Welcome Neighbors!
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Sullivan’s Gulch is a neighborhood in Northeast Portland, Oregon. The Sullivan’s Gulch Neighborhood Association works to make our neighborhood more livable through various committees, information and referral. Our name refers to the depression where I-84 is located now and commemorates Timothy Sullivan, an early farmer in the area. Sullivan settled his donation land claim on January 27, 1851.
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Upcoming EventsYou are welcome to attend all neighborhood meetings. The beginning of every meeting starts with a public comment period. Please let us know your ideas and concerns about the neighborhood or email us here.
SGNA Land Use & Transportation Committee Meeting Tuesday, March 3, 2019, 6:00-7:30 pm Holladay Park Plaza, 1300 NE 16th Ave. NOTE NEW DATE, TIME & LOCATION SGNA Board Meeting Tuesday, March 3, 2019, 7:30-9:00 pm Holladay Park Plaza, 1300 NE 16th Ave. NOTE NEW DATE, TIME & LOCATION Earth Day Gulch Trash Removal Saturday, April 25, 9 am to 1 pm (Details to follow) SGNA General Membership Meeting Tuesday, May 5, 2019, 7:00-9:00 pm Grace Memorial Episcopal Church, NE 17th & Weidler. |
Reminder: New Dates, Times and Location for SGNA MeetingsDon't forget: SGNA has changed its regular meeting dates, times and location. The next meetings are Tuesday, March 3rd. We’ve shifted so that both our Land Use & Transportation committee and Board meetings are on the same date — the first Tuesday of each month. LUTC meetings begin at 6 pm and the Board meeting will start at 7:30. Our new location will be where the Board used to meet — Holladay Park Plaza, 1300 NE 16th Ave.
A North-South Bus on 20th-21st?Trimet provides really good transit service to Sullivan’s Gulch. It’s easy to get downtown, NW Portland, Hollywood and beyond. And we’ve got several lines that go north to Alberta, Woodlawn Concordia, as well as along 11th & 12th to Sellwood.
One area that’s hard to get to on public transportation is due south on 21st/20th Ave. Imagine being able to take a bus to Revolution Hall, get to Cleveland High School (the neighborhood high school for Gulch students) without changing, eat at Castagna on Hawthorne or even go to a concert (or class) at Reed College? That’s the possibility sketched out by Trimet — a new north-south bus line on 20th-21st — Line Y.
Recently SGNA Land Use Chair, DJ Heffernan, and I met with the head of Trimet Service Planning to learn more about what it would take to make Line Y a reality. We were told that even with all the expansion and improvements that Trimet is currently implementing it appears promising that Line Y could happen in the 5+ year time frame. But we were cautioned that there are some competing interests for the estimated $4 million it would take to operate Line Y. This includes the possible conversion to electric buses or making all of Trimet free! Since Trimet is a public agency they have an open process in setting the priorities each year. It’s guided by a Citizens Advisory Committee and, ultimately, the Trimet Board of Directors.
If you think it’s a good idea, what next? Sullivan’s Gulch Neighborhood will be contacting neighborhood associations along the route to alert them to the possibility of N-S bus service on 20th-21st and work together to rally support to move it up Trimet's priority list for future investments. But it’s going to take regular attendance at the Citizens Advisory Committee and later Board meeting to move the project along. We’ll post new information as we get it. If you want to help out, get in touch with Dave or DJ directly or via the Contact box on this page. North/NE https://trimet.org/future/northcentral.htm https://trimet.org/future/pdf/north-central-final-map.pdf SE https://trimet.org/future/southeast.htm https://trimet.org/future/pdf/southeast-final-report-map.pdf Current bus routes map https://trimet.org/maps/img/trimetsystem.png Join the discussions on Facebook and Nextdoor
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