes for all our neighbors! www.portland.gov/council/docu...
@pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social thank you for being such a housing champion!
Action alert with text "ACTION ALERT!" Tell City Council: "We need an Inner Eastside for All!" with link to webpage https://portlandneighborswelcome.org/ie4a-resolution. The alert has bold colored text, the logo for the Inner Eastside for All campaign, and a graphic holding a loudspeaker.
ACTION ALERT: Support an Inner Eastside for All! We need your written testimony to support a resolution that would speed up the re-legalization of building apartments in Portland's high opportunity and amenity-rich Inner Neighborhoods! portlandneighborswelcome.org/ie4a-resolut...
When I think about Portlanders, I have the same attitude of the Canadians.
lawyer/municipal judge, career army (eventually warrant officer/also who knows, very mysterious guy)
Haha I can’t at all imagine what you trying to look rugged would look like! I feel like you could spin up some rugged seeming copy for a congressional bio from your life story tho 🤔
Wow another nyt moral panic about the brains of the youths?!?!? Groundbreaking! I failed out of my first year of college because of my diagnosed but unmedicated ADHD and started getting good grades for the absolute first time in my life after starting to take adderall!
Monthly Happy Hour Thursday!
Time: Thursday, March 5th, 6pm - 8pm
Place: Migration Brewing (outdoor patio) - 3947 N Williams Ave
Join us for this month's happy hour! This month we are focused on all things single-stair as part of the DREAM Single-Stair Design Competition.
I am supremely impressed by the ability of Revoke group members to resist new information and learn absolutely nothing in service of remaining maximally disruptive and creepy
This is so fucking funny congrats to the legends at @opennewyork.org
They have cactus cooler at the h mart on Belmont?!?!!
Look! You can daylight shit by putting bike racks in. It's not that hard.
I am above the threshold as a single filer, extremely happy to pay the tax, it is also complex and annoying to pay and I honestly think it’s a threat to the program that people who pay it are thoroughly reminded every year that they are doing so.
@drmitchpdx.bsky.social might be the best poster on council but imo @fischer.bsky.social is the finest poster on pdx bsky
This too tho :( bsky.app/profile/fisc...
Extremely extremely delighted to see an Avalos Chair/ Green Vice Chair… LFGGGGGGGGGG
Inshallah
San Diego Mega ADU project allowed by the housing bonus that is literally just a bunch of apartment buildings in a back yard
That guy in a year
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I don’t think you were there Matt but @amb.fyi dropped it in a sentence during the panel after the No Place to Grow Old showing (basically no one in the theater knew who P:NW was) and there was an audible ooooooooh from the audience
The Portland deep state gets really mad that someone won a campaign w/ short-form video b/c the old system was designed to exclude regular people thru friction and opacity.
Photo of the set of The Play that Goes Wrong at the armory prior to the show. The set is a mousetrap-like English manor, with the “tech” set up upstage to the left
Saw the play that goes wrong at the armory last night and it was amaaaaaaaaaaazing
100%, people loves “ages, stages and wages” and I think it effectively captures what makes social housing different
