[OMS_MANAGERS] Up lighting street trees

[Kendall Bell]

We experimented with solar a few years back in Klamath Falls and had the same experience.  They just don’t get bright enough and didn't last even a few hours.    Also, as the tree canopy changes, the necessary exposure became unreliable.
> On Oct 11, 2019, at 10:17 AM, president at historicwillamette.com wrote:
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> We did solar for a few years because we have no power to our tree wells.  They don’t get very bright at all unfortunately. You also have to try to get the solar panel in the right spot. The buildings and the trees themselves cause shade so finding a place where they get enough light was tough too.
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> Thanks
> Shannen
> President
> Historic Willamette Main Street
> www.historicwillamette.com <http://www.historicwillamette.com/>
> 503-349-0015
>  
> From: OMS_MANAGERS <oms_managers-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us <mailto:oms_managers-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>> On Behalf Of Baker City Downtown
> Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2019 7:50 PM
> To: Oregon Main Street program managers <oms_managers at listsmart.osl.state.or.us <mailto:oms_managers at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>>
> Subject: Re: [OMS_MANAGERS] Up lighting street trees
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> You might look into solar powered LED lights but securing them is hard. The plus side is no wires 
>  
> On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 9:31 AM Director LGMSD <director at lagrandemainstreet.org <mailto:director at lagrandemainstreet.org>> wrote:
>> Hi Mindy,
>>  
>> Do you have any photos of your lighting cord situation? We're considering lighting our trees for the holiday season, but are having trouble figuring out how to safely get power to them.
>>  
>> Thanks,
>> Taylor Scroggins, Executive Director
>> La Grande Main Street Downtown
>> 102 Depot St
>> Office 541-963-1223
>> Cell 541-975-4591
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>> On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 6:33 AM Downtown Bend, OR <downtownbend at gmail.com <mailto:downtownbend at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> Hey All,
>>>  
>>> Our City found that running power from the tree wells didn't work well.  When we used them for lighting up trees, the cords were often cut/vandalized, and folks figured out that they could plug in their cell phones, electric blankets, etc. into the plugs under the grates in the tree wells.  It actually created more of a problem, so we redid things so that we could pull power from the tops of buildings and light posts for lighting up trees in Downtown.
>>>  
>>> Our twinkle lights stay up year-round and then we agument them with additional lights during the holidays. Everyone loves our twinkle lights and we get comments on them all of the time.  We have custom male and female ends that are attached to SPT2 Outdoor/UV rated wire (500 ft. spools). We run the wires to specific spots on the trees where we attach C7 sockets onto the wire. We use C7 warm white acrylic random twinkle bulbs (last forever for the most part and easy to replace).    Everything has been purchased between Christmas Central and 100bulbs.com <http://100bulbs.com/>.
>>>  
>>> I hope this is helpful.
>>> Mindy Aisling
>>> Executive Director
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>>> Downtown Bend Business Association
>>> Talk or Text - 541-788-3628    www.downtownbend.org <http://www.downtownbend.org/>
>>> 916 NW Wall Street <https://www.google.com/maps/search/916+NW+Wall+Street?entry=gmail&source=g> in Downtown Bend Oregon
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>>> We are a nonprofit committed to increasing 
>>> the vitality of Downtown Bend.
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>>> On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 6:44 PM LDA Main Street <ldamainstreetmanager at gmail.com <mailto:ldamainstreetmanager at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>> Hello Steve,
>>>>  
>>>> The City of Lebanon is currently working on a tree replacement project, which will include electrical installation in the tree wells for lighting. We are still in the process of digging out the roots. The City has done their homework. What would you like to know? 
>>>>  
>>>> Cassie
>>>> 
>>>> On Wed, Oct 9, 2019, 4:41 PM <steve at cateringbydeangelos.com <mailto:steve at cateringbydeangelos.com>> wrote:
>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>  
>>>>> Downtown Tigard has secured funding to up light street trees on Main Street- The concept is to get away from Twinkle lights that require installation and de installation annually and in some community invites vandalism. 
>>>>>  
>>>>> Our thought is an LED programmable light (2 per tree) that we can change colors throughout seasons or use generic white- we have plugs at each tree.
>>>>>  
>>>>> Have other communities ventured this direction?
>>>>>  
>>>>> Thought, comments, product sourcing, successes are appreciated as we begin this exploration.
>>>>>  
>>>>> Steve DeAngelo
>>>>> Catering Consultant
>>>>> PO Box 230382
>>>>> Portland, Oregon 97281
>>>>> 503-620-9020 Office
>>>>> 503-793-9020 cell
>>>>>  
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> P.O. Box 650
> Baker City, OR  97814

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