City of Gresham

The Coalition of Gresham
Neighborhood Associations
Meeting Sep 12, 2007

Gresham City Hall
Springwater Trail Room

The Coalition of Gresham Neighborhood Associations next meeting will be Wednesday, September 12th, 7:00PM in the Springwater Trail Room, Gresham City Hall, 1333 NW Eastman Parkway, Gresham, OR 97030.

It is open to the public to attend. See you there!

The August 8th Coalition of Gresham Neighborhood Associations meeting focused on gathering Neighborhood Association’s input for the new budget cycle. Nikki Peterson, Budget Division Manager explored ideas with the group on ways to increase citizen participation and input. If you'd like a speaker for your group on this subject you may contact Ms Peterson at City Hall (503) 618-2428.

Gresham's No Dumping Sign

This picture submitted by a Gresham Oregon resident appeared in a recent edition of San Francisco Chronical newspaper.

Tidy Town (c)Lee Dayfield

Local Artist Lee Dayfield Honored

The City of Gresham's Tenth Annual Juried Exhibit held June 5 - July 19, 2007 featured the works of fifty-three local artists.

Wilkes East resident and photographic artist Lee Dayfield won The Mayor's 1st Place Choice, the Art Committee's 2nd Place Choice, and the People's 3rd Place Choice for her photograph title "Tidy Town"

Measure 49: Our one chance to protect what's special about Oregon

Dear Fellow Oregonian:

When you think of Oregon, what comes to mind?

• Is it rolling farmland that supports an astonishing array of agricultural products?
• Is it our majestic forests and clear, clean water?
• Is it our spectacular coastline, with beaches that belong to all of us?
• Or is it the fact that all these things combine to give us a quality of life that has disappeared from so many other places?

If these things are as important to you as they are to us, we invite you to visit the "Yes on 49" website.

Gresham Police Department's 2007 National Night Out

Tuesday - August 7, 2007
6:00pm - 8:30pm

Free hot dogs, ice cream, lemonade & door prizes!

Learn how to prevent crime to homes, cars and neighborhoods. Free Child ID kits.

Gresham Mayor Shane Bemis has continued his pledge to get into the neighborhoods, meet the people, and share ideas for making Gresham a better place to live.

Petition to Nominate the Hogan Cedar
as Gresham's Offical Tree

Circulate this petition to protect and preserve these magnificient trees!

Hogan Cedar Trees

HOGAN CEDAR FACTS

• It is a unique form of Thuja plicata, the western red cedar, which grows naturally only in the Gresham area.

• It has been recognized nationally as an important plant in horticulture.

• The Oregon Association of Nurserymen's publication, 1999-2000 Directory and Buyer's Guide listed 13 commercial nursery producers of the Hogan Cedar. These are sold nationally. All of these trees trace their origin to a small pocket of trees in Gresham.

GRESHAM Parks & Recreation’s BIG SERVICE DAY
Volunteerism to Strengthen Community

Saturday July 7, 2007
9:00am - 1:00pm

Join Gresham Parks & Recreation for a morning of invasive plant removal at Kelly Creek Park and Nadaka Park. Light refreshment will be provided. See the flyer here!