Announcement

You can do this! When: Tue, Nov 15, 2011 10AM-12PM Where: Mt Hood Community College Main Mall (Downstairs past flag poles) 26000 SE Stark St Get Map!

NOW is the time
Come and see just how easy it is. Worried about money? Financial Aid is available! Don't know what classes to take? Advising is free.

There are countless resources to make your college restart seamless. Come find out why you should restart - we will show you how. Learn the benefits of restarting and completing college.

Hosted by Rho Theta Honor Society

Invasive: Garlic Mustard

Help Stop the Invasive Invasion When: Tue Nov 15, 2011 7PM-8:30PM Where: Gresham City Hall Oregon Trail Conference Room 1333 NW Eastman Pky Get Map!

Become a Weed Watcher
Want to make a difference in your community and the environment? Become a weed watcher!

The City is offering a series of free invasive plant identification classes so you can help us fight these weedy invaders. All you have to do is come to one (or all) of our free evening classes and use your new identification skills to alert the City to any weeds you see.

With your help, we can keep our city and homes beautiful and weed free.

Community Forum When: Wed Nov 16, 2011 6:30PM-8PM Where: Gresham City Hall Oregon Trail Conference Room 1333 NW Eastman Pky Get Map!

Be Part of the Solution
The Design Commission is the primary advising subcommittee to City Council on design excellence for the built environment of the city.

More Info
For more information, please contact Lauren McGuire, Senior Landscape Architect, at 503-618-2108 or Lauren.McGuire@GreshamOregon.gov.

When: Wed Nov 16, 2011 1:000PM Where: Rosewood Cafe 609 SE 162nd Ave (at Stark, in Village Square plaza) Portland, OR Get Map!

Building Community - Neighbors helping neighbors

About Rosewood
The Rosewood Initiative is a non-profit organization launched in 2009 dedicated to making the Rosewood area a safe and desirable place to live, work, and play. To accomplish this goal, they are partnering with residents, apartment managers and owners, businesses, churches, government agencies, social services, neighborhood associations, and public safety agencies.

Rosewood is a roughly 15-block area around the intersection of NE 162nd & Burnside. The neighborhood is most commonly defined as SE 157th to SE 165th and NE Holiday to SE Alder.

Everyone who lives or works in or around the Rosewood area will benefit from the success of the Rosewood Initiative.

Handmade Crafts Bazaar When: Sat/Sun Nov 19-20, 2011 9AM-3PM Where: St Aidan's Episcopal Church 174th & NE Glisan St Greaham OR Get Map!

Holiday Gifts Galore
Handmade gifts, crafts, jewerly and foods. Exqusite quilt raffle. Santa photos and lunch too!

Click here for the Oregonian's complete list of 2011 Holiday Bazaar's

Happy shopping!

Zimmerman House, Gresham OR

A Season of Thanks When: Sat Nov 19, 2011 10AM-3PM Where: Zimmerman Park 17111 NE Sandy Blvd Gresham, OR Get Map!

A lasting vestige of East Multnomah County's agricultural roots

A delightful 1874 Victorian farmhouse
Take a step back into history at the Zimmerman House, a Victorian era farmhouse, built in 1874 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This beautiful farmhouse is a perfect reflection of typical Columbia River dairy farm life in the late 1800s. The Zimmerman Heritage Farm is a unique cultural education and recreational resource that is being created for the benefit of the public on a 5.98-acre historic site in Gresham, Oregon.

Rockwood NA Meeting When: Mon Nov 21, 2011 7-9PM Where: Rockwood Building 124 NE 182st Ave Greaham OR Get Map!

Meeting Agenda

• Guest Speakers:
  • Police Chief Craig Junginger - Public safety for Christmas
  • Paul Eckley, City of Gresham - Projected sewer rate increases
  • Kelly Neimeyer, City of Gresham - Transportation System Plan
  • Chris Shaw, Rockwood Water PUD - Projected rate increases
• Election of officers
• Rockwood NA logo ideas designs will be shown for your input

Canned Food Request
Please bring some extra cans of food (if you can spare it) to donate to the Rockwood Salvation Army for distribution in food baskets.

Neighborhood Board Meeting When: Mon Nov 28, 2011 NO MEETING Where: (Contact for location)

Board meetings are scheduled for the 4th Monday each month 6:30PM

For more information please contact: info@wilkeseastna.org

Upcoming Meetings

• Dec 2011 NO MEETING
• Jan 23, 2012
• Feb 27, 2012

Neighborhood Board Meeting When: Mon Dec 26, 2011 NO MEETING Where: (Contact for location)

Board meetings are scheduled for the 4th Monday each month 6:30PM

For more information please contact: info@wilkeseastna.org

Upcoming Meetings

• Jan 23, 2012
• Feb 27, 2012
• Mar 26, 2012

Join Audubon for Birding along the Gresham-Fairview Trail: Oct 1, 2011 9AM-11AM

Canvasback duck- Jim Cruce

When: Sat, Oct 1, 2011 9AM-11AM Where: Gresham-Fairview Trail Meet at Linnemann Station Springwater Corridor Trailhead 18200 W Powell Loop Gresham, OR Get Map!

Wildlife Galore!
Join Audubon Society of Portland's Bob Sallinger and Bich Trinh and City of Gresham's Laura Guderyahn 9 to 11 AM on Saturday, October 1st, for a morning bird walk along segments of the Gresham-Fairview Trail in West Gresham. We'll take a leisurely stroll along new trail sections taking in views of Grant Butte and the waterfowl in the surrounding wetlands. We'll talk about recent efforts to support parks, trails, and improved access to nature in East County while enjoying some of our local avian fauna. If there is time we'll also visit Gresham Woods via the Springwater Corridor and do some birding along Johnson Creek.

No Registration required.