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01 / 13 Neighborhood Coalition Meeting: Jan 13, 2009 Start: 7:00 pm End: 8:30 pm Neighborhood Coalition Meeting When: Tuesday, Jan 13, 2009 7:00PM Where: Gresham City Hall, Springwater Trail Room The Coalition of Gresham Neighborhood Associations next meeting will be Tuesday Jan 13, 2009 7:00PM in the Springwater Trail Room, Gresham City Hall, 1333 NW Eastman Parkway, Gresham, OR 97030. Meeting is open to the public. See you there! more info
01 / 14 Residential Districts Review - Innovative Housing Workshop: Jan 14, 2009 Start: 6:30 pm Your input is needed! Residential Districts Review - Innovative Housing Workshop Jan 14, 2009 6:30PM When: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 6:30PM Where: Rooms 2A and 2B, 2nd Floor Gresham City Hall 1333 NW Eastman Parkway Share Your Thoughts With Us Your input is needed on efforts to allow innovative housing in Gresham. Property owners, business owners, residents and other interested parties are invited for a workshop at 6:30PM Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009 at City Hall. The meeting will be in Rooms 2A and 2B on the second floor of City Hall Examples of innovative housing include: Cottages (often facing courtyards) Neighborhoods with a mix of housing types, such as single-family homes, duplexes, and tri-plexes Cluster developments that group housing onto one part of a site to preserve open space or natural features on the rest of the site The City is considering changing its Development Code to allow innovative housing types or configurations more info NE Wasco St Neighborhood Watch Meeting: Jan 14, 2009 Start: 7:00 pm Cypress Park NE Wasco St Neighborhood Watch Meeting Wednesday Jan 14th 7PM Meet your neighbors. Get involved. Make a difference. When: Wednesday Jan 14, 2009 7:00PM Where: 17517 NE Wasco St Gresham OR Hosted by: Claudette & Dick Naylor Watch Area Boundaries Meeting is open to all Cypress Park neighbors in the vicinity of NE Wasco St (between NE 172nd Ave and NE 178th Ave). Special Guests Join us to discuss issues we feel are important to our safety with special guest speaker Sgt Marvin Madtson, Gresham Police Department; and enjoy a brief announcement from Friends of Trees on upcoming events in our area. more info
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01 / 17 Butler Creek Trail Volunteer Planting Event: Jan. 17, 2009 Start: 8:30 am Help Us Plant 1000 Plants! Butler Creek Trail Volunteer Planting Event Jan 17th When: Saturday, January 17, 2009 Where: 2385 SW 27th Dr Gresham, OR 97080 Click here for Butler Creek Trail Map. Happy New Year Volunteers! Hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and were able to get out and play in the snow. Now that the weather has calmed down a bit, we are gathering for another planting event at Butler Creek Greenway on Martin Luther King,Jr weekend. We have about a thousand plants to get in the ground, so any time you can donate and help out would be greatly appreciated. Below is a detailed description of the event. more info Zimmerman House tours: Jan 17, 2009 Start: 10:00 am End: 3:00 pm Open House Saturday Jan 17th 10AM - 3PM Visit this delightful turn-of-the-century Victorian farmhouse When: Saturday Jan 17, 2009 10:00AM - 3:00PM Where: Zimmerman Park 17111 NE Sandy Blvd Gresham OR Journey Back In Time Take a step back into history at the Zimmermann 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 are available every third Saturday. Don't miss this unique opportunity to step back in time! more info
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01 / 24 Gresham Parks Need Storm Cleanup Volunteers: Jan 24, 2009 Start: 9:00 am End: 12:00 pm Bring Your Gloves -- Lend A Hand! Help Us Remove The Storm Debris From Our Parks. Saturday, Jan 24th 9AM-Noon When: Saturday, Jan 24, 2009 9AM-Noon Where: Various Locations (see below) Wilkes East Neighbors: As a result of the high winds over the last week an incredible amount of debris has fallen in our parks. The City cannot handle the cleanup without help from community volunteers. This Saturday, January 25th, Parks & Recreation is organizing cleanups in the following four parks from 9AM to Noon: Pat Pfeifer Park 424 NE 172nd Ave Vance Park 1400 SE 182nd Ave Rockwood Central Park 17707 SE Main St North Gresham Park 1111 SE 217th Ave Please come by one of these parks this Saturday to help with a cleanup. All you will need is your work gloves (or the City will provide them). Already Busy This Weekend? If you can’t make it to one of these parks on Saturday and you want to do something to help the Wilkes East Neighborhood you can go to Columbia View Park, 1000 NE 169th Ave anytime. You'll see some neighbors have already begun piling branches -- and you can continue this work. more info
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01 / 26 WENA Board Meeting: Jan 26, 2009 Start: 6:30 pm End: 7:30 pm WENA Board Meeting Monday Jan 26, 2009 6:30PM When: Monday Jan 26, 2009 6:30PM - 8:30PM Where: Contact for location Board meetings are scheduled for the 4th Monday of the month at 6:30PM For more information please contact: info@WilkesEastNA.org more info
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01 / 29 Neighborhood Watch Workshop: Jan 29, 2009 Start: 7:00 pm Neighborhood Watch Workshop Thursday, Jan 29th 7PM When: Thursday, January 29, 2009 7PM - 9PM Where: Gresham City Council Chambers 1333 NW Eastman Parkway The Gresham Police Crime Prevention Unit invites all citizens to participate in a workshop designed to increase crime awareness and identify safety methods that reduce crimes to yourself or within your neighborhood. Topics that will be discussed: Neighborhood Crime Trends How to develop a new Neighborhood Watch Program Reporting emergencies and non-emergencies Identification techniques for personal property Personal safety techniques / recommendations This workshop is for established Neighborhood Watch groups as well as those who wish to initiate new Neighborhood Watch programs. more info
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02 / 10 Neighborhood Coalition Meeting: Feb 10, 2009 Start: 7:00 pm End: 8:30 pm Coalition of Neighborhood Associations Board Meeting Tuesday Feb 10, 2009 7:00PM When: Tuesday, Feb 10, 2009 7:00PM Where: Gresham City Hall, Springwater Trail Room The Coalition of Gresham Neighborhood Associations next meeting will be Tuesday Feb 10, 2009 at 7:00PM in the Springwater Trail Room, Gresham City Hall, 1333 NW Eastman Parkway, Gresham, OR 97030. Meeting is open to the public. See you there! more info
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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
• Starbucks Coffee, 181st & Glisan
• Growers Outlet, 162nd & Glisan
• SOLV, Bringing Oregon together
• Third Place Coffee, 172nd & Halsey
• Albertsons, 181st & Glisan
• And, all the many volunteers!