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Artist Gila Lane plans to open Lane Gallery at 2627 SE Clinton in early January.  Gila plans to feature other artists each month and to offer evening events: music, comedy, poetry, & salons.  Bluebird Real Estate at 2615 SE Clinton is donating the proceeds from two sales to Richmond Place, the Portland Impact Program at 41st and Division.  The Bluebird Gift sale on December 17th will donate 10% and the Bluebird Charity Bake Sale on December 18th will donate 100%.  Stop by and know your money is going to a good cause.  They are also collecting new and lightly used clothing and canned foods throughout the weekend.  Bloomsbury Floral, in the front of Bluebird, will be offering small gifts and seasonal floral arrangements.  Sub Rosa is open for Breakfast and lunch on Saturdays and Sundays.  Across the street from Sub Rosa, Living Room Realtors at 2625 SE 26th is still preparing the former warehouse for occupancy.

Early in 2012, Katie Poppe opens her fourth Little Big Burger at 3810 SE Division in the Move The House building.  The website, www.littlebigburger.com, shows a simple, reasonably priced menu.  We have a couple of boarded windows on Division, Primp beauty salon at 43rd and New Thai Blues restaurant at 41st.  The latter looks like a car drove into the wall and took the window with it.  The city has plans to straighten out that curve.

The restored store at 4912 SE Division posted a liquor application that states the business owner wants to sell wine and/or beer in containers, perhaps a wine shop or specialty beers?  We’ll need to wait and see what happens.  The Woodsman Market at 4525 SE Division has moved from brown paper on the windows to dark blue. 

Dues statements are on their way.  Please consider joining the D/CBA next year.  Your dues will help support our efforts to keep Division and Clinton humming while the streets are torn up and resurfaced. 

The best of the season to all of you and we look forward to seeing you at our annual meeting in January. 

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