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Download the Wilkes East Neighborhood Summer 2017 Newsletter here!
By admin - Posted on August 1st, 2017
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Volunteer! Gresham Gardeners Needed for New Community Pollinator Garden!
By admin - Posted on May 1st, 2017
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Bring Your Gloves, and a Friend!When: Wednesday & Saturday Weekly |
Bee the first on your block to help us plant flowers for our new community pollinator garden at Vance Park! We must get these native and other bee-friendly plants, generously provided by the City of Gresham, in the ground in time for our V.I.P. (Very Important Pollinator) visitors.
So bring your garden gloves, water bottle and flower power spirit to the Vance Park Peace Garden, each and every Wednesday and Saturday, from 12 to 3 (weather permitting), beginning Wednesday, April 12th. Refreshments and tools will be provided. 1400 SE 182nd Ave, Gresham. The garden is the fenced area behind the Park Place Cafe parking lot, on the north western side of the park off of 182nd.
As you help build this new pollinator garden, you'll also learn more about our North American native bees and what you can do to help them in your own backyard. Celeste, our local native bee advocate, will be available at all the planting parties to answer any questions you may have about these essential pollinators and the flowers they visit.
We ask that you please confirm your attendance by contacting Keri Handaly, City Watershed Steward, at 503 618-2657, or by emailing her at: Keri.Handaly@GreshamOregon.gov. You may also contact Celeste directly at celeste.ets.hokin@gmail.com, if you have any questions about a planting event or to confirm attendance. This will help us keep track of how many people plan to participate on a given day and enable us to communicate directly with volunteers, should there be any last minute changes to the schedule due to weather or other factors.
See you there!
Download the Wilkes East Neighborhood Spring 2017 Newsletter here!
By admin - Posted on March 1st, 2017
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Download your copy here. (includes active web links)
Newsletters are a regular publication of the Wilkes East Neighborhood Association. They are hand-delivered to over 1,500 residences and businesses in our area 3 times per year, timed to correspond with our regular meetings.
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Download the Wilkes East Neighborhood Fall 2016 Newsletter here!
By admin - Posted on November 1st, 2016
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Download your copy here. (includes active web links)
Newsletters are a regular publication of the Wilkes East Neighborhood Association. They are hand-delivered to over 1,500 residences and businesses in our area 3 times per year, timed to correspond with our regular meetings.
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Friends of Nadaka Unites a Gresham Neighborhood to Create a Park
By admin - Posted on October 17th, 2016
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Complete with bird walks, play spaces, and a community garden—and soon Gresham’s first handicapped-accessible swing. |
Source: Portland Monthly Magazine (November 2016)
One spring morning in 2007, Lee Dayfield took her dog for a walk. As she passed an empty field, she saw a sign that would forever change her life. It read “for sale.”
The desolate plot of grass sat next to 10 acres ringed by a chain-link fence and barbed wire. Where others may have seen a $900,000 meadow, Dayfield saw a two-acre opportunity: a nature-based play area for the Gresham neighborhood’s children, many of them Native American.
Download the Wilkes East Neighborhood Summer 2016 Newsletter here!
By admin - Posted on August 1st, 2016
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2016 Summer Newsletter"Diversity, Harmony, Community - |
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Inside This Issue:
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Download your copy here. (includes active web links)
Newsletters are a regular publication of the Wilkes East Neighborhood Association. They are hand-delivered to over 1,500 residences and businesses in our area 3 times per year, timed to correspond with our regular meetings.
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Rockwood Rising! A Dynamic mixed-use program. We are beginning design. Help us this June!
By admin - Posted on May 1st, 2016
We are beginning design. Help us this June!
WHAT IT IS: We're creating an economic engine to transform Rockwood into a prosperous, healthy, and thriving community that welcomes and creates opportunities for all.
WHERE: A 5.5-acre Commission owned property at 18535 SE Stark Street - the former Fred Meyer site. We are designing several new buildings and a public plaza.
