About Goose Hollow Foothills league

What's a neighborhood Association?

The Goose Hollow Foothills League (GHFL) is a non profit corporation, conforming to the rules of USIRS paragraph 501c3, incorporated in the State of Oregon and recognized by the City of Portland as a City Neighborhood Organization. The League and it's board are governed particularly by the League's Bylaws . The League was founded about 1970, and was incorporated in 1976.

The City of Portland's Standards for Citizen Participation and Chapter 3.96, Portland City Code authorize and provide for recognition of neighborhoods and govern their relationship with the City as official organizations for citizen involvement.

Under provisions of the City's guidelines, the League participates in a coalition of neighborhoods, Neighbors West/Northwest, the administrative organization that provides services to its seven member neighborhoods.

The GHFL Board of Directors consists of up to fifteen residents, businesspeople or property owners from the neighborhood that volunteer their time to participate in public affairs. The board meets at 7PM on the third Thursday of every month at the First United Methodist Church at SW 18th and Jefferson.

Much of the Goose Hollow Board's routine business is deliberated by and packaged for the Board's discussion by its committees:

The Goose Hollow Planning Committee deals with questions of planning and development. It meets the first Monday of every month at 7PM in the Library of the First United Methodist Church at SW 18th and Jefferson.
The neighborhood Transportation and Parking Committee oversees the Area Parking Permit Programs in this neighborhood (Goose Hollow APPP and Gander Ridge APPP) and deals with other transportation related issues as they arise. It meets at 6:30 PM on the second Tuesday of every month at 1853 SW Jefferson Street.

Neighborhood outreach and event planning is a function of the GHFL board, and adhoc committees are appointed as necessary.

The Goose Hollow Foothills League is continually seeking neighbors who want to be involved, or simply informed, of events and issues in Goose Hollow. If you're an interested neighbor, you can e mail us your membership application. Be sure to include your mailing address, telephone number, whether you're a resident, business owner, or property owner, and a request to be a Goose Hollow member.