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Levee Ready Columbia at Oregon’s Kitchen Table

Levee Ready Columbia – Values and Beliefs

If you live in, work in, or own a business in Multnomah County and the surrounding areas, now is the time to help shape important decisions that will affect our region!Along the Columbia River – from Smith and Bybee Lakes near Historic Vanport to the Portland Airport and to the Sandy River in Troutdale – a levee is protecting us from flooding.

Now a group of over 20 organizations that has been working on making sure the levee system meets federal requirements to prevent flooding, wants to hear from you. From June 3 to July 5th, go to Oregon’s Kitchen Table to let that group, Levee Ready Columbia, know your thoughts about the future of the Columbia River Levee. We will also be holding listening sessions in Spanish, Russian, Somali, Chinese, and Vietnamese during the month of June.  

The areas around the Columbia River Levee are home to neighborhoods, businesses, natural areas, major highways, trails, airports recreation, parks, and one of our region’s main sources of drinking water.  Share your values and hopes for this important part of our region. Your input will help Levee Ready Columbia work with the community to plan the future of the levees.

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Survey responses will be received until July 5, 2019 and compiled by Oregon’s Kitchen Table to ensure their anonymity.  We will share a summary of responses later this summer. So pull up a chair today at Oregon’s Kitchen Table – it will take you less than 10 minutes!  

We also encourage you to share this e-mail or the link http://bit.ly/leveereadycolumbia widely with your friends, neighbors, and colleagues in the area.  In addition to English, the survey is available in Spanish and Russian.
 

  
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Oregon’s Kitchen Table
506 SW Mill St PO Box 751
Portland State University
Portland, OR 97201
United States

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Job openings

The Office of Community & Civic Life is excited to recruit for a number of key positions in the coming months.


Join us for the information sessions to learn more about recruitments

May 30th, 2019
5:30pm-6:30pm
North Portland Neighborhood Services at the Historic Kenton Firehouse
8105 N Brandon Street, Portland OR 97217

 

Below is a preview of upcoming job postings.

  • Strategic Communications Officer (Recruitment opened May 13th, closes June 2nd)
  • Supervisor II, North and East Portland Coalition Offices (Recruitment opened May 20th, closes June 16th)
  • Manager II, Strategy, Innovation and Performance (Recruitment opens May 27th)
  • Crime Prevention Coordinators  (Recruitment opened May 20th , closes June 10th)

Please also look for the following position openings later this year:

  • Supervisor I, Adapt to Impact
  • Manager, Partnerships
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City wide issues

Survey anyone?

Portland Community Insights Survey
 
 
Over the past several months, the City of Portland has been working internally and with community leaders throughout Portland on a new citywide initiative called the Portland Community Insights Survey. We designed the survey to gather insights from all Portlanders to provide local government with data that reflects our diverse city.
 
Our hope is that this survey provides an opportunity for Portland community members to make their voices heard and contribute in meaningful ways to the City’s budgeting and policy-making processes. Insights from this survey will help us build a stronger and more inclusive Portland.
 
We want to make sure that you and your community are represented in this survey and represented in Portland’s government decision-making.
 
Please share the survey link as widely as possible and encourage those in your networks and communities to make their voices heard:
 

  

  • The survey will remain open through May 28th.
  • In addition to the online survey, we have a team of student and community leaders conducting in-person canvassing of the survey in underrepresented communities. If you see them in bright blue Community Data Fellows t-shirts – please stop for a chat!
  • The survey is available online in English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese, and Russian.
  • The survey will take approximately 10-15 minutes to complete.
  • The survey is opt-in and available to anyone who lives, works, and/or plays in the city of Portland. 

If you have any additional questions, please contact the City Budget Office at CityBudgetOffice@portlandoregon.gov
Thank you in advance for your support with this important initiative.
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