Portland Oregon newspaper serving Gateway & Parkrose neighborhoods

A Portland Oregon newspaper since 1985 –
Solely supported by advertising, the monthly Mid-county Memo newspaper circulates 15,500 copies in the Gateway and Parkrose
neighborhoods in the Mid-Multnomah County area of east Portland. Over 13,500 newspapers are directly mailed free of charge to
Portland homes in the area bounded on the east and west by Northeast 82nd and 162nd avenues, with Sandy Boulevard and
East Burnside Street on the north and south. The remaining 2,000 newspapers are distributed
at popular gathering places throughout the area.
To find the latest updates on information, go to our Memo Web log at: MEMO BLOG.

Vol. 24, No. 7 • Mailed monthly to over 13,600 homes in the Gateway & Parkrose Communities Free • November 2008

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FEATURE ARTICLES

Living sculpture adorns improvement project

Adams comes to Land Use Committee

Families of challenged youth find a community at Kerr

Perlman’s Potpourri: EPAP decides how to spend $500,000

Prostitution follow-up seeks solutions

Gales blow away foundation with donation

Future MAX Green Line takes shape along I-205

Corrections

MEMO BLOG

Living sculpture adorns improvement project

Work on the living sculpture at the Northeast 102nd Avenue and Halsey Street jughandle continues as the 102nd Avenue Improvement Project nears completion.

From left, operator James Buma shovels the cement for head mason Tim Ramage while laborer Ty Thompson brings another piece to put the finishing touches on the sculpture’s final concrete pedestal. Recycled concrete from the project itself was used to create this and another sculpture at the other end of the project near Southeast Stark Street. When finished, there will be a set of plastic tubes, or wands, at the top that will bend in the wind. Landscaping will be completed with the addition of hundreds of plants, and a number of conifer trees, giving life to the living sculpture.

Begun last spring by contractor Thompson Brothers Excavating, this project expects to wrap up before Nov. 30.

Read the complete report, part of Perlman’s Potpourri, which begins here.

The Mid-county Memo newspaper –
serving Gateway and Parkrose in east Portland.

Founded in May 1985, the monthly Mid-county Memo neighborhood newspaper is mailed to every home in a geographic-specific area of Portland, in the middle of Multnomah County, Oregon.

Completely advertiser supported, the Mid-county Memo circulates 15,500 copies in the Gateway and Parkrose neighborhoods of east Portland. Over 13,500 papers are directly mailed, free of charge, to homes in the area bounded on the east and west by Northeast 82nd and 162nd avenues, and Sandy Boulevard and East Burnside Street on the north and south. The remaining 2,000 copies are distributed at popular gathering places throughout the Mid-Multnomah County area of Portland.

The Mid-county Memo focuses and reports on positive forces and people in the Gateway and Parkrose communities of Mid-Multnomah County.

The Memo reports on, and encourages participation, in civic affairs, thereby serving as a means to promote active citizenship and civic participation.

Every month the Mid-county Memo publishes and disseminates pertinent school, neighborhood and business news.

Community, library, church, senior, social and fraternal organization meetings and events in the Gateway and Parkrose communities are also published monthly.

In this way, the Mid-county Memo enables Gateway and Parkrose community members to communicate with themselves and others, strengthening cultural participation and engagement. The Mid-county Memo neighborhood newspaper serves as a vital cultural resource in east Portland.

The Memo publishes news and perspectives of the diverse neighborhoods of east Portland that include Parkrose, Hazelwood, Russell, Parkrose Heights, Wilkes, Glenfair, Mill Park and Madison South, strengthening Mid-County’s cultural vitality.

By being rooted within the community, the Memo serves as a means to strengthen connections and deepen understanding across the diverse Gateway and Parkrose communities of east Portland and Mid-Multnomah County. The Mid-county Memo neighborhood newspaper represents and reflects the Gateway and Parkrose communities of east Portland.

The Mid-county Memo circulation area encompasses one school district in east Portland entirely, the Parkrose School District, along with two others partially, David Douglas and Reynolds school districts.

In 1985 Tom and Marcia Pry founded the Mid-county Memo. At the time, the Memo was one of seven community newspapers the Prys owned in Portland.

In September 1991 the Prys sold the Mid-county Memo to Advertising Manager Tim Curran and Executive Editor Rich Riegel, who continue to this day to publish the Memo. The Mid-county Memo is one of Portland’s oldest community newspapers.

The Mid-county Memo mailing address is 3510 Northeast 134th Ave., Portland, Oregon97230.

Website: www.midcountymemo.com
E-mail: advertising@midcountymemo.com
E-mail: editor@midcountymemo.com
Fax: 503.249.7672 Phone: 503.287.8904

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