Work Party

Bridlemile Creek Stewards - Albert Kelly Park - Watershed Interpretative Tour & Invasive Removal Community Service Event

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May 17 2008 - 9:00am
May 17 2008 - 1:00pm

The Bridlemile Creek Stewards partner with SOLV's "Down By The Riverside" event to help Oregon's rivers, streams and lakes. Join us to help remove invasive species, and tour the model restoration site with the Creek Stewards. Free native plants. This event qualifies for Community Service Hours. Dress for the weather. Tools will be provided, but bring your favorite gardening gloves.

Sylvania Natural Area Park work party!

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Apr 19 2008 - 9:00am
Apr 19 2008 - 12:00pm

Help the PCC Sylvania Habitat Restoration Team remove invasive species from SNAP!

Sylvania Natural Area Park work party!

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Apr 12 2008 - 9:00am
Apr 12 2008 - 12:00pm

Help the PCC Sylvania Habitat Restoration Team remove invasive species from SNAP!

Bridlemile Creek Stewards - Hamilton Park - Watershed Interpretative Tour & Invasive Removal Community Service Event

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Apr 5 2008 - 9:00am
Apr 5 2008 - 1:00pm

Come on an interpretative tour and learn about how native plants are being used to maintain healthy streams and habitat along Bridlemile Creek. Habitat that supports trillium, red-tail hawks, frogs, towering firs and hemlocks, and which helps support cutthroat trout and clean water further down in Fanno Creek too.

TLC Farm Kiosk Construction Workparty

Feb 19 2008 - 10:00am
Feb 19 2008 - 4:00pm

TLC Farm Kiosk Construction Workparties: Come one come all to all or part of the workparty --Join Joel Carver, former-TLC Farm/Cedar Moon resident and design-build whiz, for Saturday workparties focused on constructing TLC Farm's educational land kiosks and signage.

TLC Farm Kiosk Construction Workparty

Feb 2 2008 - 10:00am
Feb 2 2008 - 4:00pm

TLC Farm Kiosk Construction Workparties: Come one come all to all or part of the workparty --

TLC Farm Kiosk Construction Workparty

Jan 19 2008 - 10:00am
Jan 19 2008 - 4:00pm

TLC Farm Kiosk Construction Workparties:

Come one come all,

Bridlemile Creek Stewards - Albert Kelly Creek Restoration Planting Event

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Jan 1 2008 - 9:00am
Jan 1 2008 - 10:30am

In January 2006 one Tsuga heterophylla 24" tall was planted by volunteers in Albert Kelly Park; that Hemlock tree is now six (6') feet tall and growing. Join with the Bridlemile Creek Stewards, students, parents, and neighbors to do some infill planting and if time allows remove a few invasive plant resprouts. See how this successful restoration project is progressing.

SW Hamilton - CleanUp Touch Up

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Nov 21 2007 - 10:00am

Fall needles and leaves, rain, and wind have all conspired to cover many of the stretches that were cleaned (during September and October) with a fresh layer of needles and leaves.

Cleanup and Litter Patrol

Cleaning up the yard, garage, closet or basement? Bring your stuff to one of the SWNI Cleanups to recycle held the 2nd Saturday in May and the 1st Saturday in November, at the Portland Christian Center, 5700 SW Dosch Road, from 9 am to 1 pm.

Land Sign Construction Workparty @ TLC Farm

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Nov 3 2007 - 10:00am
Nov 3 2007 - 4:00pm

Land Sign Construction Workparties:

FREE

Friends of Marshall Park

The Friends of Marshall Park is organized as a subcommittee of the Marshall Park Neighborhood Association, although many volunteers from outside the neighborhood help maintain this special place!

Work parties are held on the 1st Saturday of each month, October - June, from 9am to noon. Meet at the picnic tables below the 12th Drive turnaround.

Markham Neighborhood Planting Event

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Nov 3 2007 - 9:00am
Nov 3 2007 - 12:00pm

Help us plant at the Markham Rain Garden (stormwater site at 17th & Taylors Frery Rd) tools, drinks and munchies will be provided. Please bring your own gloves.

Fruit Tree Pruning Work Party

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Dec 15 2007 - 9:00am
Dec 15 2007 - 11:30am

Join Portland Community Gardens for this fruit tree pruning class and work party. Learn hands-on how to properly prune common fruit trees.  Please dress for the weather and bring work gloves.

FREE

Fruit Tree Pruning Work Party

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Dec 8 2007 - 9:00am
Dec 8 2007 - 11:30am

Join Portland Community gardens for this fruit tree pruning class and work party.  Learn hands - on how to properly prune common fruit trees.  Please dress for the weather and bring work gloves.

FREE

Fruit Tree Pruning Work Party

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Dec 1 2007 - 9:00am
Dec 1 2007 - 11:30am

Join Portland Community Gardens for a fruit tree prunning class and work party.  Learn hands-on how to properly prune common fruit trees.  Please dress for the weather and bring work gloves.                                                                                  

FREE

SWNI/SOLV Litter Patrol

Nov 3 2007 - 9:00am
Nov 3 2007 - 11:00am

Once again, it is time to mark your calendar for the semi-annual SWNI/SOLV Litter pickup, Saturday, November 3rd, 9:00 am. There is a ton of trash waiting for us on Beaverton-Hillsdale Hwy, Multnomah Blvd (especially the I-5 on/off ramp), Capital Hwy and Bertha Blvd. so I hope you will plan to join us. We need lots of people so please come and bring a friend.

Hamilton Street Shoulder Clean Up - CANCELED DUE TO RAIN

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Sep 30 2007 - 10:00am
Sep 30 2007 - 12:00pm

Come help free existing pavement of dirt and debris and make Hamilton a safer place to walk, run, and bike.

NOTE: The heavy rain is predicted for Sunday has materialized, so this Sunday's event is officially canceled. Hope to see you next Sunday - see the Work Parties page for details about that event.

Shattuck Street Shoulder Clean Up

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Oct 7 2007 - 9:00am
Oct 7 2007 - 12:00pm

Come help free existing pavement of dirt and debris and make Shattuck a safer place to walk, run, and bike. See Work Parties page for details and more...

Work Parties

In addition to working on an improvement plan, there's 6-36" of already existing pavement available now! All that needs to be done is to clean the dirt and vegetation off it. See to see photos of sections that have already be cleared here.

To report overgrown vegetation in the public right of way, call Tim Thrienen with the Bureau of Maintenance (BOM) at 503.823.1750
To report overgrown brush or vegetation on private property call the Nuisance Hotline at 503.823.7306

If you are interested in helping clean up streets and/or working on a Hamilton and Shattuck Pedesterian Improvement Committee please subscribe to the BNA-HSPi email list .


Impromptu work parties - carpe diem!
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