The following supporters made the SHNA Spring Cleanup and Beautification Event possible:
SOLVEoregon – behind the entire event, SOLVE registered the volunteers and provided the supplies for the cleanup.
Office of Community & Civic Life Portland
Neighbors West Northwest Coalition – supporting our efforts with a Small Grant award City of Portland Office of Civic Life
Waste Management – donated dumpster
Sylvan Westgate Business Park – AMERICAN Property Management, Paula Neal – donated the space for the dumpster, parking, and set up
Pizzicato on Skyline –donated 8 pizzas for the volunteers. A big hit for the volunteers!.
Special thanks to the following individuals who made the event possible: Michele Shea-han, President of SHNA; Dave Malcolm, Treasurer of SHNA; Rick & Sally Kneuven, Event organizers; Gabriela Downey and Michael Canarella (photographer); Raquel Lenker, SHNA Marketing; Christine Reynolds, Event check-in; the Harrington family, Ivy removal; Debbie and Dan Lamberger, neighborly worker bees; Aubrey Russell, King of Let’s Make it Happen in Portland, and so many others…
And more special thanks to the people at SOLVE, without whom the event wouldn’t be possible – especially Emily Berend and Dave Lowe.
Summary of Sylvan Highlands Neighborhood Association Spring Cleanup
In association with SOLVE Oregon.
The event, held on Saturday, April 23, 2022, was a huge success. An estimated 60 people in all from all over the greater Portland area participated. There were three business groups: AAA, Providence Medical Group, and C & R Management Group who participated. Yea for them! And a nice representation from our little neighborhood. We also had five kids under 18 years old.
In three hours, we picked up approximately 300 lbs of trash, including a heavy safe. Sarah Harrington and company pulled ivy off of many trees, using three new ivy tools purchased with median flowerbed contributions. Aubrey Russell worked with a group of volunteers on the south side of the overpass to clean up the rose bed in ODOT’s forgotten flowerbed. The volunteers raked up plant and leaf debris and added manure to the base of each rose bush.
Debbie and Dan Lamberger spearheaded an effort on Canyon Court East, clearing the sidewalk of overgrown blackberries and other plants that inhibited pedestrian access.
After everyone went home, neighbors continued to fill the 30-yard dumpster donated by our partner, Waste Management. By Sunday morning, the dumpster was full of downed tree limbs from the recent snowstorm.
Thank you neighbors and friends for beautifying our pocket of Portland!
Areas of the neighborhood that were cleaned up during the event.
Trash: Canyon Road east to the Oregon Zoo entrance and west to the apartments; the bikeway from Skyline westbound to the bridge near Finley Hills Cemetery; the Sylvan business district, including the areas around Starbuck’s, Chevron, Plaid Pantry, Pizzicato, and Fire Station 16. Individual trash pickup from the base of Skyline all the way to Burnside and on SW Barnes Road, where glass and plywood had been dumped.
Ivy removal: Areas on the side of road on SW 58th near Odyssey School, and Skyline northbound near the condominiums.
Brush removal: On eastbound Canyon Court near Highland Parkway.
Tree limbs and debris from the storm: SW 57th and SW Barnes Road.
