[OMS_MANAGERS] Up lighting street trees

[Historic Willamette Main Street]

Dollar tree has the battery operated lights that last all season.

Elizabeth Traub
Executive Director
Historic Willamette Main Street

historicwillamette at gmail.com
Website: HistoricWillamette.com

Mailing: 1553 11th St | West Linn, OR 97068
503-686-1109


On Sat, Oct 12, 2019, 8:12 AM Kendall Bell <kendallbell945 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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:
>
> 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.
>
> Thanks
> Shannen
> President
> Historic Willamette Main Street
> www.historicwillamette.com
> 503-349-0015
>
> *From:* OMS_MANAGERS <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>
> *Subject:* Re: [OMS_MANAGERS] Up lighting street trees
>
> 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> 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
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 6:33 AM Downtown Bend, OR <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.
>
> I hope this is helpful.
> Mindy Aisling
> Executive Director
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>
>
>
> *We are a nonprofit committed to increasing *
>
> *the vitality of Downtown Bend.*
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 6:44 PM LDA Main Street <
> 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> 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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