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Free Fresh Produce! When: Wed May 27, 2015 3PM-5:30PM Where: Highland Elementary 295 NE 24th St Gresham, OR Get Map!

Under Cover, Rain or Shine!
Through a partnership with the Oregon Food Bank, the SUN Program at Highland Elementary School provides free fruits and vegetables to the community on the second and fourth Wednesday of the month. Everyone in the community is invited to shop at the market and receive free produce -- there are no income verification or identification requirements. Bring reusable shopping bags if you have them!

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Share Your Transit Ideas! When: "Wed Apr 22, 2015 7PM-9PM Where: Gresham City Hall Conference Rooms 2A & 2B 1333 NW Eastman Pky Gresham OR Get Map!

The Powell-Division Transit and Development Project is planning for more reliable, frequent bus transit service that moves more people more quickly between important destinations in Portland and Gresham. It also is looking at opportunities for making even more vibrant, healthy neighborhoods along the route.

Gresham is working with partners including Metro, TriMet, City of Portland, Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), and Multnomah County to ensure that land-use and transit alternatives consider and meet the needs of Gresham and bring key investments to improve Gresham’s quality of life.

Gresham also is studying station opportunity areas to identify community interests and develop strategies the City can use to encourage those desired changes. These strategies will be documented in the action plan.

City Council Compensation When: Wed Apr 29, 2015 7-8:30PM Where: Gresham City Hall Council Chambers 1333 N.W. Eastman Pky Get Map!

Should Oregon's Third Largest City Compensate Its Council Members?
The Coalition of Gresham Neighborhood Associations will hold a moderated forum to help inform voters and to encourage voting on the ballot measures on compensation for Gresham's Mayor and City Councilors. Panelists will provide arguments for and against the measures and will answer questions from the audience.

Rockwood Sunrise, 187th & E Burnside

Share Your Ideas! When: Thu Feb 26, 2015 6:30-8:30PM Where: Gresham City Hall Conference Center 1333 NW Eastman Pky Greaham OR Get Map!

This project involves revising City rules that present obstacles to desired development, with a focus on development rules related to Rockwood, Civic Neighborhood, Downtown and the City’s major streets. Please, come help us evaluate potential rule changes that involve building height, development intensity, parking requirements and other issues. The changes are intended to ensure that desired development can occur and result in high-quality centers and corridors that work well for people in Gresham.

• 6:30: Open House
• 7:00: Presentation and Discussion

Read more about this project.

Tell Us Your Gresham History
The Gresham History Museum has received a grant from the city to record yours stories about growing up, living, working, and playing here in Gresham. We are holding informal interviews weekly here at the museum. If you would like to participate, please call the museum to set up a time to come in. We are very flexible! This project is ongoing. We are looking for participants from now through December.

Each sharing session will be filmed and stored in our archives. Please consider sharing your stories, and help us preserve Gresham's history!

The museum is open Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10-4, and Saturdays from 10-2. Please call to set up an interview session. 503-661-0347

Your Input Is Needed! When: Tue Sep 23, 2014 7-9PM Where: HB Lee Middle School Cafeteria 1121 NE 172nd Av Get Map!

Classroom, Technology and Safety Imporvements are Recommended!
Community input is needed now! After the community process is completed the Reynoldds School Board will be asked to adopt the master plan.

• ATTEND any of the four sessions below.
• BRING youur family and neighbors.
• SEE the recommended plans for facility impprovements.
• PROVIDE input to refine the Facility Master Plan.

What is the Reynolds' Master Plan?
The Reynolds School District "Facility Master Plan" is the long-range plan to responsibily manage the district's capital assets, which include: school buildings, athletic fields and operational facilities such as the bus barn, kitchen and maintenance shops

Fixing throwaway culture, one toaster at a time When: Thu Aug 14, 2014 6-9PM Where: Rosewood Initiative 16126 SE Stark St Portland, OR Get Map!

• Busted bicycle?
• Ripped jeans?
• Broken clock?
• Don’t toss your stuff. Fix it!

Better yet, have a friendly neighbor fix it - for free!

Come to East Multnomah County’s first-ever Repair Café; a free event that connects people who like to fix things with people who need a hand.

Volunteers will tackle:

• Bike repairs (tires, chains, gears, etc.)
• Small appliance repairs (fans, blenders, toasters, etc.)
• Sewing needs (rips, buttons, hems, etc.)
• Electronics repairs (toys, clocks, microwaves, etc.)

Repair Cafe
The Rosewood Initiative is a nonprofit aimed at improving life in Rosewood, the neighborhood that straddles Gresham and Portland near the intersection of 162nd and Burnside. The initiative partnered with the city of Gresham, the city of Portland, and Repair PDX, the nonprofit that brought repair café events to Portland for the first time in 2013.

Repair Café events started in the Netherlands in 2010 as a way to help people reduce waste and save money. Gresham’s Department of Environmental Services is supporting the event as a way to reduce the amount of waste going into landfills each year.

Nadaka Nature Park, Gresham OR

Join the celebration! When: Wed Jul 09, 2014 6:30-7:30PM Where: Nadaka Nature Park 175th & NE Glisan St Gresham OR Get Map!

Please join us for the Nadaka Nature Park & Garden Groundbreaking Ceremony.

Everyone's Invited
After the years of dreaming, grant writing, meeting, planning, permitting, and designing --- construction will soon be underway!

Help us to turn the dirt and celebrate building the park and garden including nature play space, paths, benches, meadow, and picnic shelter. Light refreshments will be served.