In cooperation with the City of Portland Community Gardens program, Portland Friends of Community Gardens, and Vermont Hills United Methodist Church, Depave will remove 7,200 sq ft. of thin, cracked asphalt to make way for an expansion of the existing community garden. This is Depave’s first project in West Portland! This project is funded by West Multnomah Soil and Water Conservation District (WMSWCD).
- When: August 28th 2010: 9am – 3:30pm
- Where: 6053 SW 55th Drive
Vestal students and community members have been busy transforming an area once covered by black top into a bountiful garden. Join us to celebrate their efforts and to enjoy the garden as summer comes to an end. There will also be a children’s art project and garden fresh snacks.
- Where: The Vestal Community Garden is located at 161 NE 82nd Avenue.
- When: August 14th from 10am-noon
Please RSVP to Laura Benjamin, NWSA AmeriCorps Garden Coordinator at laurabenjamin.vestal(at)gmail.com or 503-916-6437.
Depave Summer 2010 is right around the corner! We have been busy planning all winter long and it is time to start putting those plans into action! Please join us on Monday, April 19th at 7:00 pm for our big Depave Summer volunteer meeting!
Please RSVP to the meeting by clicking here!
Everyone is invited, whether you have volunteered with us in the past or are looking to get involved this summer. This is a great opportunity to hear what we have been working on, hear the plans for Depave Summer 2010, and get signed up for volunteering at events! We are hoping to form a team of people around each Depave event to support the site during planning and on the day of the event, so we need lots of volunteers in order to make this happen!
There will be lots FREE FOOD at the Depave Summer Volunteer Meeting, donated to us by the event space! Again the details are:
What: Depave Summer 2010 Volunteer Meeting
Day: Monday, April 19, 2010
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Candy, 904 NW Couch Street (accessible by bus, streetcar, and MAX)
To ensure we have enough food for everyone, please click here to RSVP! See you on April 19!
Jason Lee School needs volunteers to help them depave their parking lot! They are planning on cutting a 30 foot strip the length of the building where they can plant trees and bushes to help reduce the intensity of the sun in South facing rooms. The depaving will start at 9 a.m. on Saturday, February 13. This is not an official DEPAVE event, so bring your water bottles and sunscreen and your work gloves if you have them.
What: Depaving Jason Lee School
When: Saturday, February 13th at 9 a.m.
Where: 2222 Northeast 92nd Avenue Portland, OR 97220-4397
Thank you for making the Depave Bowling Fundraiser a success!
Thank you everyone for coming out to the Depave Bowling
Fundraiser on January 9 and helping make it so successful! After paying for the
bowling tab, we raised almost $1000! This is way beyond what we
expected and will go a long way to help with Depave Summer 2010!2
Ambitious depavers seeking lonely, neglected asphalt and concrete surfaces!
This is for all you depavers, and Depave friends out there!
We are currently seeking candidate sites for Depave Summer 2010 and beyond. We want to know which empty asphalt and concrete surfaces you would like to see removed in the Portland area.
Fill us in on those areas you want converted into gardens, natural spaces, backyard bird habitats, bioswales, or whatever you can dream up. If you would like to see that asphalt go, we would like to make that happen!
In order to let us know about your sites, please fill out our site nomination form. The form is embedded in a small window entitled “Help Us Get Rid of Some More Parking Lots.” Please fill in with as much detail as possible, but don’t worry if you must leave some areas blank. We can research and fill those details in later.
We are looking forward to another successful year full of depaving!
