Robinwood Garden has Veggie Starts For Sale!

Please contact Lisa Clifton at Robinwoodgarden@gmail.com

2013 Tomato and Pepper Starts

Most of these are 4" pots

Tomatoes $2

Green Zebra (25): Heirloom, Indeterminate, 74 days, mid season, yellow and green

Stupice (34): Heirloom, Indeterminate, 55 days, early, 2-3”

Yellow Pear (12): Heirloom, Indeterminate, 71 days, 1 oz., mid season

Chocolate Cherry (19): Heirloom, Indeterminate, 70 days, 1”, mid season, purple/brown

Early Cherry (22): Heirloom, Determinate, 55 days, 1”., early

Sweetie Cherry (6): ?, Indeterminate, 65 days, early, 1”

Sweet Gold (8): Hybrid, Indeterminate, 65 days, early, ½”, yellow

Galina (20): Heirloom, Indeterminate, 60 days, early, 1”, yellow 

Sungold (1 and only that we want to plant): Indeterminate, 65 days, 1 ¼”, early

Indigo Rose (19): Recently developed at OSU, Indeterminate, 80 days, 2”, purple (red inside)

German Red Strawberry (27): Heirloom, Indeterminate, 85 days, 1 lb, late 

Pineapple (14): Heirloom, Indeterminate, 80 days, 1 lb, late

Persimmon (16): Heirloom, Indeterminate, 80 days, 12-24 oz, mid season, orange

Kellogg’s Breakfast (26): Heirloom, Indeterminate, 80 days, 1 lb, mid season, orange

Brandywine (20): Heirloom, Indeterminate, 80 days, 12-16 oz, mid season, pink

Cherokee Purple (18): Heirloom, Indeterminate, 80 days, 12-16 oz., late, dark (purplish)

Black Prince (21): Heirloom, Indeterminate, 70 days, 2-3 oz, mid season, dark

San Marzano 3 (22): ?,  Indeterminate, 80 days, large, mid-late season

Early Roma (17): ?, Determinate, 70 days, 2-4 oz., early

Italian Roma (30): ?, could be generic Roma

Pompeii F-1 (5): Hybrid, little info, Roma

Peppers $2

(Spicy)

Early Jalapeño

Yellow Cayenne

Bulgarian Carrot

Chapeau de Frade

Chile de Arbol

Joe’s Round

Panama (short, narrow, red, spicy)

(Sweet)

Mini-Yellow Bell

Jimmy Nardello

Robinwood Station is OPEN for your events!

West Linn's newest community center is available for your event!
Call Randall at 503-789-3763 or email Forsfeed@gmail.com

The Google Calendar on this site is the official facility calendar, 
but there may be other events pending, so please book early.
Robinwood Station accepts reservations 3 months in advance.
Calendar events marked 'HOLD' may be available pending further approval, so please ask.
  
West Linn Civic and Youth groups are free! (Except Saturday PM) 
West Linn residents' private party and event rate is only $20/hour.  
Events and groups from outside West Linn pay $40/hour.  

Non-profit and private sales events rates are to be negotiated.

Please scroll down past the other announcements on this page to open and review 
the Policies and Procedures, then print and complete the Rental Agreement.

Robinwood Station Facilities

The Station can accommodate 2 simultaneous events in the Engine Bay and the Upper Rooms.

The Engine Bay:

• Almost 40' x 40' inside with a 15' high ceiling.  Maximum capacity is 84.
• 7 folding banquet tables 30" x 84"
• Over 80 folding chairs 
• Dual 8' wide x 12' high roll-up doors.
• Modular, movable 8" high stage up to 8' x 16'
• 6 Stage Lights with color gels  
• HD projector with 12' wide x 8' high screen.  HDMI and DVI input cables (composite and S-video, bring your own)
• Stereo sound system with 1/8" mini stereo and RCA inputs.
• The concrete slab floor sports all the original patina. 

