When: Sat Sep 10, 2011 10AM-1PM Where: Greater Gresham area Meet at Main City Park
219 S. Main Ave
Gresham, OR Get map!
Join the Fun
If you are new to cycling, are a family with kids, or are just trying to get back on a bike this ride series may be just what you're looking for. These are slower paced group rides of about 8 to 10 miles around Gresham that pass by parks, schools, and other public facilities. The route is mostly on bike paths, bike lanes, and low traffic residential streets.
When: Sat Sep 10, 2011 9AM-1PM Where: (Multiple locations) Meet at Main City Park, Springwater Trail parking
Gresham, OR Get Map!
Rain garden: Landscaping that absorbs water from your roof or driveway
Free Tour
Join the Johnson Creek Watershed Council and the City of Gresham's Watershed Division on a tour of Hollybrook Neighborhood rain gardens. Learn about native plants, natural gardening and building your own rain garden at home to help improve water quality and wildlife habitat.
Registration required. Meet at the Main City Park Springwater Trail parking lot in Gresham at 9AM. Tour will go until noon. Bring supplies for a picnic in Main City Park from noon until 1PM. Please wear a helmet and bring a water bottle and sunscreen.
When: Sat, Sep 10, 2011 9AM-10:30AM Where: Greater Gresham area
Meet at Gresham City Hall (Next to MAX station)
1333 Eastman Pkwy
Gresham, OR Get Map!
Lace Your Shoes, Let's Go Walking!
The Gresham Regional Center Transportation Management Association hosts free monthly Saturday Family Walks in Gresham.
Bring the Family
Family Walks start at 9AM sharp on the Gresham City Hall Plaza next to the MAX station, 1333 N.W. Eastman Parkway. Wear comfortable shoes and bring a bottle of water. These family walks will cover a couple of miles at a pace suitable for families.
The walks will take about 1.5 hours and return to the same starting location.
When: Sun Sep 11, 2011 10AM-1PM Where: Greater Gresham area Meet at Main City Park
219 S. Main Ave
Gresham, OR Get map!
Adult Fun!
This series of free, moderately-paced adult group bicycle rides will explore the area between Gresham, Troutdale and the Sandy River as well as East Portland. Bike rides range from 15 to 25 miles. The group will travel along at around 13/15 mph and stop for coffee, bakery sweets, or ice cream somewhere along the route.
Riders are encouraged to arrive 10 minutes early, the group leaves at 10AM sharp from Gresham’s Main City Park at the corner of Powell Boulevard and Main Avenue in historic downtown.
When: Tuesday Sep 13, 2011 7:00PM Where: Gresham City Hall Springwater Trail Room
1333 NW Eastman Pky Get Map!
Public welcome
The Coalition of Gresham Neighborhood Associations was formed to provide structure and support for the leadership of Gresham's neighborhood associations, enabling more effective cooperation among neighborhood associations in order to achieve desired outcomes. Goals of the Coalition include providing a public forum for the review and evaluation of issues and problems, providing education and information on specific areas such as land use, and providing a unified voice for the neighborhood associations.
The Coalition meets monthly on the second Tuesday at 7:00PM
When: Thu Sep 15, 2011 6:30PM-8:30PM CANCELLED (Will be rescheduled later) Where: Gresham City Hall
Conference Room 2A (Second Floor)
1333 NW Eastman Pkwy
Gresham, OR Get Map!
Defining How Renewable Energy Should be Allowed
The City of Gresham would like your help in determining where and how renewable energy technology should be allowed in Gresham. Renewable energy includes solar power, wind turbines, biomass energy and geothermal energy.
You are invited to this community forum to review draft goals and policies that will provide direction for the project and for Gresham’s renewable energy future
Labor Day events in and around Portland this year has something for everyone. So, celebrate summers end. Gather the family and head out this weekend for some old fashion fun!
