Palisades Neighborhood Association

šŸŽˆNational Night Out Tues. Aug. 5šŸŽˆ

Published June 1, 2025

ā€œNational Night Out is a nationwide initiative to promote public safety and community partnerships. Itā€™s a night when neighborhoods all across the city and nation come together for barbeques, potlucks, and ice cream socials.ā€œ City of Lake Oswego

šŸ‰ Everyone enjoys a potluck, BBQ, music and games, so organize a get-together for Tuesday, August 5, 2025 ā€“ National Night Out ā€“ and invite your friends and neighbors. 

šŸ‘‰ Register your neighborhood party with the City by July 29 and your party will receive a visit by a fire truck or police car, maybe even a Police K9.  Plus, they will bring cookies! More details and helpful suggestions here.

šŸ‘‰ Additional Services offered by the PNA:

  • Send out email invitations to your immediate neighborhood from our mailing list.  Please provide details of your event such as location, event time, type of (barbeque, potluck, ice cream social, etc.), firetruck, police dog visit requested.
  • Provide yard sign(s) for your area advertising your National Night Out event.
  • Publish photos that you provide of your event in our newsletter and on our website!

Contact the Palisades Neighborhood Association, preferably before June 20.

šŸ’” Event suggestions:

  • Make it a pot-luck
  • Hire a food truck
  • Have a teenager on your block do face painting or other activity
  • Canā€™t block off your street? There are other options! Details here or contact us.
  • Take pictures and send them to chairperson@palisadesneighborhood.org. Confirm with those in the photos that it’s OK for us to share them on the PNA newsletter and website!


Watch for updates in our newsletter and website! Encourage neighbors to subscribe to our monthly newsletter so that they will be notified of this, and future events and neighborhood news.

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Neighborhood Enhancement Program (NEP) Project Coordinator

Primary Role:

  • Handles NEP grant applications, grant approvals, reviews receipts for reimbursement and is the single point of contact between the entire Palisades Neighborhood Association (PNA) and the City.
  • To be successfull in this role you should be organized, communicative.
  • Time commitment: From 8-12 hrs. throughout the year

Process:

  • Accepting NEP proposals:Ā Anyone living in the Palisades Neighborhood Association can submit proposal(s) to theĀ NEP CoordinatorĀ along with estimated costs throughout the year. They should follow the application guidelines and answer the questions related to their proposal.
  • PNA Board will Vote on Which Items To Include in our NEP Proposal:Ā During the month of March PNA board meeting theĀ NEP CoordinatorĀ asks the board to vote on the proposed item(s). NEP Coordinator encourages person(s) proposing the item(s) to attend the meeting to answer questions that might come up. The PNA board then votes on which items should be included in the NEP grant proposal.
  • Developing and Submitting the NEP Grant Proposalt:Ā During the NEP grant proposal period (usually the month of May) theĀ NEP Project Coordinator:
    • Fills out the NEP grant proposal application based on items approved by the PNA Board;
    • Gets sign offs from the PNA Chair
    • Submits the proposal form to the city in early May for the initial review process
    • Provides additional information requested by the city
    • Revises and submits the final application to the City by the deadline (typically May 31).

What Happens Next:

  • Iris McCaleb from the City forwards the NEP grant proposals to the grant review committee and then to the City Council who review it and awards certain grants.TheĀ NEP CoordinatorĀ will receive a letter of award from the City and will share it with the PNA Leadership Team.
  • As items are purchased from the approved grant list, the project close-out form is filled out by the person requesting reimbursement. They will attach digital copies of receipts and photos and then submit all to both theĀ NEP Project CoordinatorĀ and the PNA Chair. TheĀ NEP Project CoordinatorĀ submits the reimbursement request to Iris at the City for reimbursement.
  • Reimbursement checks are then sent directly to the person who purchased the item(s).