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April showers bring ... growth!
There's a LOT happening at
Pringle Creek Community this month:
The Net Zero house is complete and move-in ready
Our Lot Special continues through the end of April. Now is the time to make Pringle Creek Community your new home.
Salsa class is Friday, April 10. Join Paco for FUN!
April 22nd is Earth Day and we're celebrating it twice - once at Riverfront Park at the Earth 4-11 event April 11th and then on THE day at Painters Hall and the glasshouses.
Our Cafe is now closed - see our announcement for more info
A new resident regular event - movie night!
Yoga classes are each Thursday at 5:00
NOW is the time to really get into gear in your garden!
Get some tips below
Colleen is having two plant sales in early May
Read more, enjoy, and come on over!
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 Net Zero House is finished
and for sale
The latest house in our Net Zero loop could be yours. It is a 4 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath 'smart' home just completed in March. The photovoltaic system is designed to create enough energy to completely power the home.
For more information contact Wendy Stassens at
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Now is your chance! Selected lots on special at Pringle Creek Community.
Offer ends April 30th
Come make Pringle Creek Community your new Home.
For a limited time, we're offering specific lots at a greatly-reduced rate.
All of the lots at Pringle Creek Community are build-ready. All utilities are in! If you've been waiting to make Pringle Creek Community your home, NOW is the time.
Abundant community amenities such as 12 acres of common green space, our community center, orchards, and community gardens accompany your choice to build and live with us.
Interested? Call or email Jane Poznar:
503-315-1055 or [email protected]
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Salem's First Earth Day Event:
Earth 411!
April 11, 2015 at Salem Riverfront Park in Salem, OR.
Pringles Creek Community's Sustainable Living Center is partnering with the City of Salem, Straub Environmental Center, and Friends of the Trees for Salem's first Earth Day event (in at least 18 years).
Earth 411 is a family-friendly, zero waste, educational event. The term 411 means information and that is the theme of the event, "Information and Solutions for a Better Tomorrow." 60 venders will be present to provide information, demonstrations, and/
or
activities that help residents learn about and experience our natural environment and learn how to build community resilience. In addition to educational booths, there will be activities, food, and entertainment.
Pringle Creek Community and our Sustainable Living Center will be there offering free plant starts and information about Pringle Creek Community's eco-friendly infrastructure.
All the way from Salt Lake City, Utah, the Jenkstars and Solar Saucer Cosmonauts will be bringing their The Solar Saucer and Solar Stage for all of our guest performers. The American Red Cross will also be present, running a blood drive. There will be boat rides, an earth themed costume contest, as well as a parade around the park for all to take part in, with costumes and all.
The event's suggested admission is either $3.00 or
3 cans of food for donation to Marion-Polk Food Share at the gate. No one will be turned away! Please feel free to invite your friends to this event so everyone in the community can be there. We look forward to seeing you!
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Every day is Earth Day at Pringle Creek Community
but... we're celebrating
Earth Day W
ednesday, April 22
In celebration of Earth Day, the Sustainable Living Center at Pringle Creek Community is offering free Mother Earth birthday cake.
Come by, have some coffee or tea and enjoy some delicious cake with us!
Our glasshouses are already brimming with growth and activity. Colleen has been super busy building new beds and planting starts for our gardens - and to give away! She's giving away tomato starts to folks who stop by to celebrate Earth Day
Let us know you'd like a tomato start and it's yours!
Visit us, enjoy the occasion at Painters Hall, and share some delicious complementary cake - yum!
3911 Village Center Dr SE
Salem, Or 97301
503-315-1055
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 Upcycle Oregon's panel discussion Friday, April 10
Willamette University's Sustainability Institute is hosting a
Business & Policy Panel on the business of advancing environmental and economic well-being in Oregon through creative re-use and waste reduction.
The panel consists of folks familiar to Pringle Creek Community - Bruce Wadleigh of Barnwood Naturals, Gavin Carpenter of
SeQuential Pacific
Biodiesel and three others.
Join them and learn all about it!
1:20 pm Friday, April 10, room HR50 at the Oregon State Capitol
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Come on out for some Sizzling Salsa!
