Rockwood

Spring 2024 Newsletter "Diversity, Harmony, Community - Together 'WE' can make a difference!”

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Spring 2024 Newsletter Inside This Issue: Outdoor School for 6th Grade Students Wilkes East Land Use Update Rockwood Greenspace Now Try The MyGresham App Street Sweeping, 4th Wed, Mar-Nov

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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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Fall 2023 Newsletter "Diversity, Harmony, Community - Together 'WE' can make a difference!”

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Fall 2023 Newsletter Inside This Issue: WENA Board Election November 13th Aging Levees, Will They Protect Us Wilkes East Land Use Update Climate Action Meeting, All Things Trees How We Saved the CCACs

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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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Summer 2023 Newsletter "Diversity, Harmony, Community - Together 'WE' can make a difference!”

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Summer 2023 Newsletter Inside This Issue: Rockwood Urban Renewal B188 Wilkes East Land Use Update Climate Action Plan workshop Reynolds Schools Start & End Times WENA Summer Meeting August 14th

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¡Descargue nuestro boletín en español aquí!. (incluye enlaces web activos)

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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Spring Meeting Notice When: Mon Mar 13, 2023 7PM-9PM Where: Moose Lodge 16411 NE Halsey St Get Map!

Everyone's Invited

Join Your Neighbors. Get involved. Make a difference!

Save the date
Be sure to save Monday Mar 13th at 7PM for the Wilkes East Neighborhood 2023 Spring Meeting being held at the Moose Lodge, 16411 NE Halsey St

Agenda

• Election of 2023 WENA Board
• Jessica Harper, Community Services Manager, City of Gresham
  Homeless Services
• Michael Gonzales, Neighborhood &
  Community Engagement Manager, City of Gresham
• Lucy Harden
  WeShine Village Update
• Janet Unruh
  , Urban Forestery in Gresham
• Neighborhood news and more!

Download the Fall 2023 meeting minutes here!

Who should attend?
Participation is open to all residents who live, own property or a business, organization, church or government agency within our boundaries

Be Part Of Your Community. Plan To Attend.

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

Spring 2023 Newsletter "Diversity, Harmony, Community - Together 'WE' can make a difference!”

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Spring 2023 Newsletter Inside This Issue: New Play Structure Nadaka Park City Replaces LED Streetlights Urban Forestry in Gresham Caught on Camera WENA Board Elections March 13th

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¡Descargue nuestro boletín en español aquí!. (incluye enlaces web activos)

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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Summer Meeting Notice Bring Your Blanket or Chair! When: Mon Aug 8, 2022 7PM-8:30PM Where: Columbia View Park (next to HB Lee Middle School parking lot) 1000 NE 169th Ave Get Map!

Neighborhood Everyone's Invited

Join Your Neighbors. Get involved. Make a difference!

Save the date
Be sure to save Monday Aug 8th at 7PM for the Wilkes East Neighborhood 2022 Summer Meeting, outdoor at Columbia View Park, 1000 NE 169th Ave (next to HB Lee Middle School parking lot). Bring your blanket or chair!

Agenda

• Travis Gullberg, Gresham Police Chief
• Steve Fancher, Gresham parks update
  View the 2022 Arbor Day Tree Planting map at Columbia View park here.
• Jay Higgins, Gresham's newest bike route
• Neighborhood news and more!

Download the March 2022 meeting minutes here!

Who should attend?
Participation is open to all residents who live, own property or a business, organization, church or government agency within our boundaries

Be Part Of Your Community. Plan To Attend.

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

When: Sun, Apr 03, 2022 1PM-5PM
Where: Rockwood Market Hall
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The People's Market at Rockwood hosted by Play Grow Learn will showcase goods from vendors of all cultures. Produce and homemade goods from local Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) producers and growers will be featured, as well as:

• Healers who specialize in food and herb wellness
• Healthy services
• Farm-to-table meals and snacks
• Local organizations led by or serving BIPOC communities
• Double dollars offered on fresh produce items with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program/Electronic Benefit Transfer (SNAP/EBT).

