When: No May meeting scheduled
Where:
Chair: Jeanne Galick
One of the greatest assets of the CTLH neighborhood is its location next to the Willamette River. Nearly 4 miles of river bank and Greenway lie within our boundaries. and we are one of the only neighborhoods in Portland to have access to the river.
The Greenway and Parks committee works actively through political
advocacy, public outreach and physical labor to fulfill the following goals:
1) keep the Willamette
Greenway and River open and accessible to the public
2) complete the Willamette
Greenway
3) ensure the Greenway
is wide enough to accommodate today's-and future-generations of users
4) restore and enhance
healthy wildlife habitat along the river through additional native species
plantings,clean-ups, and other programs
5) advocate for additional
parks and open space in our neighborhood and along the river
6) monitor parks and
open space
7) work with other organizations
to further environment work on the river and our parks
Committee members have been responsible for securing and building the Willamette Butterfly Park (south of Miles Place along the Greenway) and the Corbett Oak Heritage Tree Park (on SW Corbett & Lane). We continue to work hard toward getting a 100-200 fott greenway setback in North Macadam.
Members include: Jeanne E Galick, Phil Hamilton, Jerry Ward, John Perry, Jan Kelly, Kevin Myles, Jeff Lang, Ken Love and is open for anyone who would like to be a part of this effort.
We meet sporadically-usually every third month unless we are activly involved in hearings (like North Macadam). Currently we meet at the Willamette Athletic Club at 5:30. Dates are published in the SWNI newsletter. I am open to changing the dates/times/place if it would be more convenient for people.