Friday, April 10th, come out and dance, dance, dance! Learn some new moves and spend time practicing some suave salsa dancing.
Paco, a very talented, experienced dance teacher, will teach you how to shake and move.
Come with a friend or by yourself - and meet new friends!
Salsa starts at 6:00 and finishes at 8:00. Class is NOW FREE!
Please let us know you're coming.
Call or email to reserve a space!
Painters Hall
3911 Village Center Dr SE, Salem
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Painters Hall Cafe is closed
(The community and event center remain open)
The Pringle Creek Team is reorganizing and refreshing our commitment to our sustainable model.
That sustainable model calls for us to ensure the best utilization of all resources. With that in mind, the team decided to close the Cafe at the end of business on
Tuesday, March 31. This is a tough call. We've all enjoyed the benefits of the cafe and fabulous meals, but after four years we've not been able to edge near a sustainable economic footing for the cafe. Resources currently going to support the cafe will be reallocated to building and community investments.
Painters Hall will remain open for full utilization
as the community center, event and office space, and we'll have coffee, tea and a plate of baked goods available for residents and guests to enjoy while at Pringle Creek Community.
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Weekly Community Yoga Classes
Come on over and stretch out any and all tension in your body with Alyson and her students. Alyson is a talented teacher ready to offer stretches and positions to remedy all kinds of kinks and tweaks that you may have.
Join us Thursdays at 5:00 pm at Painters Hall for a yoga class with experienced yoga and dance instructor Alyson Budde.
Classes are designed for people of all ages and skill levels. Bring your own mat and any additional equipment (blocks, straps, bands & pillows) you may need. Come stretch, strengthen, improve your balance, and enjoy the community spirit!
$5 per person
3911 Village Center Dr SE, Salem 503-315-1055
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Gardening in April
April showers...
Now is the time to get all of your plant starts started. Time spent now getting seeds in the soil (indoors) now will literally pay off later this growing season!
Outdoors, turn your beds and work in compost and nutrients to get prepared for planting in May. If you have cold frames and haven't already planted, you can put in lettuces, spinach, and lots of peas - so good!
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Movie Night
Pringle Creek Community residents are starting a new tradition - a movie night event held at Painters Hall, our community center!
To kick it off, we're going to watch The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. Film suggestions are decided by neighbors and every third month the film will be child-friendly.
It'll be a great way to spend time together, enriching neighborly connections and enjoying a fun, interesting film.
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 The chicks and ducks have grown
They're so big already!
They're out in the yard during the day to greet visitors. The ducks, Graham, Ash, and Marble, are giving us eggs daily. It'll be a while before we get any from the
little Lay-dees.
Eileen and Wednesday, chicks that Kerry took home to allow Eileen's injured leg to heal, will be back the first week of April to get re-introduced to the flock. They'll definitely be at the bottom of the pecking order, poor things! It'll be interesting to watch them all re-adjust.
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Interesting Titles in our Little Free Library
Our Free Little Library is a hit!
We've seen an interesting rotation of titles since we put it in place last month. Right now there are a few children's books, Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass, Memoirs of a Geisha, and many others.
Take a book or leave a book for others to read. Simple!
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Plant Sale is coming!
May 1&2, and May 8 & 9
12 - 4 pm
Colleen is planting and preparing for a plant sale in early May. Friday and Saturday the first two weekends of May from 12:00 - 4:00 you'll be able to purchase organically grown, heirloom vegetable starts.
Plant starts will sell from $1.50 - $5.00 each.
Large three gallon perennials will be available for $10 - $20
Mark your calendar! Come to 3911 Village Center Dr SE to buy some great organically-grown plants for your garden.
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Mother - Daughter yoga mini retreat May 9
Ladies - take time to relax, nurture and embrace your relationship with your mother or daughter and yourself.
Join Sharon Roemmel and Jennifer Trivoli for a half-day retreat
They've planned a mini-retreat for "moms & daughters of all types and ages from age 5 and up. May 9 from 1:00 - 4:00 there'll be yoga, connection, a simple craft and a light, healthy snack for a day of nurturing and deepening the connection whether your connection is biological or of the heart and soul.
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