[OMS_MANAGERS] Up lighting street trees

[Downtown Bend, OR]

Hi Taylor,

I've cc'ed my Operations Manager and he can fill you in a bit more or
provide some photos on how we get power to the trees for our twinkle lights.

Thanks!
Mindy Aisling
Executive Director
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*Downtown Bend Business Association*
Talk or Text - 541-788-3628    www.downtownbend.org
916 NW Wall Street in Downtown Bend Oregon

*We are a nonprofit committed to increasing the vitality of Downtown Bend.*





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
>> --------------------
>>
>> *Downtown Bend Business Association*
>> Talk or Text - 541-788-3628    www.downtownbend.org
>> 916 NW Wall Street in Downtown Bend Oregon
>>
>> *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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