Hector Campbell Neighborhood Association

After a one-year break, the Milwaukie summer parade is back! The theme of this year’s parade is Old Time Milwaukie. It will start at 10:30 a.m. at the old Southgate Theater site and end up at the Waldorf School parking lot. Please come watch the parade. Some fantastic floats and mascots will be part of the parade this year. Following the parade there is a poetry picnic at the Scott Park amphitheater from 12:30-2:00pm with activities for kids! At the Waldorf school there will be family games and a couple food vendors. All participants in the games receive a free snow cone!! Later that evening come down to the riverfront for live music with The Touchables and more! Fireworks will start around dusk. The event is free, and all people are welcome to join the procession. For information on how to participate, volunteer, or donate to the event please contact .

• 10:30am: Parade
• 12:30 - 2pm: Family Field Games and food vendors at Waldorf School
• 12:30 - 2pm: Poetry Picnic and children's activities at Scott Park (by the Library)
• 6pm - dusk: Live music on the riverfront
• Dusk: FIREWORKS!

The long-awaited reconstruction of King Road from 43rd Avenue to Hollywood Avenue will begin on Tuesday July 22, 2008.

The $800,000 project is being funded through the Street Surface Maintenance Program Council implemented in January of ’07.The project covers three-quarters of a mile and will include a complete reconstruction of King Road from the sub base up, from curb to curb. Water quality upgrades to the existing storm system are also associated with the project.

The contractor, Knife River, will maintain at least one open lane during construction. Delays through this area are expected and motorists, bicyclists, and pedestrians are encouraged to consider alternate routes during construction.The project is expected to be completed by Sept. 1, 2008.

Contact Information:Grady Wheeler, Information Coordinator: 503.786.7503

Carolyn Tomei, State Representative has arranged a tour with TriMet representatives for folks to experience firsthand the effects of light rail on schools and neighborhoods along their routes.

Thursday, July 10 Depart at 5:30 Bus pick up at the Southgate Theater parking lot in downtown Milwaukie.

Ride the new Interstate route, which passes through communities and school zones similar to the proposed Milwaukie route.

I would love to have you join us, or send this email on to others who might be interested. Please RSVP to to save your place.

Sincerely,Carolyn TomeiState RepresentativeHouse District 41503-653-5180

Dear Community Partner,
On July 14th and July 15th Milwaukie City Council will hold public hearings to gather input before passing along its recommended light rail alignment to the rest of the region.

The hearings will be held in City Hall’s Council Chambers and will begin at 7 p.m.

City Council will base its recommendation on the Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA) forwarded by the project’s steering committee, which is comprised of elected officials from Portland City Council, Milwaukie City Council, Oregon City Commission, Multnomah County Commission, Clackamas County Commission, executives from TriMet and the Oregon Department of Transportation, and the Citizen Advisory Committee chair.

The LPA enters Milwaukie’s North Industrial Area next to the Tillamook Branch railroad, continues next to those tracks through Downtown near the Portland Waldorf School and behind Milwaukie Lumber, crosses Lake Road and Kellogg Lake and then extends south to Park Avenue along McLoughlin Boulevard into Oak Grove.

The LPA features the single station at Lake Road, which was recommended by City Council on June 3rd.

City staff hopes that you will share your thoughts with your City Council and help form its recommendation.