Meeting on Tuesday 1/9

4:30 at the Junior Acheivement building.
See you there!

Annual Meeting/Holiday Party

Thursday, Dec 8th at 5:30pm
Junior Achievement, 7830 SE Foster Rd.

MEETING REMINDER

FABA Board & interested Others
Tuesday, Nov. 8th at 4:30 pm at
Junior Achievement, 7830 SE Foster Rd.

Fun on Foster evaluation.  Thoughts for 2012.

FABA Lunch and Learn

Wed. Nov. 9th at 11:45am
Tambayan, SE 6014 SE Foster Rd.
$10.00
RSVP to admin@tsgpdx.com or
call 503-774-2832.

If you have any paintable wooden chairs to donate to interested artists for our Annual Meeting Silent Auction, let us know or bring them to the luncheon or board meeting.

Open House for Public Comment: Wikman Bldg

Foster area businesses and friends,
We will have a short discussion of a possible use for this building at the Foster Area luncheon on November 9th, however, since that is after the comment period, you might want to check it out at this open house:

Multnomah County and District 3 Commissioner Judy Shiprack will host an open house as part of a public process to solicit potential new uses for the Wikman Building, a Southeast Portland landmark that has been declared surplus by the County. This is NOT a sales offering.

The open house will run from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 1.

It will be held at the Wikman Building, a former Carnegie Library (known as the Arleta Library) at Southeast 64th Avenue and Holgate Boulevard.

The 5,200-square-foot building served most recently as a service center for county juvenile justice programs. It’s 93 years old and was designed by noted Portland architect Folger Johnson.

The event will allow access to the building interior to better inform public comment. The public comment period will remain open until Monday, Nov. 7. County staff will report back to the Board of County Commissioners by Dec. 22.

For more information or to register public comment on the future disposition of the Wikman Building, write to the Multnomah County Communications Office, 501 SE Hawthorne Blvd., Suite 600, Portland OR 97214 or send an email to communications@multco.us. If you need accommodation for commenting over the phone, please call 503.988-3308.

Chair Auction

We are seeking artists and inspired folks that may want to adorn or artify chairs that have been donated. A silent auction event will take place leading into FABA’s December Annual Meeting, with proceeds to benefit Foster Area Business Association. The theme is wide open, but the main purpose is to promote Fo-Po artists and businesses, and generate funds for ongoing arts activities.

More information can be gained by contacting TSG services at 503-774-2832 or emailing: morrison.deirdre@gmail.com

Last Chance to Register

Don’t miss out on your opportunity to attend Strategically Social: Making Sense of Social Media this Wednesday! Details and registration information below.

The Portland, Oregon Facebook page has 143,469 followers. City of Portland Linkedin profile has 1,578 followers. Mayor Adams has more than 40,000 Twitter followers. Recently, a new neighborhood business created a Facebook page and received over 1,000 followers in less than two months. Social media savvy Portlanders are discussing local business and City issues on a daily basis. Are you part of the conversation? Come to Strategically Social: Making Sense of Social Media. Hear from Presenter John McPhee, Vice President of Formic Media. Discuss social media basics and best practices as we view successful examples at this exciting training.

Strategically Social: Making Sense of Social Media w/ John McPhee, Vice President – Formic Media
Wednesday, October 5
12 – 1:30 pm
Portland Development Commission – 222 NW 5th Avenue
Cost – $5 includes lunch

To RSVP and for parking and transportation information contact Laura Becker laura@ventureportland.org or 503.477.9648. You will receive an email confirming your registration.

Please share this event invitation with members and others in your business district.

This training is the first in a three-part series (though you are not required to attend all three trainings). Stay tuned for information on the next two trainings – Using Facebook as Your Website on 10/26 and Building Your Social Network on 11/9.

The Founding History of the Lents Neighborhood

Lents Body Shop Inc. is pleased to share with the Lents Town Center community a BLOG on it’s company web site titled “The Founding History of the Lents Neighborhood”, a short story written by Randy Dagel.

Accompanying the story are numerous historical photographs of the Lents Community dating back to the late 1800s and early 1900’s.

To view, please go to www.lentsbodyshop.com. Click on “News & Info” heading. Scroll down on the right side to BLOG and read story and view historical photos under:

“The Founding History of the Lents Neighborhood, Portland, Oregon”

This BLOG is being provided as a public courtesy to the City of Portland, and specifically our good neighbors in the Lents Town Center neighborhood. We invite comments, and specifically desire additional historical photographs that can be added to this BLOG.

Please contact:

Randy E. Dagel
Lents Body Shop Inc.
9038 S.E. Foster Road
Portland, Oregon 97266
Phone 503-774-7497
E-mail: lbs@lentsbodyshop.com

Fun on Foster – This Saturday Sept. 24th 2011

To Our Neighbors and friends!

