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Sustainability /
Northwest Voice For Christ Ministries
"An Interdenominational Church"
Controlling stormwater runoff and directing it to home landscaping sites can produce beautiful ‘rain
gardens, ’ like the landscaping above at the Humboldt Gardens housing site in north Portland.
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Make it a Rain Garden
Sundays: Worship Service—12:00-1:30 P.M.
Seminars: Bible Themes— Wednesdays—6:00—8:30P.M.
Guide is resource for novices and experts
Ifyou have a lemon, make lemon­
ade. In Oregon, if you have excess
rainwater, make a rain garden.
The Oregon Rain Garden Guide,
produced by Oregon State Univer­
sity, is the state’s first stormwater
management resource for both nov­
ices and expert landscapers.
An increasing number o f Orego­
nians are disconnecting dow n­
spouts, building rain collection bar­
rels and planting rain gardens to
harvest water from their businesses,
schools and front yards. Rain gar­
dens are sunken beds that absorb
and treat stormwater runoff from
rooftops, drivew ays and other
paved surfaces. The landscaping
intercept runoff to reduce floods,
recharge drinking w a ter-an d filter
oil, garden chemicals and other pol­
lutants. Rain gardens also provide
wildlife habitat.
"Rain gardens are the workhorses
o f low impact development," said
Robert Emanuel, an OSU Extension
specialist who co-authored the rain
garden guide.
The 44-page publication is avail­
able for $4.95, but it is also available
for
free
o n lin e
at
seagrant.oregonstate.edu/sgpubs/
onlinepubs..
“God The Father”; “God The Son”; and “God The Holy Spirit”
Bishop Hodge and Congregation invite you to
join us at our appointment with Jesus
We Reach, Teach, & Preach in Jesus' name!!!
Location: Concordia University Campus
2800 NE Liberty (The GRW Library, Room 303)
Corner of 29th & Liberty
Portland, OR. 97211
To inquire about our Church please call (503) 863-6545 or
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www.nwvoiceforchrist.eom
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Company anchors
itself downtown
(AP) -- Vestas Wind Systems,
the world's largest wind turbine
' maker, ended concerns it might leave
Oregon by announcing W ednes­
day it will keep its North American
headquarters in Portland.
The Denmark-based company
plans to turn a vacant and former
Meier and Frank warehouse in the
city's upscale Pearl District into its
new, 172,000-square-foot headquar­
ters. The $66 million project is ex­
pected to create about 500 construc­
tion jobs, and Vestas promised to
add 100 employees to its Portland
work force over the next five years.
Vestas moved to Portland from
Southern California in 2002.
“This is much more than just a
building," Gov. Ted Kulongoski said
at a news conference, where he was
joined by Portland M ayor Sam
Adams and Vestas Americas Presi­
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dent Martha Wyrsch. "This is a
statement about who we are as a
state and as a city. It is a statement
about Oregon's commitment to re­
newable energy and energy inde­
pendence for this country."
To entice Vestas to stay in Port­
land, the state offered $2.25 million
in incentives and the city provided
an $8 million, zero-interest loan.
Vestas must repay the state $ 1 mil­
lion if it does not retain its existing
400 Portland employees and add
another 100 jobs.
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