Health & Wellness

When: Sat Jul 23, 2011 10AM-1PM Where: Greater Gresham area Meet at Main City Park 219 S. Main Ave Gresham, OR Get map!

Join the Fun
If you are new to cycling, are a family with kids, or are just trying to get back on a bike this ride series may be just what you're looking for. These are slower paced group rides of about 8 to 10 miles around Gresham that pass by parks, schools, and other public facilities. The route is mostly on bike paths, bike lanes, and low traffic residential streets.

When: Sun Jul 24, 2011 10AM-1PM Where: Greater Gresham area Meet at Main City Park 219 S. Main Ave Gresham, OR Get map!

Adult Fun!
This series of free, moderately-paced adult group bicycle rides will explore the area between Gresham, Troutdale and the Sandy River as well as East Portland. Bike rides range from 15 to 25 miles. The group will travel along at around 13/15 mph and stop for coffee, bakery sweets, or ice cream somewhere along the route.

Alameda Stairs, Portland OR

Spectacular City Views! When: Sat, Jun 4 2011 9:00AM-11:00AM Where: Meet at NE 50th & Sandy Blvd (next to the Post Office) Portland, OR Get Map!

Join the fun
Wind through this historic and beautiful Alameda neighborhood, enjoying views and boosting your heart rate using seldom seen public stairways. We’ll walk up 216 stairs and down 263 to make this may be one of the more physically challenging walks this season -- but worth every step!

When: Sat Jun 4, 2011 8:45AM-1:30PM Meet: Aloft Portland Airport at Cascade Station 9920 NE Cascades Pky Portland, OR Get map!

Join the Fun
Take a free bicycling tour of groundwater wells in the city. Join the Columbia Slough Watershed Council and the Portland Water Bureau for a 16-mile bike ride through the well fields in Portland, Gresham and Fairview. These wells provide back-up drinking water to Gresham residents.

Details
Advanced registration and helmets are required. Sign up at www.columbiaslough.org. or 503-281-1132.
Bring your bike and your friends for a tour of Portland's groundwater system! Experts from the Portland Water Bureau will lead this 16-mile trip on easy terrain. Learn about the operation and history of Portland's underground drinking water system, which supplements the city's main supply from the Bull Run and serves as an emergency source.

Interstate Ave, Portland OR

Spectacular Neon on "the Avenue" When: Thur, Jun 9, 2011 6:00PM-8:00PM Where: NE corner of Overlook Park (N. Interstate and Overlook Blvd) Portland, OR Get Map! Cost: Free!

Join the fun
Explore Interstate Avenue's roadside history on a neighborhood walk with Overlook resident Dan Haneckow. Walk up "the Avenue," with stops to discuss neon signs, motels, service stations, restaurants, and Interstate's roadside past as the main north-south highway through North Portland before I-5

Dan Haneckow is the author of the popular Portland blog site Cafe Unknown where you can learn more about Illuminating Interstate. Visit his website and explore this and many other fascinating stories and facts about Portland's history.

When: Sat, Jun 11, 2011 9AM-10:30AM Where: Greater Gresham area Meet at Gresham City Hall (Next to MAX station) 1333 Eastman Pkwy Gresham, OR Get map!

Let's Go Walking!
The Gresham Regional Center Transportation Management Association hosts free monthly Saturday Family Walks in Gresham.

Bring the Family
Family Walks start at 9AM sharp on the Gresham City Hall Plaza next to the MAX station, 1333 N.W. Eastman Parkway. Wear comfortable shoes and bring a bottle of water. These family walks will cover a couple of miles at a pace suitable for families.

The walks will take about 1.5 hours and return to the same starting location.

When: Sat Jun 11, 2011 10AM-1PM Where: Greater Gresham area Meet at Main City Park 219 S. Main Ave Gresham, OR Get map!

Join the Fun
If you are new to cycling, are a family with kids, or are just trying to get back on a bike this ride series may be just what you're looking for. These are slower paced group rides of about 8 to 10 miles around Gresham that pass by parks, schools, and other public facilities. The route is mostly on bike paths, bike lanes, and low traffic residential streets.

When: Sat Jun 12, 2011 10AM-1PM Where: Greater Gresham area Meet at Main City Park 219 S. Main Ave Gresham, OR Get map!

Adult Fun!
This series of free, moderately-paced adult group bicycle rides will explore the area between Gresham, Troutdale and the Sandy River as well as East Portland. Bike rides range from 15 to 25 miles. The group will travel along at around 13/15 mph and stop for coffee, bakery sweets, or ice cream somewhere along the route.

When: Tue Jun 14, 2011 8AM-8:45AM Where: Mt Hood Community College Aquatic Center 26000 SE Stark St Gresham, OR Get Map!

Help Set A World Record!
Mt. Hood Community College (MHCC) will join aquatics centers from around the globe June 14 to set a record for the world’s largest swimming lesson.

Two hundred adults and kids (age three and older) from throughout the Portland metro area will take a free swimming lesson that day, 8AM–8:45AM at the College’s aquatic center, located on the Gresham Campus at 26000 SE Stark St.

If interested in signing up for the lesson, please call the aquatic center at 503-491-7243.

Last year’s event – the first ever – established the Guinness World Record for the largest simultaneous swimming lesson. Almost 4,000 people from 34 states, five countries and three continents participated

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
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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.