Hollywood Library will close July 22 for important updates as part of Refresh projects

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Hollywood Library will close July 22 for important updates as part of Refresh projects

Library will receive new furniture, updated kids’ area from this work

Hollywood Library will close to the public starting July 22 to start on a series of bond-funded improvements. Hollywood’s last day open to the public before construction is July 21. Project teams expect the work to last until winter 2025/2026.

Hollywood Library photo

Multnomah County Library is hard at work to build, expand and renovate library spaces for the public as a result of the voter-approved 2020 Library building bond. This year, the library system will see a dramatic reinvention by building and expanding five libraries and a series of Refresh projects to libraries across the system, requiring a series of temporary library closures.

The work at Hollywood Library is a continuation of the Refresh projects, providing smaller but still important upgrades to 11 libraries on a shorter schedule than some other projects. Similar refresh projects at other locations have taken about four months to complete.

New features will include:

  • Improved shelf height to increase natural light and create more space for people and better sight lines

  • An inviting children’s area with new, movable furniture

  • New reading room chairs (both with and without arms)

  • A Tech Bar which provides an area for patrons to use the copy machine, scanner and computers

  • New meeting room tables and chairs that are easily movable to allow for a flexible space

  • Automated materials handling to increase the efficiency of checking in and sorting holds, freeing up staff time for other work and getting materials to patrons faster

  • Fresh paint and new carpet for an updated, inviting experience

  • New artwork

  • Refreshed restrooms

  • New LED lighting throughout the building

The community is invited to use alternate locations while Hollywood is closed:

Albina Library: 205 NE Russell Street, Portland, OR 97212 (opening July 19, 2025)

Gregory Heights Library: 7921 NE Sandy Boulevard, Portland, OR 97213

Hawthorne Holds Pickup: 3557 SE Hawthorne Boulevard, Portland, OR 97214

 

For help using the library, please contact us. The library routinely posts closure or schedule change notices at library hours and locations.

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Sponsor a Rose City Park sign topper on your block! Plus, you can buy one for your home!

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The Rose City Park Neighborhood Association is pleased to offer sign toppers again to neighbors for the first time since 2007! Our goal is to blanket the streets to help identify our neighborhood, build some civic pride, and help beautify our community. The neighborhood association has already dedicated some funds to get this work started. Now, we need your help to sponsor a sign for the many blocks in Rose City Park.
Sponsor a Sign On Your Block
You can have a sign installed on your neighborhood street!
  • To have a sign installed on your street, make a donation of $100 to the RCPNA. This will cover the cost of sign production and installation, which must be done by the city.
  • The installation will be coordinated by the neighborhood with PBOT.
Buy One For Home
You can also purchase a sign and have it delivered to your door. Put a sign up in your basement, garage, bedroom — your front lawn, anywhere! A donation of $100 will help with production costs and help offset the cost of installation of the remaining signs throughout the neighborhood.
Business Sponsorships
We are always looking for ways to mutually support our Rose City Park neighborhood businesses. A business donation can help offset our production and installation costs so we can stretch our dollars as far as possible. Consider sharing this opportunity with your Rose City business network. Those who donate will get a sign topper to proudly display!
How to Sponsor
Sponsor a sign using the RCPNA Venmo account below. Or, you can purchase by mailing a check to the RCPNA Treasurer at RCPNA ℅ Crockett, 2214 NE 51st Avenue, Portland, OR 97213. Make checks payable to RCPNA.
  • If you are sponsoring a sign for your block, please enter the cross streets where you want the sign (“NE 55th and Tillamook”) in the purchase notes.
  • If you want a sign for home, please note your home address where we can deliver the sign.
We are expecting sign production to take 2-3 months as we accrue enough funds for a bulk purchase. Installation by PBOT is also expected to take an additional 2-3 months, depending on workload. We are working to try and combine these installations with other work PBOT has planned in the neighborhood to reduce costs.
Questions
If you have questions, please contact Victor Sanders at victor.cmyk@gmail.com.

How to Purchase
Submit payment via Venmo (@RCPNA or scan the QR code), or make checks payable to RCPNA and mail to:
RCPNA ℅ Crockett, 2214 NE 51st Avenue, Portland, OR 97213

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Please join us at the next RCPNA General Meeting May 27: Vote for RCPNA board members; Halsey Street and RCP Trail updates; Ice cream social!

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Hello Neighbors,

Please join us at the next RCPNA General Meeting on Tuesday, May 27 to vote for RCPNA board members, get an update on the Halsey Street project and the Rose City Park trail, and have some ice cream! That’s right—we’re starting with an ice cream social on the steps of the German American Society (5626 NE Alameda St) at 6:45 PM.

Come vote for the RCPNA board of directors! Here are a list of the candidates? Are you interested in serving? You can come to the meeting tonight and add your name to the candidate list! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VMZ0JyLlZRMZ8l5_99qHouf4PUx2A-B4-z_qj8BdcpU/edit?usp=sharing.

Please see the full agenda below:

  • 6:45-7:15 PM: Ice cream social
  • 7:15-7:20 PM: RCPNA elections
  • 7:20-7:45 PM: Update on Halsey Street, and neighborhood street sign toppers
  • 7:45-8:10 PM: Update on Rose City Park trail
  • 8:10-8:35 PM: Human trafficking report
  • 8:35-8-50 PM: Summer activities, committee reports

Thank you to the Hollywood Baskin Robbins for their donation and for sponsoring the ice cream social.

Thank you to our sponsor, St. Rose School.

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