The Upper Rooms:

• The Conference Room: is a 14' x14' carpeted room with a  36" x 72" conference table and 10 rolling desk chairs.
• The Dining Room has a 5" round table with 6 comfy chairs and a leather sofa.
• The Kitchen has a 4 burner cooktop, refrigerator and dual sink.

There are at least 20 parking spaces onsite, paved and gravel, depending how you allocate spaces.

Please see the current floor plan below in Design Concept section.

What's going on outside? The Robinwood Garden!

The Robinwood Station grounds are being transformed into a community garden!  Read all about it at: http://www.robinwoodgarden.org/

Evolution - Getting Permanent Status for the Station

Our Robinwood Station facility was originally permitted as a fire station and community meeting room by the Clackamas County Planning Commission on April 9th, 1964, coming up on 50 years ago. This required a Conditional Use Permit, because the Station was built on 4 residentially zoned lots.

When Robinwood annexed to the City of West Linn, the city took control of the facility and at some point, no longer allowed the regular community meeting room function to continue, though groups did continue to meet outside on the lawn. The City of West Linn therefore contends that we must get a new Conditional Use Permit to use the facility as a community center.  This is probably not legally the case, unless the Planning department can show that the original Conditional Use was subsequently changed by the City.  Astute observers would then ask what Conditional Use Permit the City of West Linn was operating under for the last 40 years, but apparently some questions aren't allowed, regardless of reality and logic.

In 2011, the City of West Linn allowed us to re-open Robinwood Station under a one year Temporary Use Permit.  On Monday, July 9th, 2012,  the West Linn City Council approved our application for a one year renewal of the Temporary Use Permit to operate the Station as a Community Center.

Because West Linn lacks a Public Use zoning category, every school, park, fire and police station in West Linn is on residential parcels and is operated using Conditional Use approval.

We recently started the lengthy Conditional Use Permit process to allow permanent operation of our Community Center on parcels that are zoned R-10 for residential use.  

Getting Conditional Use approval is a much longer, more complex and more expensive process than Temporary Use. The City of West Linn is partnering with us and begin that process now, so we are ready when the time comes.

We are asking the Robinwood Community and the entire City of West Linn to support our efforts to make this community center a permanent vibrant part of our neighborhood and city!

Robinwood Station Application and User Agreement

Robinwood Station Policies and Procedures for Facility Use

New FORS Board!

New 2 year terms for most of the Friends of the Robinwood Station Board began at our September 10th meeting.  

Current Board members include Chairman Randall Fastabend, Vice Chair Tony Bracco, Secretary Laura Buffington, Treasurer Jack Norby.  Also on the board are Mary Hill, Kazi Ahmed, Bright Philips and Curt Sommer.

Board meetings are usually first Tuesdays of each month, but check the calendar as we are a busy group of people.

Robinwood Station Needs Volunteers and Donations!

We can use furnishings, materials and hearty volunteers of all types to continue upgrading the Station. Donations may be tax deductible.

Contact the Station Development Committee:
Kevin Bryck at 503 675-7301 or forsfeed@gmail.com

Jack Norby at 503 635-8080 or jnorb@comcast.net


Check our Current Wish List here and on the FORS board at the Station:

Energy Star Fluorescent Light Fixtures for the Commons

5.1 Sound System (Its a big space, so no theater-in-a-box)
Nice Leather Sofas and Loveseats

Laptop Computer and an old mono Flat Screen 50"+
Nice Electric Range and Dishwasher from you remodel?

Phase 2 Project List:

Roof Replacement with Seismic Upgrades and Insulation

Upstairs restroom remodel

Downstairs restroom in the Bay
New (or Used) glass front entry 

Concrete floor staining and coating for Bay

Site Drainage, Rain Garden and Parking Lot Paving

River Rock and Basalt Curbstone 

Robinwood Station Design Concepts by Thomas Boes, Architect

Future Site Plan

Current Floor Plan

Possible Concept

Presentation Boards (9M upload)