During the cooler months, the market will operate inside the Rockwood Market Hall. During the warmer months, it will extend outdoors into the public plaza and will feature nearly 40 vendors.

Get there

• MAX: the Rockwood Market Hall is located just south of the Rockwood / East 188th MAX stop and is accessible on foot from both SE 185th and SE 187th avenues.
• Bus: a half block north of the TriMet Line 20, SE 187th and Stark bus stop.
• Drive: street parking is available nearby and parking is available in the Sunrise Center parking lot located just east of the 187th and Burnside intersection at 18901 E. Burnside St.

For more information, contact Germaine Flentroy, Market Coordinator, at 503-719-1821 or gflentroypgl@gmail.com.

When: Sun, Apr 10, 2022 1PM-5PM
Where: Rockwood Market Hall
Get Map!

The People's Market at Rockwood hosted by Play Grow Learn will showcase goods from vendors of all cultures. Produce and homemade goods from local Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) producers and growers will be featured, as well as:

• Healers who specialize in food and herb wellness
• Healthy services
• Farm-to-table meals and snacks
• Local organizations led by or serving BIPOC communities
• Double dollars offered on fresh produce items with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program/Electronic Benefit Transfer (SNAP/EBT).

During the cooler months, the market will operate inside the Rockwood Market Hall. During the warmer months, it will extend outdoors into the public plaza and will feature nearly 40 vendors.

Get there

• MAX: the Rockwood Market Hall is located just south of the Rockwood / East 188th MAX stop and is accessible on foot from both SE 185th and SE 187th avenues.
• Bus: a half block north of the TriMet Line 20, SE 187th and Stark bus stop.
• Drive: street parking is available nearby and parking is available in the Sunrise Center parking lot located just east of the 187th and Burnside intersection at 18901 E. Burnside St.

For more information, contact Germaine Flentroy, Market Coordinator, at 503-719-1821 or gflentroypgl@gmail.com.

When: Sun, Apr 17, 2022 1PM-5PM
Where: Rockwood Market Hall
Get Map!

The People's Market at Rockwood hosted by Play Grow Learn will showcase goods from vendors of all cultures. Produce and homemade goods from local Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) producers and growers will be featured, as well as:

• Healers who specialize in food and herb wellness
• Healthy services
• Farm-to-table meals and snacks
• Local organizations led by or serving BIPOC communities
• Double dollars offered on fresh produce items with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program/Electronic Benefit Transfer (SNAP/EBT).

During the cooler months, the market will operate inside the Rockwood Market Hall. During the warmer months, it will extend outdoors into the public plaza and will feature nearly 40 vendors.

Get there

• MAX: the Rockwood Market Hall is located just south of the Rockwood / East 188th MAX stop and is accessible on foot from both SE 185th and SE 187th avenues.
• Bus: a half block north of the TriMet Line 20, SE 187th and Stark bus stop.
• Drive: street parking is available nearby and parking is available in the Sunrise Center parking lot located just east of the 187th and Burnside intersection at 18901 E. Burnside St.

For more information, contact Germaine Flentroy, Market Coordinator, at 503-719-1821 or gflentroypgl@gmail.com.

When: Fri, Apr 22, 2022 9AM-12PM
Where: Main City Park
219 South Main Ave.
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Celebrate Earth Day with us at Main City Park. In partnership with the Johnson Creek Watershed Council, we will mulch the trees and shrubs volunteers have planted over the past two years.

No experience is needed. Children are welcome to participate with an accompanying adult. Dress for the weather and bring your water bottle.

Instruction, tools and gloves will be provided.

RSVP today

Covid safety: A mask or face-covering is recommended during check-in and at any time when six feet of physical distancing is not possible.

Contact

Marissa Eckman, Johnson Creek Watershed Council at 503-652-7477, extension 107.

Johnson Creek Watershed Council