Art in The Pearl Festival
A well-named event takes care of the what and the where. There is also plenty of live music and food. Sat-Mon. Get MapFREE
LEGO Games Summer Tour Located at Pioneer Square & Director Park (Get Map) - Play with life sized LEGO board games. "Features one-of-a-kind localized gameplay for Portland-area residents." -- Find out what that means! Fri-Sun at Pioneer Square; Monday at Director Park. 9AM-5PM. FREE
Ahoy and Avast!
The sixth annual Portland Pirate Festival invades Historic St. Helens, Oregon this Saturday and Sunday, September 3 and 4, 2011. Get Map. The fest features pirate-themed and non-pirate-themed music, dance and performance, historical reenactments (with cannons!), stuff for kids, and of course there grub and grog! The aaarrrs begin at 10AM both Saturday and Sunday, and continue until midnight pm Saturday and 10PM Sunday. Tickets $12 adults, $6 kids under 12, available at the gate.
Livestock, corn dogs and wild rides
The Oregon State Fair, under way this weekend, has it all. Through next Monday. Hours are 10AM-11PM Friday-Saturday, and 10AM-10PM Sunday-Monday. Where: Oregon State Fairgrounds, 2330 17th St. NE, Salem OR. Get Map. Tickets: $11 for ages 13-64, $6 for seniors and kids ages 6-12.
Chapman Vaux’s Swift Watch 2011
Every September thousands of Vaux’s Swifts come to Portland. They spend their days eating, then in the late afternoon the Swifts begin flying in a giant undulating swirl in the sky about the Chapman School at 1445 NW 26th in northwest Portland. Get Map. Around sunset they swirl more tightly, like a ground pepper tornado, and begin disappearing, down the chimney. On the lawn below, hundreds of Portlanders gather on lawn chairs and blankets to stare at this spectacular event. FREE
When: Tuesday, Aug 2th, 2011 7-10PM Where: Your Neighborhood!
Celebrate the 28th anniversary of National Night Out by hosting an event in your neighborhood on August 2rd.
Last year millions of people, from every state, across 15,000 communities participated in events to help make communities safe and raise awareness about anticrime programs.
National Night Out is a time when individuals and groups are encourgaged to gather together after dark in parks and other public places for wholesome activities. The idea is to symbolically reclaim our public spaces by using them, encouraging other people to use them and making the space feel safe, and discouraging illegal and anti-social activity.
Go ahead -- invite your neighbors -- gather on someone's lawn or porch and turn-on the lights! Celebrate National Night Out 2011. Take a stand.
"Alack, the village of Berk has a dragon problem. Every now and then, a flock of them descends from the sky to snatch a nervous sheep or two or 20. It’s a ba-a-a-a-d situation, particularly for the sheep..."
When: Fri, Aug 5, 2011 7PM-10PM Where: Gresham Center for the Arts Plaza
NE 3rd Street (between Kelly & Hood)
Gresham, OR Get Map!
Pack your picnic!
Head to the Center for the Arts Plaza for Pictures In The Park presenting How to Train Your Dragon, sponsored by Gresham Churches. Live music begins at 7:00PM; movies begin at dusk. Free freshments will be available.
When: Sat, Aug 6, 2011 10AM-1:30PM Where: Ambleside Creek (contact for exact location)
Gresham OR Get Map!
Find Freshwater Mussels
The City and Johnson Creek Watershed Council seek volunteers to come learn about these creatures and spend two hours searching for them from 10AM to 1:30PM on Saturday Aug. 6 in Gresham. All ages welcome.
Last year's survey results were astounding. Extensive beds of Western pearlshell mussels were identified. This, and finding four adult Coho salmon last fall, tells us the Gresham reaches of Johnson Creek are able to once again support these native fish. Probably in part due to the cleaning power of the mussels!
Thank You!
Wilkes East Neighborhood would like express our gratitude to the following for their generous contributions & continued support:
• Jazzy Bagels, Main St & Powell
• Parkrose Hardware, 106th & Sandy
• Growers Outlet, 162nd & Glisan
• SOLV, Bringing Oregon together
• Albertsons, 181st & Glisan
• And, all the many volunteers!
