07/06/2017
Update: July 6th 2017
It's time for Happy Hour!
1st Friday, July 7th, 5:30 to ?Lucky Lab on KillingsworthCome meet your neighbors, bring the kids, chat it up and have fun!
07/05/2017
Summer 2017 E-news
Summer's here, along with our quarterly e-newsletter. Read on for details on all the summer fun!
07/04/2017
Coming up: Tree Team Trivia July 11
Arbor Lodge Tree Team visits Albina Tree Team for Tree Trivia games:
Ex Novo Brewery, 2326 N. Flint (just south of Russell)Tuesday, July 11th, 6:30pmFun, and a chance to hear what other Tree Teams are doing.
***Join the AL Tree Team before the Trivia starts at 5:45 for discussion of our Park Tree Inventory set for September 16th, and our plans to write a grant to plant more street trees in our 'hood. Come join the Team!
07/03/2017
Love your Park Work Party July 8
What will we do?
* weed lightly around trees
* spread lots of bark mulch
* flame weed curbing along Dekum and Bryant and in the gravel along Delaware
* flame weed the backstops on each baseball diamonds
* sweep sand back into the sandbox
Love your Park Work Party
Saturday, July 8
9-11 or 12
Meet at the west baseball diamond off Dekum closer to Greeley.
We will have water and snacks. After the work is done - or we quit because it is getting too hot - we will buy lunch for the 1st 15 volunteers. We usually go to Azteca Burrito on Rosa Parks Way and Denver for the best pricing within our budget. Some work, and some fun getting to know each other over lunch.
Hope to see you there!
05/22/2017
Thanks to all for a great Clean Up and Livability/Litter Patrol Day
We recycled:1,000 lbs of scrapmetal - Hauling by Juan10 cubic yards of styrofoam - it all went to Agliyx in TigardTech Net took in about 32 electronic items to recycle or fix for resuseLes Schwab came and took 36 tires for recyclingThe Community Warehouse got 2 chairs, 1 couch, 3 metal bed frames, and 2 mattress/boxspring setsScrap got wrapping paperThe ReBuilding Center took a toilet, metal frames, clean woodIn the SWAP area, the Buy Nothing Group helped everyone find a treasure, over 50 people contributed and then found something worth taking home - some came back more than once.And, for those items too old and tired and used - we sent 2 dumpsters out to the Metro DumpThe Livability/Litter Patrol pick up litter and such along Greeley, Lombard, around Arbor Lodge Park, and Dekum - thank you!
Thanks to our Sponsors, North Portland Neighborhood Services, Metro, Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability, New Season's, Arbor Lodge Coffee, Les Schwab, Harper's Playground, Chief Joseph PTO, Buy Nothing Group.
And our volunteers - each got fed and took home a tomato start or two for their efforts:Bob, Peggy, Bob, Star, Mary Helen, Allen, Nick Cheryl, Betsy,Sandi, Jeffrey, Greg, Maggie, Justin, Joh, Shelley, Shannon, Maggie, Gregory, Jake, Nancy, Juniana, Dale, Terrance, Juan, Lila, Sharon, Mike, Joe, Katy, and Ginger
*** Look for your Green invitation next April or May on your doorstep and join the fun and recycle/reuse.Funds raised will help host the Arbor Lodge BBQ set for July 20th, 5:30 at Arbor Lodge Park, ALNA will provide hamburgers, hot dogs and veggie burgers - you bring a potluck dish. And, it will help you host a Block Party - write to us for details.
Thank you all!