Gateway Green Clean Up Event with SOLV and NWTA

Date: 
Sat, 04/17/2010 - 9:00am - 1:00pm

The big one-day event at the future site of Gateway Green will be held on Saturday, April 17th, from 9am-1pm. This event is a SOLV-IT event in partnership with the Northwest Trail Alliance and neighborhood groups. 

The goal is to clean the area, get exposure, and to introduce people to the site.  We will be meeting at the Gateway transit center and then walking and biking to the clean up site at Gateway Green. More details to come.

Price: $0.00

We will be meeting at the Gateway Transit Center

http://www.solv.org/programs/event_details.asp?eventID=17232

Time: 9:00 AM-1:00 PM

Site Address: 9900 NE Multnomah

Directions: The site is located between the I205 and I84 Freeways. We will be meeting at the Gateway Transit Center Park and Ride. 

Meeting Location: Gateway Transit Center Park and Ride Gateway Transit Center Park and Ride

Coordinator: Jordan Norris

Contact Email: jordan.norris1@gmail.com

Contact Phone Number: 360-820-0678 x 

Results

We had 16 volunteers show up who did the following work:
 We filled 36 bags of trash
 Picked up 3 Tires
 12 large pieces of metal
 2 Car batteries
 12 Needles that were placed in "Sharps Kits"  these were removed by ODOT.
 The total estimated weight of the trash removed was 1065 pounds.
 We also removed black berry and ivy from several trees.
 Thanks to everyone who came out!
 Jordan  [flickr-photo:id=72157623754937671,size=s]