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Vote for your choice here!!

Viewer's Choice Suprise Movie When: Fri, Aug 26, 2011 7PM-10PM Where: Gresham Center for the Arts Plaza 401 NE 2nd St Gresham, OR Get Map!

Bring a chair or blanket
Join us for Pictures in the Park at the Gresham Center for the Arts Plaza. Bring a chair or blanket and enjoy a free showing of one of these three great viewer's choice movie rated PG, s:

• The Sound of Music
• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
• Who's Minding the Store

You decide!   Click here to vote for your choice.
(Ballot located on the Home page, top right margin)

Fun begins at 7:00PM, and the movie will start at dusk. Free freshments will be available.

Glendoveer Golf Course

Declining revenue, increased use When: Mon, Aug 1, 2011 6PM-8PM Where: Glendoveer fitness trail parking lot (Corner of NE 148th & Halsey St) Get Map!

Increassed revenues needed
Learn more about potential improvements to the Glendoveer Golf Course and Fitness Trail at a community open house. The goal of the Glendoveer facility assessment and business plan project is to evaluate current property conditions and identify opportunities to enhance the overall golf experience, to better serve the surrounding community and to maintain or improve revenue generation. While some site improvements or changes may take place as a result of this project, the golf course and fitness trail will continue to be a focus at Glendoveer. The outcome of the project will help guide a fair and competitive process to develop and award a new contract to operate the facility in 2013.

Meet at the Glendoveer fitness trail parking lot, located on Northeast 148th Avenue and Halsey Street. Metro Councilors and staff will be there to listen to your ideas and concerns, answer questions and provide information about next steps. For more information about the project and open house, go to www.oregonmetro.gov/glendoveer or contact Lydia Neill at 503-797-1830 or lydia.neill@oregonmetro.gov.

Bring the Family, Join the Fun! When: Fri-Mon, Jul 1-4, 2011 Where: Portland, Gresham, Corbett & Vancouver (See locations & times below)

Celebrate the Fourth!
There will be several fireworks shows in the Portland area on Monday, July 4th 2011 plus lots of entertainment all weekend long. All of the shows listed below can be viewed from the sponsoring event venues, or the surrounding area!

• Fourth of July Fireworks and Festivities Blue Lake Park - July 4
• Fort Vancouver - July 4
• Waterfront Blues Festival, July 1-4
• St Paul Rodeo - July 1-4
• Molalla Buckeroo Rodeo - July 1-4
• Oaks Park - July 4
• Corbett Fun Festival - July 4
• Endeavor 3rd of July Party - July 3

Have a safe and happy holiday weekend!

(Dates, times and event details below the break)

Gresham Art Walk website

10th Annual Gresham Art Walk When: July 16, 2011 9AM-5PM Where: Main Street (Between First & Fifth Street's) Gresham, OR Get Map!

Everthing Art!
The 10th Annual Gresham Art Walk will feature more than 140 artists from Oregon and Southwest Washington selling their original works along scenic Main Avenue in historic Downtown Gresham between First and Fifth streets.

Meet the Artists
This family event includes live music, free childrens’ arts and crafts, and unique shops and restaurants. Art for sale includes garden art, pottery, photography, jewelry, watercolors, textiles, glass, wood, oil paintings and much more. Meet the artists behind the work!

American Graffiti

Fun for The Whole Family! When: Sat, Jul 16, 2011 8PM-10PM Where: Harold Oliver Intermediate 15840 SE Taylor Portland, OR Get Map!

Pack a Picnic, Bring a Blanket
Join us for Cinema Under the Stars night at Harold Oliver Intermediate. Bring a chair or blanket and enjoy a free showing of Nanny McPhee Returns, rated PG. Fun begins at 8:00PM, and the movie will start at dusk.

American Graffiti

A Favorite Summertime Movie! When: Sat, Jul 23, 2011 8PM-10PM Where: Gresham Center for the Arts Plaza NE 3rd Street (between Kelly & Hood) Gresham, OR Get Map!

Bring your chair/blanket
Join us for Cinema Under the Stars night at the Gresham Center for the Arts Plaza. Bring a chair or blanket and enjoy a free showing of American Graffiti, rated PG. Fun begins at 8:00PM, and the movie will start at dusk.

MHCC Planetarium website

Preview the Summer Sky When: Monday Jun 6, 2011 Show Times: 7:00PM and 8:15PM Where: Mt Hood Community College Planetarium Sky Theater 26000 SE Stark St Gresham, OR Get Map!

Admission $2. MHCC students are admitted free. The Sky Theater is wheelchair accessible.

The Summer Sky
For those who live in the northern hemisphere, the summer nights are simply dazzling, filled with hundreds, indeed thousands of stars - and the best meteor shower of the year.

Join Pat Hanrahan, MHCC Planetarium Director as he takes you on a tour of the summer night sky where you'll learn about marvels that are visible to the naked eye or through ordinary binoculars and find where they reside.

All shows are presented under a realistic representation of the night sky, featuring the latest galactic, stellar and planetary images.

Enjoy a great meal, help others When: June 8, 2011 5:00PM-8:00PM Where: 13011 Southeast 84th Av Clackamas, OR Get Map!

FUN-RAISER FOR SNOWCAP Join us for a FUN-RAISER at Sweet Tomatoes in Clackamas on June 8, 2011 between 5PM and 8PM and raise money for SnowCap. Treat your family to dinner and join the fight against hunger by supporting SnowCap.

Bring this flyer with you
Go to SnowCap's web site at www.snowcap.org, scroll down the left and click the link to print the flyer you need to bring when dining at Sweet Tomatoes on Wednesday, June 8th. Get your flyer here!

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Fun for the Entire Family! Music, Food and Activities. When: Sat Jun 18, 2011 12PM-3PM Where: Nadaka Nature Park Nelson property addition 175th & NE Glisan Gresham, OR Get Map!

A festival to celebrate the accomplishments of WENA and the other partners who have joined together over the past two years

Everyone's Invited!
Festivities will include disc golf demonstration, free hot dogs and soft drinks, music, face-painting and activities for the kids, Gresham Fire Department fire truck and more.

Healthy Eating Active Living website

Promoting healthier food options and physical activity Second Community Forum Tuesday June 28th 5:30PM

When: Tue, Jun 28, 2011 5:30PM-7:30PM
Where: Rockwood Public Library
17917 SE Stark St
Gresham, OR
Get map!

Share Your Experience

Join us as the City hosts "Healthy Eating Active Living" its second community forum for you to share your thoughts on how the built environment helps and/or hinders the ability to have access to healthy foods and active living opportunities.

The purpose of the forum is to provide a venue to hear the community's thoughts on what helps and hinders their access to healthy food options and physical activity. We'll also be sharing best practices from other jurisdictions on how to address obesity through the built environment (land uses, parks, transportation). The forum will also include information on the Gresham Transportation System Plan update and the Metro-led project East Metro Connections.

This community forum will be held in English and Spanish. Translators will be available to assist.

What is Healthy Eating Active Living?

Healthy Eating, Active Living (HEAL) promotes equitable access and opportunities to healthy, affordable food and to active living. It examines how health may be affected by the built environment by promoting healthier food options and physical activity through daily routines.