Clackistani rebels save Milwaukie Elks Lodge
The fraternal organization facility won't be torn down for low-income housing, as the rogue county commissioners had planned. Already the recent election is paying dividends for the neighbors.
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Comments (8)
Good news, I guess. I've played there a few times over the years - its dated and the real deal. The great heart of Elkdom swells and throbs . . .
Posted by doug | November 19, 2012 9:28 PM
They sounded as though they were hoping to recruit a bunch of new members, who could take the place in a better direction. In any event, an Elks Lodge just limping along is likely better for the neighborhood than a particle board low-income housing project with a Subway shop.
Posted by Jack Bog | November 19, 2012 9:55 PM
This is some of the best news I have heard in a long time. I don't live in the area but went to see it, and in my view, it is a grand treasure and am so glad for it to be saved.
The bowling alley downstairs alone is spectacular, and looked to be in such fine condition, worthy of having been put in the Smithsonian as a period piece of history had
the lodge been torn down. I felt sad that any of it would have been replaced with ubiquitous low income housing.
Congratulations to the community, so fortunate to have such a wonderful place.
Let us know if there is to be a celebration or fundraiser.
Posted by clinamen | November 19, 2012 9:57 PM
The lodge is in great shape.
It's been undergoing a major recover over the last few months.
The surge to save the facility and increase membership has been fantastic.
The huge pool is ready for next summer's use.
The HVAC system is working great. Painting has been completed in many areas and it's looking spectacular.
It's hard to explain how the place makes one feel. It's just a great place.
Look here:
http://www.elks.org/lodges/lodgefacilities.cfm?LodgeNumber=2032
The pics don't do it justice.
Go take a tour anytime.
http://www.elks.org/lodges/contactus.cfm?LodgeNumber=2032
Posted by It's a new day, honey. | November 19, 2012 10:38 PM
75% of the businesses on that strip are gone and many of the buildings are vacant. Tearing down a functioning operation like the elks lodge is just idiotic. Right next door there is a development that has had the "for lease" sign up for nearly a decade.
Posted by mk | November 19, 2012 10:42 PM
one small step by the Clackastanis and one giant leap for sanity in Metroville
Posted by K.W. | November 20, 2012 9:17 AM
You mean we won't be able to hear a Portlandia version of Big Yellow Taxi:
"Tore down a lodge, and put up a parking lot
for a MAX line out to where nobody goes.
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got 'til its gone
They tore down the Elks, and put in a parking lot"
Posted by Erik H. | November 20, 2012 9:42 AM
Thank you, John Ludlow, if you drive on that area, no one needs another empty mall area or low income housing, to get more problems . Just look what happened in Gresham, or other areas that install a place for crime to grow. Keep the crime in Portland and be happy. Clackamas does not need incentives for mote drug and theft problems, the county has its share, and the crooks travel light rail will be enough, just like Rockwood.
Posted by vperl | November 20, 2012 12:52 PM