| Cape Meares GMRS Radio Training February 4, 4pm at Community Center Cape Meares has 8 neighborhoods. Each neighborhood has a Captain who has a GMRS radio. Other residents have the same radios and participate in a monthly radio check-in on the first day of every month from 5 to 5:30 pm. These radios and their operators are a vital intra-community communications link for post emergency networking. The Cape Meares Emergency Prep Group encourages all residents to purchase these radios and know how to use them. You can purchase a radio on Amazon for $65. It is BTECH GMRS-V2 5W 200 Fully Customizable Channels GMRS Two-way radio. |  The training will be led by David Audet. Everyone is invited to attend and bring their GMRS radios. | ||||||||||
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Watershed Conservancy Project 2024 Award for Excellence in Community Stewardship
The Tillamook County Visitors Association will recognize the Watershed Conservancy Project with the 2024 award for Excellence in Community Stewardship at a banquet on February 21.
Puzzle Exchange at Community Center
We have a puzzle exchange at the Community Center! And if you buy a puzzle at Goodwill you can return it for store credit within 30 days and buy another puzzle!
Watershed Conservancy Project featured on Oregon Public Broadcasting
Link to OPB Article December 2024 – Tiny Oregon community works to protect wildlife and water along Cape Meares — the ‘land that walks’
Visit our Watershed Conservancy Project page for more project history and details.
Aging with Grace
The CMCA Aging with Grace working group (formally the Aging in Place and Preparing for End of Life) has compiled helpful resource links and information on the dedicated Aging with Grace webpage.
Durable Medical Equipment Available
If you need durable medical equipment from walkers to wheelchairs they are available for free by calling Linda Hanratty at 503-812-8889. The equipment is stored behind the church at 701 Marolf Rd. The storage facility is open Wednesdays, 1-2:30. Your other alternative is to post your request on MeWe.
Aging in Place & Preparing for End of Life
Visit the dedicated Cape Meares project page to see the North Coast EOL presentation and the results from the October 2024 community discussion and rankings of potential projects.
CMCA Board Adopts Aging in Place and Preparing for End of Life Project
This project will offer the community information about these topics, create places to discuss issues and concerns and consider what kinds of things we can do to support each other as we age. This a very relevant topic for our community as the median age is 75.
Please join your neighbors on October 26, 10 – noon for a Community Meeting and a community conversation led by Margo Lalich, founder of the North Coast End of Life Collective. We will update you on the work of the CMCA Board. Then Margo will facilitate a discussion about aging and end of life issues. At the end of the session participants will be able to indicate which issues they would like to learn more about in the future. This is the first in a series of presentations for our recently adopted Aging in Place and Preparing for End of Life project.
For more details and updates visit the Aging in Place and Preparing for End of Life page
Wilderness First Aid Training Nov 5 & 6
Wilderness First Aid classes are funded locally by Tillamook Coast Visitors Association and taught by instructors from NOLS (National Outdoor Leadership School). The two-day class teaches the Patient Assessment System, how to provide effective first
Great Oregon Shake Out-Cape Meares
Cape Meares will participate in the Great Oregon Shake Out again this year. Get ready to practice your emergency skills with your family and neighbors. First, at 10:17 am on October 17th, you will practice the mantra of “drop, cover, and hold”. Then, grab your go bag and walk to your assembly site. The sites are located on 9th, 3rd,7th, and 5th streets and at the water tower. There will be someone there to collect participation data and communicate site participation using GMRS radios.
It is important to practice community emergency plans so that all participants can direct their energy toward survival rather than panic.
Don’t be scared. Be prepared.
Short Term Rental & FEMA Biological Opinion
October 17, 3 – 5 pm
Short Term Rental & FEMA Biological Opinion
* Discussion with Sarah Absher, Director of Tillamook County Community Development
Tillamook County and many other counties/cities across the state are now being required to update local floodplain development regulations resulting from a lawsuit filed in Oregon against FEMA for violation of the Endangered Species Act. Development code changes for development within FEMA mapped Areas of Special Flood Hazard will impact areas of Cape Meares located within these special flood hazard zones.