Dear Reed Neighbors,

We would like to invite you to a neighborhood meeting at Reed College on Thursday, January 29th at 7 p.m. in Vollum Lounge. The lounge is located on the main floor of the Vollum College Center on Eliot Circle. This map can help you find the building.

Staff from Conference and Events Planning and Building Services will discuss topics such as Future campus decarbonization strategy, upcoming community events, and future projects that may impact our neighbors.

Light refreshments will be provided, and parking is free and open to you. Parking in Reed’s East Lot will be the closest location for the meeting. 

If you have any questions regarding this meeting, please email me at lleonard@reed.edu

Thank you for your time, and I hope to see you at the meeting.

Lisa Leonard

Director Conference & Events Planning

Our District 4 City Councilor Eric Zimmerman will be at Heretic Coffee to talk with constituents about what he is working on this year. Councilor Zimmerman serves on three committees: Finance, Housing and Homelessness and Community and Public Safety. Come to ask questions and bring up issues important to you.

Heretic Coffee is a non-profit coffee shop, our only coffee shop in Reed, and your coffee purchase goes towards helping Portlanders who are experiencing food scarcity.

It’s time for our annual holiday party at Gigantic Brewing in their Barrel Room! Come join us to mingle with neighbors over drinks and snacks. The first ten people to arrive receive a drink on us!

We are once again having a raffle of prizes from local businesses with new ones in the mix this year. Check our Instagram account to see a prize posted each day. Some of the prizes are from Trader Joe’s, Grand Central Bakery, Salsas Locas, Hip Chicks Do Wine, Berry Good Produce and more!

The event is free to all who live in or won a business in Reed. For those who want to enter for a chance to win a prize, raffle tickets will be available at the event- cash or Venmo. Tickets are $2 each or $5 for three.

This is a 21 and over event. Non-alcoholic drinks are also available for purchase at Gigantic.

Come join us at this family friendly event to celebrate Fall and spend time with neighbors.

This is a great opportunity for families in the neighborhood to connect and play together. Bouncy house fun, pumpkin painting, face painting, baby goats to pet, neighbor baking competition, and a Reed artist market! We’ll see you there!

Bakers submitting to the baking competition please bring your baked good before 2:30pm for judging.

Sunday, June 8

2-4pm

Donation trucks will be in the parking lot at the corner of SE 28th Ave and SE Steele St ready to accept your donations

Community Warehouse provides donated furniture and household items to neighbors seeking the comfort and dignity of a furnished home while overcoming adversity.

Community Warehouse accepts many household items. See the full list here.

The ReBuilding Center builds community resilience and empowers DIYers by ensuring access to affordable used building materials and repair skills so people can be self-sufficient and reduce waste.

The ReBuilding Center is accepting the following items:

• Doors

• Windows

• Lighting

• Tools (hand and working power tools)

• Working appliances

• Hardware

• Bricks and pavers

• Complete boxes of: fasteners, tile, insulation

Come over to Gigantic to meet with City Councilor Olivia Clark to share your concerns, ideas, and ask questions. Councilor Clark wants to hear from you and has made it a priority to travel around District 4 to hear from constituents in their neighborhoods. So join us in enjoying a drink with neighbors and meeting Councilor Clark.

We’re bringing neighbors together to play board games and have fun! There will be a wide assortment of games for all ages to choose from and you are welcome to bring your favorite game to share.

We will have snacks and beverages to enjoy while you play. If you want to enjoy a meal while attending we will have a list of local restaurants to order from that will deliver.

We look forward to playing with you all!

*Please note we will be in the back, lower level of the church. Please park in the back and enter through the ground floor of the two story section of the building—it’s all glass.

Come join us at this family friendly event to celebrate Fall! There will be a bounce house, pumpkin painting, face painting, wine tasting from Hip Chicks Do Wine, hot drinks, and a Fall themed baking competition with a prize for the winner.

This is a great opportunity for families in the neighborhood to connect and play together. We also look forward to finding out how many bakers we have in the neighborhood who can delight our taste buds. We’ll to see you there!

Bakers please bring your baked good before 2:30pm for judging.

We are also looking for volunteers to help with set up, take down and during the event. Please email us at reedneighborhood@gmail.com if you are able to help out for an hour or two.