Neighborhood Roots outreach - Wednesday 8/17/22 @ 6:45 pm
Annette Mills
Hi, Community Inclusion and Natural Areas Action Team Members,
Many thanks to those who have volunteered to help with outreach to neighbors in the SE Ryan Street neighborhood.
We have a day and time!
Neighborhood Roots Outreach to Neighbors
Wednesday, August 17 – 6:45 pm
Meet at the home of Aaron Lesan, 952 SE Dorothy Ave. (off of SE Ryan Street)
It’s not too late to volunteer! Please reply with a simple “YES” if you’re available to help on Wednesday evening.
I’ve attached the handout that we’ll be using. Thanks again to CIAT member Emily Bowling for the great design!
I plan to send talking points and an FAQ sheet to everyone tomorrow (Tuesday) night.
I’m so excited that this is finally happening!
Annette
From: Annette Mills [mailto:ami...@willamettewatershed.com]
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2022 7:55 AM
Hi, Community Inclusion and Natural Areas Action Team Members,
We have some great progress to report re. the launch of our Neighborhood Roots project!
· The SE Ryan Street neighborhood and adjoining streets will be the focus of our pilot project.
· Aaron Lesan, Coalition volunteer/supporter, has agreed to be the neighborhood coordinator since he lives in that area.
· We’ve identified four native trees (Bigleaf Maple, Oregon White Oak, Vine Maple, Cascara) to offer residents for their front yards.
· Trees have been ordered from Sevenoaks Native Nursery.
· We’ve revised the outreach flyer and made it specific to the Ryan Street neighborhood.
· Aaron has identified 50 properties in the neighborhood that could use a front yard tree.
We hope to begin outreach to the neighborhood this coming week! Our goal is to find five property owners of the area to say “yes” to a tree in their front yard. Aaron said that early evening is the best time to reach people, so I’ve asked him to select an evening this coming week to begin our outreach.
Please let me know ASAP and no later than Sunday 8/14/22 if you’re available to help with outreach. Even if you’re not available this coming week, please respond. We’ll continue to reach out to neighbors until we have enough positive responses. We’ve set an end-of-August deadline for neighbors to request trees.
I’m putting together talking points and an FAQ sheet for volunteers to use when they approach neighbors. We hope you’ll be part of this exciting new project!
Looking forward to hearing from you,
Annette
Annette Mills, Facilitator/Director (she/her/hers)
Corvallis Sustainability Coalition
I live within the traditional homeland of the Ampinefu Band of Kalapuya. Following the Willamette Valley Treaty of 1855 (Kalapuya …Treaty), Kalapuya people were forcibly removed to reservations at either Grand Ronde or Siletz. Today, the Kalapuya live on tribal lands or tribal-ceded lands throughout the region. Many Kalapuya are active members of the sovereign nations of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde or the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians. Kalapuya culture is alive.
