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How many people bike, walk, and skateboard on Gresham streets & trails? Help conduct counts or surveys on trail & sidewalk use in Gresham as part of a nationwide effort

Be counted!
Even if you don't volunteer, please show-up and be counted at one of the locations below if you bike, walk, skateboard, or rollerblade on the trails or streets in the Gresham area. Ed.

Volunteers needed

Gresham is participating in a nationwide effort to document the number of people biking, walking, skateboarding, and rollerblading on trails and local streets. As part of that effort, City staff is asking for volunteers to help conduct counts and surveys.

The counts will be conducted September 14th, 15th, and 16th from 7 to 9 a.m. and 5 to 7 p.m., and September 18th and 19th from 9 to 11 a.m. The City has identified 18 locations where counts will be taken:

Click here for a map of these locations.

Count or Survey?

Volunteers can choose to conduct counts or conduct a short survey. The surveys well help provide information on trip distance, why people use trails, and what types of trials they prefer.

Your participation in this effort will help the City gain valuable information on walking and bicycling:

• Baseline data: How many people are biking? Walking? Where? What are the volume trends from year to year?
• What is the return on investment in bike lanes, trails and sidewalks: How many people use bike/pedestrian facilities after they are built?
• How can safety be improved: Certain locations have high numbers of bike/pedestrian crashes, but what is the risk exposure rate? Is it high or low relative to bike/pedestrian volumes? How should safety improvements be prioritized?

Click here to volunteer!

5th Round of Development Code Improvements Begin Community Forum, Public Invited Tues Aug 17th 6:30PM

When: Tuesday Aug 17, 2010 6:30PM-8:30PM
Where: Room 2A
City Hall
1333 NW Eastman Pkwy
Gresham, OR
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Plan to Attend

The fifth round of Code improvements are being initiated with the purpose of enhancing the clarity of the Code and increasing its effectiveness. Topics of this round include:

• Assessment of Community Services Uses and consideration of a Conditional Use process
• Developing a master plan process for institutional use
• Examining alternative energy systems
• Introducing a protocol for classifying permitted uses

A community forum is tentatively scheduled for August 17 from 6:30 to 8:30 in Room 2A at Gresham City Hall. Information on the topics will be shared at this meeting. Staff will also solicit input from the public on the topics and issues associated with them.

The Planning Commission will hold its first work session on DCIP-5 on August 23. This meeting is scheduled from 6:30 to 8:30 in the Springwater Trail Room at City Hall. The purpose of the meeting will be to share the topics, share public comments on the topics, and gain additional feedback.

When: (See posters below)
Where: Wilkes Park
3655 NE 154th Ave
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Hosted by: Portland Parks & Recreation

Avatar Saturday, July 24, 2010 The River City Band

The Princess & the Frog Friday, August 24, 2010 The Sounds of Rayvis (Elvis) & Rock Climbing Wall

Carnegie Library Bldg 1913 Main St, Downtown Gresham

Supports Gresham's efforts to preserve its sites, buildings and objects of historical significance

When: Thursday, August 19, 2010 6:30PM-8:00PM
Where: Room 2A
City Hall
1333 NW Eastman Pkwy
Gresham, OR
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You are invited!

Property owners, stakeholders and interested parties are invited to attend a community forum about the Historic Certified Local Government project, which supports Gresham's efforts to preserve its sites, buildings and objects that have historical significance. The project will enable the city to be designated by the State as a Certified Local Government (CLG).

The meeting will include:

• An open house from 6:30-7:00PM
• A presentation at 7:00PM
• A question and answer period

Over 300 Hot Rods and Classic Cars! Rock-n-Roll! Fabulous Food! Saturday August 14, 2010 Downtown Gresham Oregon

When: Saturday, August 14, 2008 8:00AM-5:00PM
Where: Main Street
Historic Downtown Gresham
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Hosted by: Northwest Motorsports Association

MHCC Automotive Benefit

Proceeds from this event benefit the Mt Hood Community College Automotive Scholarship Program. Over the past 11 years, Northwest Motorsports Association has generously donated over $100,000 to fund scholarships for Automotive Technology students!

Hot Rods & Classic Cars!

The weekend kicks off with the Historic Bed Races on Main Street at 7PM. Friday, Aug. 13.

Saturday will feature free kids’ activities, vendor booths and an old-fashioned street cruise.

New this year is the “Classics and Culture” display, which will feature some “extraordinary” local specialty cars such as Gary Coe’s 1957 F150 pickup, which has earned several awards, including Car Craft Magazine’s Summer Nationals Grand Champion.

