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Wilkes East Neighborhood Association Board Meeting: Mon May 12, 2025 6:30PM-8PM
By admin - Posted on May 11th, 2025
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Neighborhood Board MeetingZoom Online Meeting When: Mon May 12, 2025 6:30PM-8:00PM Join Zoom Meeting Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kbcIIKhFJv |
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Board meetings are scheduled for the 2nd Monday each month 6:30PM via Zoom
For more information please contact: info@wilkeseastna.org
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Wilkes East Neighborhood
17104 NE Oregon St
Portland OR 97230
Slider, the otter, to return to Nadaka Nature Park in 2025
By admin - Posted on February 26th, 2025
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 Gresham City Councilor, David Widmark, GOPA Board member Joan Albertson, and artist Rip Caswell unveil Slider in 2017. Click to enlarge |
By Charlotte Becker About eight years ago, Joan Albertson, a member of Gresham Outdoor Public Art’s (GOPA) board, brought the idea of art in Nadaka Nature Park to the board. GOPA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with an all volunteer board. The group’s goal is to commission and install permanent art in Gresham’s public spaces. Most of the permanent art, up until 2016, was in and around Historic Downtown, so Joan’s idea got wings…as well as fur and a tail. |
But first, a group from GOPA, along with Wilkes neighborhood champion Lee Dayfield, met at Nadaka to see what might be a good fit for the park. A path of rocks resembling a meandering stream bed seemed like home for some kind of water-loving creature. And a nearby towering timber could be the perfect perch for a squawking bird. Board member, David Baumann, said he had something at home that the group might like.
A few days later, the group got together again at Nadaka to see David wheeling in a bronze otter on a hand truck! It was created by Troutdale artist Rip Caswell, and it was perfect. Then the project really got off the ground, when we met with Rip and his son, Chad, who agreed to create a life-sized Raven to perch atop the timber.
The otter and the raven were installed in the park in 2017 with help from the City of Gresham. Neighborhood families came to see the unveiling, and children entered a contest to name the creatures. That’s how the otter became “Slider” and the raven became “Seeker”. Nadaka was to be their permanent home.
Until 2024, when Slider disappeared. It seemed someone needed him more than the neighborhood did. The word went out with the hope that Slider would be returned, but not even Seeker could find him. Not giving up, GOPA President, Judy Han, met with a representative from the City to discuss how to replace Slider. Rip Caswell told GOPA he had created an additional otter, the last of his kind, and would offer it to GOPA at cost. Once again, the pieces came together to bring Slider back to Nadaka.
GOPA and the City of Gresham plan to return Slider to his meandering stream in June, 2025. We’ll provide more information on the date as it is known. Visit Gresham Outdoor Public Art’s website, www.greshamoutdoorpublicart.com, to learn more about GOPA, the project at Nadaka and other projects in Gresham.
Download the Wilkes East Neighborhood Spring 2025 Newsletter here!
By admin - Posted on February 21st, 2025
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Newsletters are a regular publication of the Wilkes East Neighborhood Association. They are hand-delivered to over 1,500 residences and businesses in our area 3 times per year, timed to correspond with our general meetings.
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Wilkes East Neighborhood Association Board Meeting: Mon Feb 10, 2025 6:30PM-8PM
By admin - Posted on February 3rd, 2025
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Neighborhood Board MeetingZoom Online Meeting When: Mon Feb 10, 2025 6:30PM-8:00PM Join Zoom Meeting Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kc2nTPucWZ |
Download meeting minutes here.
Board meetings are scheduled for the 2nd Monday each month 6:30PM via Zoom
For more information please contact: info@wilkeseastna.org
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* General Meeting. Everyone's invited. Please attend.
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Wilkes East Neighborhood
17104 NE Oregon St
Portland OR 97230
Wilkes East Neighborhood Association Board Meeting: Mon Jan 13, 2025 6:30PM-8PM
By admin - Posted on January 2nd, 2025
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Neighborhood Board MeetingZoom Online Meeting When: Mon Jan 13, 2025 6:30PM-8:00PM Join Zoom Meeting Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kc2nTPucWZ |
Board meetings are scheduled for the 2nd Monday each month 6:30PM via Zoom
For more information please contact: info@wilkeseastna.org
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* General Meeting. Everyone's invited. Please attend.
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Wilkes East Neighborhood
17104 NE Oregon St
Portland OR 97230
Wilkes East Neighborhood, 2024 Fall Meeting: Mon Nov 18, 2024 7PM-9PM
By admin - Posted on November 1st, 2024
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Fall Meeting NoticeWhen: Mon Nov 18, 2024 7PM-9PM |
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Everyone's Invited
Join Your Neighbors. Get involved. Make a difference!
Save the date
Be sure to save Monday Nov 18th at 7PM for the Wilkes East Neighborhood 2024 Fall Meeting being held at the Moose Lodge, 16411 NE Halsey St
Agenda
- WENA Board Elections
- Cook Plaza Homeless Center
- Habitat for Humanity
- Spring Cleanup Volunteers Needed
- Neighborhood news and more!
Download the Summer 2024 meeting minutes here!
Download the Fall 2024 meeting agenda here!
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Participation is open to all residents who live, own property or a business, organization, church or government agency within our boundaries
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| The Wilkes East Neighborhood is located in the northwest corner of the City of Gresham, Oregon, and is one of Gresham's sixteen neighborhoods. Wilkes East Neighborhood borders are roughly NE Sandy Blvd to the north, NE 181st Ave to the east, NE Glisan St to the south, and NE 162nd Ave to the west. Get map!. |
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Watch for these red & white Meeting Signs the week before our meeting. The signs were purchased with assistance of the City of Gresham Neighborhood Grant Program, and with volunteer hours to set them out and retrieve them. Signs Now NW also made a generous contribution to this project. |
Mark your calendar. See you there!
Questions or comments?
Contact Wilkes East Neighborhood by email at info@wilkeseastna.org, or by postal mail to: Wilkes East Neighborhood, 17104 NE Oregon St, Portland Oregon 97230
RESCHEDULED: Wilkes East Neighborhood Association Board Meeting: Wed Oct 16, 2024 6:30PM-8PM
By admin - Posted on October 15th, 2024
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Neighborhood Board MeetingZoom Online Meeting RESCHEDULED Join Zoom Meeting One tap mobile |
Board meetings are scheduled for the 2nd Monday each month 6:30PM via Zoom
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Wilkes East Neighborhood
17104 NE Oregon St
Portland OR 97230
CANCELED: Wilkes East Neighborhood Association Board Meeting: Mon Oct 14, 2024 6:30PM-8PM
By admin - Posted on October 9th, 2024
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Neighborhood Board MeetingZoom Online Meeting CANCELED Join Zoom Meeting One tap mobile |
Board meetings are scheduled for the 2nd Monday each month 6:30PM via Zoom
For more information please contact: info@wilkeseastna.org
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* General Meeting. Everyone's invited. Please attend.
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Wilkes East Neighborhood
17104 NE Oregon St
Portland OR 97230
Wilkes East Neighborhood Association Board Meeting: Mon Sep 09, 2024 6:30PM-8PM
By admin - Posted on September 8th, 2024
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Neighborhood Board MeetingWhen: Mon Sep 09, 2024 6:30PM-8PM |
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Wilkes East Neighborhood
17104 NE Oregon St
Portland OR 97230
Play Grow Learn's Summer Kids Camp. Free! Ages 5-16. June 24-Aug 24 2024. Nadaka Park
By admin - Posted on July 29th, 2024
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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!
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