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Hello Rockwood, Our experienced staff of designers is currently engaged in the extensive planning process, along with our friends at GRDC. We are working with YBA Architects, Place Studio, and Robert Foster Associates to develop a space that this community will be proud to call its own. Rockwood is a special place. We want to create a space thoughtfully and carefully, with the hopes of building something that everyone can take pride in and engage with. Your help will be critical to designing, developing, and building a community that meets your needs. We look forward to the opportunity to design this together, and hope to see you at Rock the Block on June 3rd & 4th! Additionally, we want to learn more about you! You can call us at: (503)618-2416, or email us at: rockwoodrising@greshamoregon.gov. Thank you, Rockwood community, for allowing us the opportunity. Together, I wholeheartedly believe that we can make Rockwood rise. Sincerely, |
30-minute "Place It!" hands-on workshops will happen both days - Friday at 4pm and 6pm, and Saturday at 11am and 2:30pm in the STEAM tent. Visit our booth and learn more about the project, engage with the interactive model and learn about the architectural process from our development team and designers. |
What's Next? Join us to preview design concepts, give feedback and provide ideas for future development. Meet the development team and city staff working on the project! |
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Can't make it June 8? The Rockwood Rising Redevelopment Project is a coalition of committed tenants and partners working to make Rockwood strong again. Get involved in building Rockwood's future. Project Design is beginning. Let's help Rockwood Rise. Together. Contact us via email at RockwoodRising@GreshamOregon.gov, our website, or call: (503) 618-2416 |
2018 Portland Eastside Farmer's Markets. Garden Fresh Produce Available Year-round
By admin - Posted on April 1st, 2016
S-t-r-e-t-c-h your grocery dollar!
Enjoy the freshest produce, flowers, and plant starts direct from the garden.
Healthy and fresh
Farmer’s markets are a fantastic source for fresh, seasonal, locally produced foods and artisan products. Plus, you'll find great activities and fun for the whole family. Come experience the markets. Meet the vendors. Meet local cooks. Enjoy the freshest produce and products. Make your own statement in support of local food.
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Want to grow your own vegetables? Check out Portland Nursery's 12-month "Veggie Calendar" planting guide here. |
2018 Portland's Eastside Farmer's Markets
- Fairview Farmers' & Artists' Market (Apr 7-Oct 2)
- Gresham Saturday Market (Apr 16th-Sep 24th)
- Gresham Farmers Market (May 7th-Oct 29th)
- Hollywood Farmers' Market (year-round)
- Lents International Farmers' Market (Jun 5-Doc 30)
- Lloyd Farmers Market (year-round)
- Montavilla Farmers Market (year-round)
- Parkrose Farmers Market (May 7-Sep 10)
- Portland Farmers Market (year-round)
- Rockwood Farmers Market (Jun 12-Oct 16)
- Troutdale Farmers' and Artists' Market (year-round)
- Other Area Farmers Markets
(Complete details on these area markets below)
You'll find plenty of root vegetables, braising greens and lettuces, and of course plant starts for your own vegetable garden.
Bring your reusable shopping bags and plenty of small bills, though some of the markets will trade you a credit/debit card for wooden tokens that all vendors accept, which can be easier to handle than cash. We've indicated those markets that accept EBT or other food assistant coupons.
Download, Wilkes East Neighborhood 'Spring 2016 Newsletter' here!
By admin - Posted on March 1st, 2016
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2016 Spring Newsletter
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Inside This Issue
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Download your copy here. Now with active web links!
Newsletters are a regular publication of the Wilkes East Neighborhood Association. They are hand-delivered to over 1,500 residences and businesses in our area 3 times per year, timed to correspond with our regular meetings.
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Volunteers Needed |
[Update] New zip code for Wilkes East? Gresham requests zip code realignment
By admin - Posted on December 1st, 2015
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Thirty thousand people in West Gresham could get different zip codes next year if the United States Postal Service thinks a realignment would benefit the community. The Gresham City Council on Dec. 15 unanimously decided to request that the postal service remedy “jurisdictional confusion” caused by residents in West Gresham having a Portland or Fairview zip code. |
Source: Gresham Outlook, Dec 18, 2015
The two main Gresham zip codes are 97030 and 97080, but the 30,000 people that are in the impacted area have zip codes that are 97024, 97230, 97233 and 97236.
The zip code alignment issue leads to residents being unclear about what city they live in and from where they should be requesting services such as police and fire or business licenses
