SRN Annual Report 2015
By Laurel Erhardt
The Spring 2015 General Meeting's topic was Rural Living. We had questions and discussions on Metro Land vs. public lands (hunt, camp, harvest… pretty much anything) vs Metro Land (walk but don’t bring your dog). It was a lively discussion with presenters from Metro, Wmswcd, ODFW from Tillamook.
Don Zerr and John Eskew were both voted onto the board.
SOLVE was once again a popular event with many participants and much help from outside sources. The PCC Fire Protection Program volunteered their time, energy and muscle to help with the chronic Logie Trail dumps.
Summer Gathering - It is just a wonderful, summertime, get to know your neighbor event with toe tappin’ live music in the background. It is our only fundraiser for the year. I reconnected with some that I only see once a year, and met many that were new neighbors.
And, it’s not possible without our volunteers.
Fall Meeting - Learn how you can reduce taxes. Was the topic of the Fall GM
Very well attended w/ speaker from Mult Co Assessor's office who spoke about Open Space, Wildlife Habitat, Conservation and other assessments that are available that have the potential of reducing property taxes.
Support Local Government -
Communicate: One thing that SRN routinely does that was particularly busy this year was communicate.
Government information, Land Use Notices, Gange and School Events all get sent to all of our neighbors. Metro’s North Tualatin Mountain’s project heavily relied on SRN to recruit citizen advisory committee and announce meetings to our neighborhood. Multnomah County formed a new CAC focused on far NW Multnomah County rural land use. Again, SRN sent out announcements, emails and posted information at Plainview store and included news articles in the Ridge Runner.
Grange - It is so nice to live in such a rural area, and have a gathering place like the Skyline Grange for neighbors to get together. SRN does what it can to get the word out to neighbors about community events at the Grange. We all roll up our sleeves to help out at the Brunches, Soup Suppers or sales, then enjoy the comradery of good food and good times.
The Spring 2015 General Meeting's topic was Rural Living. We had questions and discussions on Metro Land vs. public lands (hunt, camp, harvest… pretty much anything) vs Metro Land (walk but don’t bring your dog). It was a lively discussion with presenters from Metro, Wmswcd, ODFW from Tillamook.
Don Zerr and John Eskew were both voted onto the board.
SOLVE was once again a popular event with many participants and much help from outside sources. The PCC Fire Protection Program volunteered their time, energy and muscle to help with the chronic Logie Trail dumps.
Summer Gathering - It is just a wonderful, summertime, get to know your neighbor event with toe tappin’ live music in the background. It is our only fundraiser for the year. I reconnected with some that I only see once a year, and met many that were new neighbors.
And, it’s not possible without our volunteers.
Fall Meeting - Learn how you can reduce taxes. Was the topic of the Fall GM
Very well attended w/ speaker from Mult Co Assessor's office who spoke about Open Space, Wildlife Habitat, Conservation and other assessments that are available that have the potential of reducing property taxes.
Support Local Government -
Communicate: One thing that SRN routinely does that was particularly busy this year was communicate.
Government information, Land Use Notices, Gange and School Events all get sent to all of our neighbors. Metro’s North Tualatin Mountain’s project heavily relied on SRN to recruit citizen advisory committee and announce meetings to our neighborhood. Multnomah County formed a new CAC focused on far NW Multnomah County rural land use. Again, SRN sent out announcements, emails and posted information at Plainview store and included news articles in the Ridge Runner.
Grange - It is so nice to live in such a rural area, and have a gathering place like the Skyline Grange for neighbors to get together. SRN does what it can to get the word out to neighbors about community events at the Grange. We all roll up our sleeves to help out at the Brunches, Soup Suppers or sales, then enjoy the comradery of good food and good times.
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