We are very pleased to bring a great selection of sales, demonstrations, activities, music and more to you this Saturday, Sept. 24th at Fun on Foster.

We have a 25 passenger eco-shuttle on the Road from 10-1 and 2-5, so encourage your customers
to use it and check Foster out from 49th to 93rd.

NOTE SPECIAL TIMES FOR CRUISE-INS – 10 – 2 Only!

PS: Please use your Facebook, Twitter, and email lists to invite your customers and friends to join us.

• 4950 – I’ve Been Framed: Sidewalk sale; Sidewalk Sale & Free Iced Coffee & Cookies
• Artist/Curator Chris Haberman – Art Chair for the Auction – LOCATION: SALON MOJO – 5820 SE Foster Rd.
• 5250 – Carts on Foster: Live music 3-8pm, beer/wine pavilion and Food Carts: 
  • SneakyKitty
  • Woosters
  • Holy Cannoli
  • FiftyLicks
  • Gustabo’s Mexican
  • and more
• 5339 – Foster Burger: Food/drink specials, donation of $50 gift certificate prize for Exotic Places Contest
• 5532 – Slingshot Lounge: Food/drink specials, games, possible other activities
• 5412 – Toad in the Hole Typing Service and Bubble & Squeak Antiques: Garage Sale
• 5820 – Salon Mojo: Open House, art chair and Art Chair Auction HOST!  Stop by and make a bid!
• 5902 – Dusty’s Bar & Grill: Check them out!
• 5925 – Meticon Bikes:  sidewalk sale/music and more $10.00 off tune-up coupon on Portland Tribune..
• 4144 SE 60th - Tortalandia: sidewalk sale, music, food!
• 6010 - Tienda Oxkutzcab Yucatan: sidewalk sale
• 6219 – Knuckleheads Bar: outdoor barbecue, live music, vendor booths
• 6300 – KB Inc. – sidewalk sale for food goods
• 6350 – Guapo Coffee/Soft TipperDarts: Open House, Darts, Games, looking for Consignment Art
• 4532 SE 63rd – The Garden Spout: sidewalk sale/coupon
• 6433 – Bar Carlo: free coffee (Nossa Familia) all day, patio dining
• @Holgate – The Ruby Box: Grand Opening, art show and open house – art chair auction participant at Salon Mojo
• Laurelwood Park: vendors, kid’s art, music from 10 – 5pm.
• Acoustic music in the Park!  A wonderful mix of musical styles by some of the best players you rarely get to see in one event, and the best part is it’s free!  Make plans to join us; you’ll be glad you did.
• 10am-11am Bill Reed
• 11am-noon Rick Rule & Mike West
• 12 noon 1pm Eric & Deanna Tworivers
• 1pm-2pm Marianne Flemming
• 2pm-3pm KingniK
• 3pm – 4pm What is That Noise
• 4pm-5pm Joe Reed & Mike West
• 6504 – Yo Mama’s and DaHui: drink specials/treats – art chair auction participant at Salon Mojo
• 6514 – Somaphile Movement Studio: free Dance of Shiva class at 10am, Open House afterwards
• 6526 – Gemini Lounge -
• 6535 – O’Malley’s: mural painting/food-drink specials – art chair auction participant at Salon Mojo
• 67-68th – EuroClassic Furniture: Exotic Places Mural Identification Contest – 8 Murals – where do they represent? 
• Entry forms in the store.
• 6803 – Buck’s Stove Palace: Discount coupon Portland Tribune
• 7307 – Lansing Linoleum: Do-it-Yourself Seminar, 11am: Tarkett Sheet Flooring Pre-register at 503-777-3333,
• art chair auction participant at Salon Mojo
• 7344 – A-Boy Garden Center: Yard sale
• 7974 – Lainez Hispanic Store: sidewalk sale
• 8931 – Scooter and cycle Cruise-In at Lents Auto Body, 10am – 2pm
• 5716 SE 92nd – Ararat Bakery: sidewalk sale
• 9119 – Trillium Artisans: open house – support local craftspeople
• 92nd – Lents Corner: live music
• 9210 – Lents Commons: art, drink specials, live music (organizing for music at Lents corner)
• 5932 SE 92nd – New Copper Penny: Classic car Cruise-in host, contest, trophies/dining specials 10am – 2pm
• 9213 – New Breed Academy Jiu-Jitsu – open house/class schedules

PS: Check out the huge new “BARK” mural at SE 45th and Powell and check out the others between 60th and 67th!

(As of 9/22/11 at 9am)

FABA meeting

FABA will be meeting today at the Junior Achievement building at 7830 Southeast Foster Road. 4:30 to 6. See you there!