Announcement

When: Wed Oct 12, 2011 7-9PM Where: Gresham city Hall Conference Room 3A 1333 NW Eastman Pky Gresham, OR Get Map!

Public Welcome
The Gresham Redevelopment Commission Advisory Committee meets the 2nd Wednesday of every month at 7:00 p.m. Meetings are open to the public.

The purpose of the Gresham Redevelopment Commission Advisory Committee (GRDCAC) is to advise the Gresham Redevelopment Commission (GRDC) on the implementation of urban renewal plans.

Public participation is welcome and encouraged.

Volunteer Opportunities
Interested in serving on this committee? Complete a volunteer application

Free Flu Shot Event When: Oct 13, 2011 10AM-2PM Where: Rockwood United Methodist Church 17805 SE Stark St Gresham, OR Get Map!

Protect Your Health
FREE flu shots available on October 13, 2011 from 10AM-2PM at the Rockwood United Methodist Church. Pneumonia, TDAP, Hepatitis (first in series), and HPV shots will also be available. Sponsored by SnowCap Community Charities.

Zimmerman House, Gresham OR

Celebrate Fall! When: Sat Oct 15, 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.

When: Sat Oct 15, 2011 8:30AM-2PM Where: Historic Downtown Gresham NW Miller & NW Third Gresham, OR Get map!

Final Two Weeks!
Gresham Farmers' Market Downtown Gresham N.W. Miller and Third St.
Shoppers will find all-natural meats and cheeses, fresh-picked produce, nursery stock and fresh-cut flowers, hand-crafted jewelry, soaps, artwork, and much more. Live music and food are always part of the market. Located on Northwest Miller Avenue between Second and Third Street 8:30AM to 2PM each Saturday through Oct. 29.

When: Tue Oct 18, 2011 5:30PM-7PM Where: Gresham City Hall Council Chambers 1333 NW Eastman Pkwy Gresham, OR Get Map!

Food! Food! Glorious Food!
We require it to nourish our bodies. We desire it because it can give so much pleasure. Give us your rendition, your reaction, your passions for food. Is it sinful as dark chocolate ganache? Is it as beautiful as bountiful cornucopia of indulgence? Is it as light and simple as cotton candy?

Meet the Artists
Join us for an Artists Reception of local and regional artists as we celebrate the Food! Food! Glorious Food! art on exhibit at the City of Gresham Visual Arts Gallery. View their work. Meet the artists. Visitors will enjoy live music and light refreshments as they view the exhibit.

Nadaka Nature Park, Gresham OR

Let's Get Dirty! Volunteer opportunity When: Sat, Oct 22, 2011 12PM-3PM Where: Nadaka Nature Park 175th & NE Pacific St Gresham OR Get Map!

Clean-up info
Be prepared to get a little dirty and to have fun by supporting and volunteering with Friends of Nadaka and Wilkes East Neighborhood Association in their efforts to restore this natural area by removing invasive underbrush and ivy from Nadaka Nature Park, part of the Columbia Slough Watershed.

Rain or Shine! Come dressed for weather and help improve Nadaka Nature Park. Bring working gloves & a water bottle if you have them. Volunteer as long as you can. Coffee, juice, water & refreshments provided by Wilkes East Neighborhood.

When: Mon Oct 24, 2011 7PM Where: St Aidan's Episcopal Church Murdock Hall 17405 NE Glisan St Gresham, OR Get Map!

Neighborhood Meeting, Everyone's Invited

Join Your Neighbors. Get involved. Make a difference!

Save the date
Be sure to save Monday, October 24th at 7:00 PM for the Wilkes East Neighborhood Annual Meeting. This years meeting will be held at St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church, 17405 NE Glisan St, Portland, Oregon. Get map!

Highlights include Neighborhood Update, By-Laws change approval and special guest speakers: Brenda Allen, Asst District Attorney, Multnomah County; Josh Stein, Architect for John Deer Project; Valere Beck, Director of Marketing, MedCure facility construction.

Who should attend?
This meeting is open to all residents and businesses in the Wilkes East Neighborhood!

Be A Part Of Your Community, Plan To Attend.

Two Scary Nights Only! When: Oct 29/30, 2011 5:30-9:30PM Where: The Old Edgefield Hospital 2408 NE Halsey St Troutdale, OR Get Map! Cost: $6

Who wants to go to a fake haunted house when you can experience a very real haunted hospital.

EEEeeekkkkk!
This Halloween weekend come to Troutdale and take a trip through one of the scariest and spookiest abandoned haunted hospitals around -- filled with years of ghostly visitations.

The Leadership Crew from Reynolds High School have taken over the old abandoned hospital in Troutdale near Edgefield -- the former county poor farm (learn more about Edgefield.) -- for an evening you won't soon forget. If you're familiar with this old building then you already know it's scary. Just imagine how really scary it can be at Halloween!

Krugers Farm Corn Maze. Click to enlarge

Kick-off Fall With Some Great Family Fun -- Explore a Corn Maze! There's no mistaking that harvest-time feeling. The brisk air, the warm drinks and the sight of children climbing over large pumpkins in a field.

There's another tradition worth exploring this year - the corn maze! So grab a jacket and the kids and head for one of these locations. You're sure to find plenty of family fun, food and even some warm apple cider.

Check each websites for schedules and details.

• Fazio Farms Corn Maze
• Kruger's Farm Corn Maze
• The Maize at The Pumpkin Patch

Have a Safe & Happy Halloween!    More info below this break.

SE 188/187th Street Realignment Construction crews are entering the final phases of the street realignment project at 188th and Burnside in Rockwood. This realignment will create a safer connection between 187th and 188th Avenues for vehicles and improve pedestrian safety along East Burnside and SE Stark Streets between 185th and 190th Avenues.

To safely switch over the signals at the intersection of 188th and Burnside, beginning October 26, 2011 vehicle movements will be limited to those that do not cross the MAX light rail tracks. This work is expected to last approximately two weeks. See map (below the break) for complete details on the traffic impacts.

Bad weather may postpone or increase the time frame of these traffic improvements.