I hope you’ll be able to come out to Rainbow Highway Plaza on Wednesday for Bike Glad Hour. Throughout open mic at 5:30 we’ll speak about parks and have particular friends from the Intertwine Alliance and the Portland Parks Basis. Why? As a result of parks and paths are the spine of Portland’s biking group — and there simply occurs to be a renewal of the Metropolis of Portland Parks Levy on the poll subsequent month.
The Intertwine is a nonprofit coalition with over 100 associate organizations (together with BikeLoud PDX, DePave, Mates of Gateway Inexperienced, NW Path Alliance, Salmonberry Path Basis, and lots of extra!) from Oregon and Washington who’re dedicated to constructing a world-class system of parks and trails. They reached out to me a couple of months in the past to see if they may host one in all their “Intertwine Join” quarterly get togethers at Bike Glad Hour and it appeared like a pure match.
I recall again in 2009 when the Intertwine launched with nice fanfare and was spearheaded by former Metro President David Bragdon. Coming off a really inspiring Policymakers Journey the place we realized about new parks and trails in east Multnomah County, I’m keen to listen to the most recent on the Intertwine’s efforts and be taught extra from Portland Parks about how bicycling figures into their imaginative and prescient.
I feel parks must be extra attentive to group wants and we have to suppose exterior the field by contemplating constructing linear parks, constructing extra carfree trails and paths that join parks to at least one one other, and that each park should include ample, year-round public restrooms! Parks matter extra now than ever as locations the place we will collect with our communities, expertise nature within the metropolis, stretch out and be lively — all with no worth of admission.
What do you suppose?
When you care about parks and wish to hear extra about thrilling new path and path tasks, don’t miss Bike Glad Hour this week. And should you’d love to do some homework, be taught extra about Measure 26-260 at PortlandersForParks.org.
As per typical, I’ll present up at 3:00 for extra chill conversations (or heated ones, if the subject warrants it); then I’ll order some appetizers (most likely principally french fries) at 4:00, then we’ll hop on the mics at 5:30 for bulletins and the chat about parks.
I can’t wait to see you there and listen to what’s in your thoughts.
