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BottleDrop, city discuss industrial zoned alternative sites
After community objections to a bottle redemption center on N. Lombard St. near the St. Johns’ town center, the city Bureau of Permitting & Development and Oregon Beverage Recycling Cooperative (OBRC) have been in ongoing discussions about relocating the BottleDrop on industrially zoned property. The same bureau canceled the Land Use Approval for the former Dollar…
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BottleDrop: Will the city hold the line?
The city is holding the line against the BottleDrop relocation near St. Johns Town Center—but for how long? To say there has been local concern about it is putting it mildly. Mike Vial, one of the first residents to organize against the plan, said he has spoken to OLCC and city leaders who say they…
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N. Lombard BottleDrop on ice—city cancels land use review
Oregon Beverage Recycling Cooperative’s (OBRC’s) Land Use Compatibility Review for the former Dollar Tree site in St. Johns has been canceled by the Portland Bureau of Development and Sustainability (BDS), effectively ending consideration of the site for a new BottleDrop location. The cancellation, dated August 14, was noticed on PortlandMaps.com by observant neighbor Babs Adamski.…
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BottleDrop: Call to Action
By Mike Vial This is a call to action. I’m asking you to email the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission (OLCC) Board of Commissioners as soon as possible. The City has decided that they aren’t going to make any sort of land use decision on the BottleDrop relocation to the former Dollar Tree at 7740 N. Lombard.…
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BottleDrop offered 20+ alternative sites—deems none acceptable
A BottleDrop meeting organized by State Representative Travis Nelson was held in late June. Oregon Beverage Recycling Cooperative (OBRC) representatives were present along with St. Johns Neighborhood Association chair, RJ DeMello, member Kim Larson, and Mike Vial, a community leader. Also present was State Rep. Maxine Dexter and her staff, and City Commissioner Carmen Rubio’s…
