Baseball Park and Brew Pub in Milwaukie? Yes Please!!

Looks like Milwaukie is in the beginning stages of considering a minor league baseball park along McLoughlin Blvd.  We here at Milwaukie Living are all for it!  It could bring a much needed boost of revenue to our area.  Read the full article from the Clackamas Review here:  Field of Dreams

 

McLoughlin Area Plan Workshop

Change is coming to McLoughlin!  A workshop is being held where we can all get together and express our ideas and vision for the future of the area.  It's being held at Rex Putnam H.S. on Saturday, May 21, 2011 from 9:00am to Noon.  You can check out all the details with the link below.  This is an excellent opportunity for us to get involved and create the change we want to see in our community!


http://www.mcloughlinareaplan.org/

The Enemy is Upon Us! The Time to Act is NOW!

This post is for those of you who read motivational books...

I was spending my morning as usual, reviewing emails from the evening before and reading blog feeds, when one of my blog friends recommended this eBook to me.  I'm always on the lookout for motivational reading and what-the-heck it was free, so I decided to download it.

Before I knew it I was 20 pages in and knew NOW was the moment to take ACTION!  First step, tell all my friends!  So I stopped with the morning routine and posted this for you.  (Posting to this blog creates Resistance for me, now I have taken action!)  Download the book.  I hope it inspires you and moves you in to action.  And please post your comments to tell us what you think!


Free Kindle eBook: Do the Work by Steven Pressfield
A blueprint for tackling projects that matter to you.

Own a Kindle? You're in luck. A great new book by Steven Pressfield is now absolutely free for you. We didn't want you to miss this inspirational (and free!) book.

Part of Amazon's Domino Project, "Do the Work," is one in a series of free business books offered by the project.

Steven Pressfield is the bestselling author of The Legend of Bagger Vance, Gates of Fire and The War of Art. The latter book spawned Do the Work, as readers kept asking, "What is this terrible thing called Resistance -- and how can I overcome it?"

From the review of "Do the Work" by Robert Kiyosaki, investor, entrepreneur, and educator:

"Once again another brilliant book from Steven. Do the Work gives you step-by-step instructions on how to overcome and conquer Resistance--the biggest enemy of them all. The gloves come off! Do the Work explains who and what your allies are and how to embrace and utilize them in your creative life or in your day-to-day situations."

Simply visit Amazon.com and "order" the book for $0! It will be wirelessly delivered to your Kindle:

http://www.amazon.com/Do-the-Work-ebook/dp/B004PGO25O/

Don't have a Kindle?  Download Kindle for PC (or other device) for FREE here:



Milwaukie Farmers Market

Opening day for the Milwaukie Farmers Market is Sunday, May 8th!  Be sure to swing by and pick up some great local goods.  This will be the 13th year for the market and it keeps getting better.  There is new landscaping and additional parking around the market this year.  It's sure to be a success once again!  It is located on Main St. across from City Hall in historic downtown Milwaukie.  Hours are 9:30am to 2:00pm, Sundays.

 

http://milwaukiefarmersmarket.com/wordpress/

Milwaukie Light Rail Project

I've received a few inquiries lately about the status of the Portland-Milwaukie light rail project.  I'll work on getting an up-to-date status report.  In the meantime you can check out the Milwaukie website here:

http://www.ci.milwaukie.or.us/communityservices/portland-milwaukie-light-rail-project-updates-and-news

Raptor Cams

Check out these two raptor cams - Red-tail Hawk in Portland, OR and Bald Eagle in Decorah, Iowa.  Both have chicks recently hatched.  Pretty awesome!

http://www.kgw.com/lifestyle/raptor-cam

http://www.ustream.tv/decoraheagles

Milwaukie neighbors - Prepare for disaster with CERT training!

Will you be ready when disaster hits?

Milwaukie-area emergency response team aims to keep people prepared

BY ELLEN SPITALERI

The Clackamas Review, Apr 19, 2011

ELLEN SPITALERI / CLACKAMAS REVIEW

Linda Hedges and Mary Weick, above, look over some emergency-response team literature. Below, members of a CERT team learn how to put out fires. submitted photo

The recent events in Japan have many people asking what would happen if a natural disaster occurred locally. Mary Weick and Linda Hedges, both Milwaukie residents, have some answers to that question – they have been instrumental in forming a local emergency response network.

Weick moved to the Island Station neighborhood just before the big snowstorm of 2008; she knew very few people when the storm hit, knocking out communication lines, closing down transportation and isolating people from one another. One good thing came out of the situation; she came up with the idea to form an emergency response network in her neighborhood.

She and other volunteers sent out postcards to all the neighbors, requesting basic information about who lived in each household, including pets and vulnerable people, and any health issues that needed to be taken into consideration.

Once information came back, Weick made up a phone tree of about 50 people, who could come together in an emergency and offer help.

When Hedges heard about the idea, she thought about trying it “across the whole city.”

The two women decided to focus on four key areas, as they set up a citywide emergency network: individual preparedness, information distribution, shelter and first aid and Community Emergency Response Training (CERT), offered by Clackamas Fire District #1.

Their efforts have received support from all city departments and community members; it has taken some time to get the network up and running, but now they are starting to see everything come together.

CERT training

A number of CERT training classes have been held and all the spots filled up right away; another class is planned for June in Estacada, Hedges said.

These classes and the teams that result are important, because if “we have a big incident, it would be virtually impossible for the fire department or the government to take care of everybody. The goal [of CERT training] is to help yourself, help your family and then go and help your neighbors,” said Kevin Donegan, CFD#1 emergency services manager.

To read more click here: Milwaukie neighbors...