CART’M Recycling, a non-profit community organization, runs the area’s free recycling drop-off center as well as a resale store specializing in used building materials, household items, books, toys, tools, hardware, art/craft supplies, electronics, furniture and all manner of eclectic and excentric items. These items are brought into the center by community members or rescued from dump loads. We also run Manzanita Transfer Station - aka “The Dump” - as a franchise from Tillamook County.

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Seniors, have a cup of coffee and a cookie on us! Each Friday afternoon from 1:00-3:00 pm CART’M caters to the senior citizens in our community. 

Since last year's roll-out of our ambitious Master Plan, the board of directors have been busy searching for ways to fund it. Spirit Mountain Community Fund responded with a matching grant incentive: show community support by raising 90% of the total funds needed, and SMCF would contribute the last $25,000. The fundraising campaign kicked off at a Pine Grove Community potluck in November, when Manzanita resident, Owen Nicholson won that evening’s raffle and donated his winnings for the very first $29 toward our goal. On Feb. 19TH in front of about 75 people at the Pine Grove monthly potluck, Shelly Hanson, Executive Director of Spirit Mountain Community Fund, presented members of the Board of CART’M Recycling with the check for $25,000.

Jessi Just, CART’M Outreach and Education coordinator, and Pine Grove board member, thanked our very generous community for its overwhelming support of CART’M. Mark Beach, Chairman of the Board at CART’M then presented Owen Nicholson with a token gift and echoed our thanks for all the community.

The funds raised will be used to implement phase I of our master plan, including construction of a new building, development of a new yard debris collection area, construction of a portion of the new ring road. The SMCF check will be earmarked for purchase of needed material handling equipment. All phase I construction projects are scheduled to be complete by Trash Bash, May 16, 2008 and new systems will be unveiled in September.

New (used) Pole Building:  Permit has been applied for and we hope to get this 40' x 60' item into place ASAP.  Without volunteer help it could cost over $30,000 precious dollars that we don't have so now's a chance for people to test out our online donation feature.  All safe and secure and ready for those generous supporters!

At this point I'm hoping for a December or January ground breaking.  The foundation will probably take longer to  build than reconstructing the used building.  The bulk of the cost is also in the foundation as it had to be specially engineered given that the earth underneath is an old garbage fill site.

Z-wall Reconstruction:  These are the walls where people toss there garbage from into the dumpsters. The County is the lead on this and the schedule is to receive bids for the project in November and then begin construction in February or March.

Grading & Drainage Plan:  One item not mentioned in the CART'M Master Plan is a Grading & Drainage Plan that the County decided needed to be accomplished as a component of the overall Master Plan.  The County is the lead on this also and those plans have been recently completed.  Construction is tied to the development of the new ring road.  The schedule for that road is entirely dependent upon material "showing up" from local paving, sidewalk, and foundation demolition projects.

Traffic Reorganization:  Over these winter months we plan to implement a reorganized donation drop off plan which will have donation traffic driving behind (south side) the existing building and unloading in the  area beside the addition (east end).  The goal of this plan is to relieve congestion in the recycling and trash lanes.  We regard this as an Phase 1 of the Master Plan implementation until we have a loop road and new "Reuse Store" building in place in which to house reuse sales exclusively.  We received a challenge grant of $25,000 from Spirit Mt. Community Fund to help us raise the needed $75,000 for this project.  Our Board Chair, Mark Beach has been the lead on rallying and fundraising the local $50,000 for this project.  So far we are about 1/3 of the way on that!  YAY! and thank you!

Yard Debris: The yard debris area should be completely reorganized over the winter and will hopefully be managed by a subcontractor, Trails End Recovery, of Warrenton.  By "reorganized" I mean graded, graveled, and separated into several bays in which customers will load the different types of debris such as firewood, construction demolition wood debris, shrub clippings, compostable matter, etc.


This Master Plan was approved by the City of Manzanita in February 2007.
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