The Historic District effort reached another big milestone last week. You and many hundreds of your Laurelhurst neighbors successfully raised the $60,000 needed to do the historic district survey and write the Nomination! Over the last 5 months, many dozens of your neighbors, led by the LNA's Fundraising Committee, sold "Laurelhurst" caps, pins, and T-shirts, manned tables, organized raffles, donated wine and prizes, put on the November "Fundraising Comedy Night", addressed and stuffed envelopes, and made phone calls. We are grateful to the many hundreds of your neighbors, and other Portlanders, who heeded the appeal and donated, some again and again. We had a deadline of March 31, and you
A big milestone has been reached! PMA consultants, with help from volunteers from Laurelhurst and students at the University of Oregon, completed the historic district survey fieldwork on March 28. The consultants surveyed every street and every house in Laurelhurst, as well as the Laurelhurst arches, Joan of Arc, and other structures. They took photographs, recorded the style and features of houses, and spoke with hundreds of neighbors. You probably saw the orange-vested teams carrying laptops and clipboards on your street, admiring your house. They started in November, worked through the winter, and finished on time and on budget. The preliminary survey data is posted on the LNA's webs
