A Community Conversation About
Public/Homeless Housing At 8005 N. Richmond
Richard Ellmyer will moderate a conversation with the audience about Public/Homeless housing at 8005 N. Richmond.
When: Thursday April 2, 2020 from 7 to 10 PM.
Where: Water Pollution Control Laboratory, Smith Lake Room
6543 N Burlington Ave. Portland, OR 97203
Agenda:
7:00 - 7:30: Richard Ellmyer will give an Update and Overview of the hard-walled homeless camp at 8005 N. Richmond. Discussion of a strategy for stopping the camp.
7:30 until everyone has had a chance to speak: YOU will all be able to comment and ask questions of Ellmyer and other knowledgeable community members.
Light refreshments will be available.
Notes:
Not a single person of the 400 who attended the May 2019 meeting about the hard-walled homeless camp was given an opportunity to speak or ask questions. Marc Jolin, director of the joint office Homeless Services unilaterally made the decision to site the camp without any public input. Everyone must be heard.
About Richard Ellmyer
North Portland homeowner and citizen activist since 1975.
Neighborhood: Portsmouth, 43% Public Housing Households.Involved member of Neighbors For Healthy Communities in its efforts to stop the proposed hard-walled homeless camp at 8005 N. Richmond.
Former campaign manager and Personal Staff to state senator Bill McCoy 1980-81 and Multnomah County Commissioner Gladys McCoy 1981-4.
Certified by former governor John Kitzhaber as an Oregon Change Agent.
2016 Celebrate North Portland Award for volunteer work and service, political and social issues impacting North Portland.
Author of stories on the politics, players and policies of Public Housing in Oregon over the last nineteen years
Author of The Ellmyer Report, a newsletter that informs, educates and influences on public policy. Occasionally distributed to more than a quarter of million readers in Oregon and beyond. Facebook, Portland Politics Plus . Opinion contributor to Patch.com news.
Please Register Below
Because of limited room (45), If more people respond than the room limit, then an additional meeting could be set for a later date.