Momentum in Portland!
It looks like this Bike Park thing isn't a fad. Here's a recast of a story of the momentum building behind Portland's new bike park on BikePortland.
Kicking the dirt at Gateway Green
Posted by Jonathan Maus (Editor) on February 10th, 2009 at 8:18 am
A show of momentum in and of itself, the invite-only group that showed up to the Gateway Green “Kick the Dirt” event included a wide range of stakeholders — from agencies like ODOT and PBOT to citizen activists and trail planning experts.
(Photos © J. Maus)
An effort to re-claim 35 acres of vacant land in East Portland and turn it into a bike recreation hub is building some serious momentum.
Standing at the southern end of the site.
This is the highest point on the site.
On Saturday, a select group of trail experts, bureaucrats, citizen advocates, neighborhood representatives, and agency stakeholders kicked off a focused planning effort for how bicycles might fit into the Gateway Green vision.
The “Kick the Dirt” event was funded by a grant from REI and was organized by trail advocate Tom Archer, parks advocate Linda Robinson, and the visionary developer behind the Gateway Green project, Ted Gilbert. The group spent the better half of a sunny Saturday getting to know the site firsthand and brainstorming ideas that will be organized into a forthcoming “concept plan”.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at 11:35AM
Reader Comments (1)
GK;
Man I admire your site, and I'm glad there is someone out there who is relaying "useful" information instead of the randomless banter I can produce. Keep up the sweet work...I'm not sure how you pull it off with a fam and your dedication to the bike. It's awesome however