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Zimmerman House, Gresham OR Click to enlarge

Tours Every Saturday! When: Sat Jul 23, 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.

Open house and tours every Saturday through August 10AM-3PM.

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We're having a Barbecue! Summer Meeting When: Saturday, Jul 23, 2011 3PM Where: 16810 NE Hoyt St Gresham OR Get Map!

Meet your neighbors. Get involved. Make a difference!
Join us for our 'Summer' Capri Terrace Neighborhood Watch meeting Saturday Jul 23rd at 3PM to discuss the issues we feel are important to our safety.

Special guest speaker
Gresham Citizens in Policing Group will discuss "The what's what in our neighborhood", followed by a brief Q & A.

Who should attend?
This meeting is open to all neighbors in the vicinity of NE Hoyt St to NE Oregon St, and NE 166th to NE 171st. Get Map! Everyone's encouraged to attend.

Burgers & Hot Dogs Please bring a salad or dessert (your choice) to share with your neighbors and friends. Greg & Randi will provide the hamburgers, hot dogs, soda and condiments. Please bring your lawn chair Come enjoy the food, friends, and conversation. We're looking forward to meeting you!

American Graffiti

A Favorite Summertime Movie! When: Sat, Jul 23, 2011 8PM-10PM Where: Gresham Center for the Arts Plaza NE 3rd Street (between Kelly & Hood) Gresham, OR Get Map!

Bring your chair/blanket
Join us for Cinema Under the Stars night at the Gresham Center for the Arts Plaza. Bring a chair or blanket and enjoy a free showing of American Graffiti, rated PG. Fun begins at 8:00PM, and the movie will start at dusk.

When: Sun Jul 24, 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.

Neighborhood Board Meeting When: Monday Jul 25, 2011 6:30PM 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

• Aug 22, 2011 (Annual Meeting, St Aidans 7PM)
• Sep 26, 2011
• Oct 24, 2011

When: Thu, Jul 28, 2011 6:30PM-8PM Where: Gresham City Hall Conference Rooms 2A 1333 NW Eastman Pky Gresham OR Get Map!

Come Review and Discuss the Draft Design Guidelines and
Standards Code

Property owners, stakeholders and interested parties are invited to attend our fourth community forum for the Rockwood Design Standards project. This forum is intended to review and discuss the draft Design Guidelines and Standards Code.

This project is intended to implement the vision for Rockwood by establishing an urban design framework and creating Standards and Guidelines to ensure that the physical environment of Rockwood - its buildings, streetscapes and pedestrian environments - match that vision for a quality place.

Zimmerman House, Gresham OR Click to enlarge

Tours Every Saturday! When: Sat Jul 30, 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.

Open house and tours every Saturday through August 10AM-3PM.

Nadaka Nature Park, Gresham OR

Let's Get Dirty! Volunteer opportunity When: Sun, Jul 31, 2011 9AM-2PM 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.

Alameda Stairs, Portland OR

Spectacular City Views! When: Sat, Jun 4 2011 9:00AM-11:00AM Where: Meet at NE 50th & Sandy Blvd (next to the Post Office) Portland, OR Get Map!

Join the fun
Wind through this historic and beautiful Alameda neighborhood, enjoying views and boosting your heart rate using seldom seen public stairways. We’ll walk up 216 stairs and down 263 to make this may be one of the more physically challenging walks this season -- but worth every step!

When: Sat Jun 4, 2011 8:45AM-1:30PM Meet: Aloft Portland Airport at Cascade Station 9920 NE Cascades Pky Portland, OR Get map!

Join the Fun
Take a free bicycling tour of groundwater wells in the city. Join the Columbia Slough Watershed Council and the Portland Water Bureau for a 16-mile bike ride through the well fields in Portland, Gresham and Fairview. These wells provide back-up drinking water to Gresham residents.

Details
Advanced registration and helmets are required. Sign up at www.columbiaslough.org. or 503-281-1132.
Bring your bike and your friends for a tour of Portland's groundwater system! Experts from the Portland Water Bureau will lead this 16-mile trip on easy terrain. Learn about the operation and history of Portland's underground drinking water system, which supplements the city's main supply from the Bull Run and serves as an emergency source.