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.
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.
When: Sun, Jul 31, 2011 9AM-2PM Where: Nadaka Nature Park
175th & NE Pacific St
Gresham OR Get Map!
Wilkes East Neighborhood has received a Metro Nature in Neighborhood grant for improvements in Nadaka Nature Park which requires matching volunteer hours so your support is needed and greatly appreciated. See you at the park!
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: 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 10AM-12PM Where: SnowCap Community Charities
17805 SE Stark St
Gresham, OR Get map!
Let's Get Dirty!
Join us for a free soil & composting workshop sponsored by SnowCap Community Charities.
Heather Haven from Concentrates will discuss how to maintain healthy soil for your garden and will provide general guidelines for effective composting. Don't miss this exciting opportunity to learn from a pro! Registration required.
When: Sat Jun 4, 2011 11AM-4PM Where: Throughout Portland Metro Area (Details emailed prior to event)
Registration for this event is open through Thursday, June 2, 2011. Register here!
See the Best of the Best!
Grab a friend and enjoy this behind-the-scenes access to naturescaped gardens that are bursting with creativity on this self-guided tour! The Naturescaping for Backyard Habitats Tour is your chance to chat with garden hosts and dig up fresh ideas for how to create exceptional backyard habitats in your own yard. Explore inventive use of small garden spaces, check out unique rain gardens, discover resourceful ways to incorporate edibles into your landscape, and much much more!
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.
When: Monday Jun 6, 2011 Show Times: 7:00PM and 8:15PM Where: Mt Hood Community College
Planetarium Sky Theater
26000 SE Stark St
Gresham, OR Get Map!
Admission $2. MHCC students are admitted free. The Sky Theater is wheelchair accessible.
The Summer Sky
For those who live in the northern hemisphere, the summer nights are simply dazzling, filled with hundreds, indeed thousands of stars - and the best meteor shower of the year.
Join Pat Hanrahan, MHCC Planetarium Director as he takes you on a tour of the summer night sky where you'll learn about marvels that are visible to the naked eye or through ordinary binoculars and find where they reside.
All shows are presented under a realistic representation of the night sky, featuring the latest galactic, stellar and planetary images.
When: June 8, 2011 5:00PM-8:00PM Where: 13011 Southeast 84th Av
Clackamas, OR Get Map!
FUN-RAISER FOR SNOWCAP
Join us for a FUN-RAISER at Sweet Tomatoes in Clackamas on June 8, 2011 between 5PM and 8PM and raise money for SnowCap.
Treat your family to dinner and join the fight against hunger by supporting SnowCap.
Bring this flyer with you
Go to SnowCap's web site at www.snowcap.org, scroll down the left and click the link to print the flyer you need to bring when dining at Sweet Tomatoes on Wednesday, June 8th. Get your flyer here!
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!