VersiGrid pervious grass driveway in Portland, Oregon

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=147 BGCOLOR="#CCFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="36ec0931egerbq.jpg"> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="823" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 2 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="https://www.versigrid.biz" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="https://www.versigrid.biz"><FONT COLOR="#FFFFFF"><B><IMG SRC="598b8790.jpg" border=0 width="184" height="121" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></FONT></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN=2 WIDTH="631"><div> <I><B>VersiGrid pervious grass driveway in Portland, Oregon</B></I></div> <div> <B> </B><B> </B></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#006666" FACE="Arial" ><B>|| </B></FONT><B>Eco-Friendly  Permeable paving projects</B><B> </B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#006666" FACE="Arial" >||  </FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="versigrid_permeable_driveway_nj.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="VersiGrid Permeable Driveway in New Jers"><FONT COLOR="#000000">VersiGrid™ Permeable gravel Driveway in New Jersey</FONT></A>   |   <A HREF="versigrid_grassed_high_load_emergency_fire_lane.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="VersiGrid Grassed, highvehicularload eme"><FONT COLOR="#000000">Building a High-Vehicular-Load Grassed Firelane using VersiGrid™</FONT></A>   |   <A HREF="versigrid_green_grass_driveway_parking_pennsylvania.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="VersiGrid Grass Driveway and Parking in "><FONT COLOR="#000000">VersiGrid™ Eco-Friendly Grass Driveway and Parking in Pennsylvania</FONT></A>   |   <A HREF="versigrid_dog_kennel_ecogrid.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dog kennel using VersiGrid ecogrid syste"><FONT COLOR="#000000">VersiGrid™ dog exercise kennel system</FONT></A>   |   <A HREF="versigrid_porous_paving_driveway.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="VersiGrid Video of Porous Paving Gravel "><FONT COLOR="#000000">VersiGrid™ Gravel Driveway Construction - Pervious Pavement</FONT></A>   |   <A HREF="versigrid_diy_hot_tub_pad_installation.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Versigrid Hot Tub Base Installation EZ "><FONT COLOR="#000000">VersiGrid™ Hot Tub Pad-Base Installation - EZ and Fast</FONT></A>   |   Portland - VersiGrid™ Pervious Grass Drive and Parking   |   <A HREF="versigrid_grassed_road_side_verge_driveway.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="VersiGrid invisible grassed roadside ver"><FONT COLOR="#000000">VersiGrid™ Grassy road-side pulloff, residential driveway in Dallas TX</FONT></A>   |   <A HREF="versigrid_pervious_grass_roadway.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="VersiGrid Grass Driveway to shop in Coco"><FONT COLOR="#000000">Pervious grass road to the work shop in Florida</FONT></A>   |   <A HREF="versigrid_driveway_washington.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="VersiGrid Driveway Wenatchee Washington"><FONT COLOR="#000000">VersiGrid™ Pervious DIY Driveway in Wenatchee, Washington</FONT></A>   |   <A HREF="versigrid_tilles_parking.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="VersiGrid Permeable Live Grass Parking P"><FONT COLOR="#000000">VersiGrid™ Missouri County Park grass parking</FONT></A>   |   <A HREF="versigrid_iowa_nrcs_trailhead.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="VersiGrid in Fairfield, Iowa NRCS gravel"><FONT COLOR="#000000">VersiGrid™ Fairfield, Iowa NRCS gravel parking</FONT></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> <div> <B> || </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="VersiGrid permeable grass paving and gra"><FONT COLOR="#006666"><B>Home</B></FONT></A><B> </B></div> <div> <B> ||</B><A HREF="versigrid_paving_contact_us_fill_out_and_submit_a_contact_request.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact VersiGrid for more information."><FONT COLOR="#006666"><B> </B></FONT></A><A HREF="versigrid_paving_contact_us_fill_out_and_submit_a_contact_request.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact VersiGrid for more information."><FONT COLOR="#006666"><B>CONTACT</B></FONT></A></div> <div> <B>|| </B><A HREF="http://www.versigrid.biz/locations_stores" TITLE="List of Dealers, Distributors, Retail Stores, and Installers of VersiGrid™."" 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