Saturday, Aug. 14, Schedule

• A pancake breakfast will be served at 7AM at Fourth St and Main Ave as a fundraiser for East Hill Church Student Ministries
• Registration takes place from 8AM to 1PM at Fourth St and Main Ave. Your car must be registered by 1PM if you want it to be judged.
• Opening ceremony will take place at 10AM at Third St and Main Ave.
• Show ’n’ Shine — Cars will be on display in the Gresham Center for the Arts Plaza between Hood and Kelly avenues.
• Ron Ruedi and the Hurricanes, a classic rock band, will play from 10AM to 5PM at Third St and Main Ave.
• Free children’s activities will take place from 9AM to 3PM. in the grassy field at Fifth St and Miller Ave.
• Vendor booths will be set up on Third St between Miller and Roberts streets.
• Trophy presentation will take place at 3PM at Fourth St and Main Ave, followed by a cruise of registered cards down Main.

Take a closer look at the future of Gresham parks Bring a picnic lunch! Live music, field games, prizes, photo contest winners, more!

When: Saturday, Aug 21, 2010 11AM-2PM
Where: Center for the Arts Plaza
401 NE Second St
Gresham, OR
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You're Invited!

You bring a picnic basket, or pick up something delicious to eat from a Downtown restaurant or the Gresham Farmers' Market, and we'll provide the fun with an opportunity to take a closer look at the future of Gresham parks.

Parks Picnic on the Plaza, a first-year event produced by the City in partnership with the Center for the Arts Foundation, Gresham Downtown Development Association, and the Historic Downtown Gresham Business Association, features:

• Lively music by the Federal Cigar Jug Band
• Old-fashioned field games – including baby races to crown the fastest future parks user!
• Prizes
• Photo gallery of winners from the Aug. 1 "Picture Your Parks" community photo contest
• Information vendors representing a variety of community organizations and programs including People for Parks; EastSide United FC; El Programa Hispano; and the City's Our Parks, Our Future outreach program. Sign up to stay involved.

Our Parks, Our Future, which launched this spring, asks a simple question: What can the community do to keep Gresham parks going today, and growing to meet the needs of tomorrow?

1874 Zimmerman House, Gresham Oregon. Click to enlarge

Come and enjoy the "Dog Days" of Summer. Zimmerman House Tours Sat Aug 21st 10AM -3PM A lasting vestige of East Multnomah County's agricultural roots

When: Saturday Aug 21, 2010 10AM-3PM
Where: Zimmerman Park
17111 NE Sandy Blvd
Gresham, OR
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A delightful 1874 Victorian farmhouse

Take a step back into history at the Zimmerman 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.

Wilkes East Neighborhood Board Meeting Monday July 26, 2010 6:30PM

When: Monday July 26, 2010 6:30PM
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

11 Live Bands, 65+ Vendors, Great Food, Free Health testing

Fun For The Entire Family!

The East Portland Exposition (EPO XPO) is a two day community event that will be held at Ed Benedict Community Park, located along SE Powell Boulevard between 100th Avenue and 102nd Avenue (Get Map!) in East Portland on July 17 and 18, 2010. The gates open at 11AM on Saturday and 10:00AM on Sunday. EPO XPO is co-sponsored by all 13 East Portland Neighborhoods. The event will feature numerous exhibitors, lots of entertainment and food, free health testing, and free activities for children and families.

Click here for EPO XPO flyer and events schedule!

Music, Vendors, Great Food & Movies at Dusk

This year, EPO XPO will be partnering with the City of Portland for the very first Sunday Parkways in East Portland — and EPO XPO will be at the heart of it all! Sunday Parkways is great fun for everyone. So come to EPO XPO on Saturday to visit all the great exhibitors, and enjoy some great food and entertainment. Be sure to stay for the movie that evening (and Sunday too!) starting at dusk. Then, on Sunday, come join the festivities for the single best day of the Summer — East Portland style!

5th Annual Capri Terrace Block Sale July 9-10 9AM-3PM

Come enjoy the fun! Capri Terrace Block Sale Friday & Saturday July 9-10 9AM-3PM

Bargins Galore!

5th Annual Capri Terrace neighborhood Block Sale, Friday-Saturday July 9-10, 2010 9AM-3PM.

Sale Area: NE 165th-NE 172nd; NE Hoyt, NE Oregon and NE Pacific St.
One block north of Glisan at NE 167th -- just follow the signs!! Get Map!

"It's a very green thing to do. Items are getting reused and people don't have to go out and buy new!"

There's something here for everyone!

Last year, one family counted over 100 people at their house in the first hour!!

Capri Terrace neighbors

The Block Sale Is On! If you'd like to participate in this year's sale and you live in the Capri Terrace area, it's not too late! Simply setup, join-in and have fun! We'll take care of the rest and come around during the sale to collect for the advertising. (It doesn't get easier than that.) If you're not going to have a sale, come out and shop and get to know your neighbors.