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• npGreenway Headlines Oregonian's In Portland Section

  npGreenway fans woke up this morning to a front page/center fold article in the Oregonian's In Portland section about our dream trail.
  
  [www.oregonlive.com]
  
  The full page story gives a good presentation of npGreenway's vision and some of the advances that advocacy has made in the past few [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 11:27am EST
  

• Celebrate the newly installed Big Pipe Portal trail sculpture on Swan Island

  ----------------------- from the esplanade to the columbia [http://www.npgreenway.org] [voice mail: 503.823.4524 x6] npGREENWAY envisions a trail system providing access to and along the Willamette River enveloping the north riverfront from the Steel Bridge in downtown Portland through Cathedral Park near the St. John’s Bridge. [...]
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  Posted: September 21, 2009, 8:38pm EDT
  

• Check out my photos on Facebook

  facebook Lisa Jenkins Mizee has:
  435 friends
  182 photos
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  20 groupsCheck out my photos on Facebook
  Hi,
  
  I set up a Facebook profile where I can post my pictures, videos and events and I want to add you as [...]
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  Posted: September 16, 2009, 4:48pm EDT
  

• caution: families on the road!

  
  caution: families on the road!
  Originally uploaded by xtracycleincLove this picture that I saw on xtracycleinc's flickr feed today. We need some of those bike share lane markings around here!
  ----------------------- from the esplanade to the columbia [http://www.npgreenway.org] [voice mail: 503.823.4524 x6] npGREENWAY envisions a' [...]
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  Posted: June 30, 2009, 3:33pm EDT
  

• no 35 || eNEWSLETTER : IT'S AN EXCITING WEEKEND!

  
  npGREENWAY NewsletterNorth Portland Greenway Trail Advocacy
  2009 June 19   Issue no 035
  npGREENWAY Pedalpalooza Bike Ride 
  

  Saturday, June 20th 5PM, North end of Eastbank Esplanade at the lower level of the Steel Bridge

  We are excited to be leading this ride again this year.  If [...]

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  Posted: June 19, 2009, 8:29am EDT
  

• Cycling Through History

  
  The following is a guest post by North Portlander, Dan Haneckow. Dan writes a blog about Portland history called Cafe Unknown. He lives in the Overlook Neighborhood and is a supporter of npGREENWAY.
  
  Barbara Bartlett Hartwell liked to look back. From 1959 [...]
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  Posted: May 22, 2009, 9:12am EDT
  

• Portland Bike Rush Hour featured on New York City's Streetfilms

  Bike Traffic continues to grow exponentially in Portland. Recently, Clarence Eckerson, Jr. from New York City's Streetfilms.org in was in town. Eckerson worked with Portland's Dan Kaufman of Cranked My Chain CycleTV to produce this great video about cycling rush hour on the Hawthorne Bridge. They showed one brief clip [...]
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  Posted: April 30, 2009, 9:55am EDT
  

• Oregonian publishes article about new sculpture gateway on existing North Portland Greenway Trail

  18-foot sculpture hails Big Pipe project by Michael Bales, special to The Oregonian Thursday April 23, 2009, 7:00 AM MICHAEL BALES/SPECIAL TO THE OREGONIANThe sculpture at an entrance to the North Portland Greenway Trail is known as the "Big Pipe Portal." A new public sculpture on Swan [...]
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  Posted: April 23, 2009, 10:05am EDT
  

• Come make your VOICE heard on how Interstate Corridor Urban Renewal Funds should or should not be used in the Rose Quarter Redevelopment

  
  Mayor Adams takes comments on Rose Quarter "Redevelopment"
  Originally uploaded by npGREENWAYFrom our friends in Overlook neighborhood:
  
  Interstate Corridor Urban Renewal Advisory Committee will meet on Monday, April 20, from 6:00-8:30 at Kaiser Town Hall. Mayor Sam Adams is [...]
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  Posted: April 18, 2009, 9:41am EDT
  

• Rose Quarter Redevelopment Plans Must Include Pedestrian & Bike Access through Greenway

  
  npGREENWAY'sFrancie Royce looks on
  Originally uploaded by npGREENWAY

  Tonight, the Mayor held a "town hall style" meeting regarding the plans to redevelop the Rose Quarter. The Portland Tribune published a synopsis of the evening here: [bit.ly]
  
  npGREENWAY was there and' [...]

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  Posted: April 15, 2009, 11:37pm EDT
  

• Build Less Bridge CRC Opposition and Alternatives Rally Map

  
  Build Less Bridge CRC Opposition and Alternatives Rally Map
  Originally uploaded by npGREENWAYOnline map helps you find a (bike) ride to Sunday’s Build Less Bridge Rally
  
  Planning to attend Sunday’s Build Less Bridge CRC Opposition and Alternatives Rally?
  
  A [...]
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  Posted: April 03, 2009, 3:05pm EDT
  

• 4/18/2009 Cathedral Park 2nd Annual "Earth Day at the Beach" Project

  Time: 9:00 AM-1:00 PM
  
  Site Address: N Baltimore Ave and N Bradford St
  
  Directions: From I-5 North, take exit 305B to merge onto N Lombard St. Continue to follow N Lombard St west for ~2.5 miles. Turn left at N Baltimore Ave and go toward the river. Park [...]
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  Posted: April 01, 2009, 7:08am EDT
  

• Crane Swings Big Pipe Portal Into Place on Swan Island Greenway Trail

  
  
  
  
  
  A large crane carefully swung the woven metal arch over the trail. It was an early Saturday morning on Swan Island, and mist still hung in the hills across the Willamette River. City of Portland crews and the metal artist, Ean [...]
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  Posted: March 26, 2009, 3:26pm EDT
  

• npGREENWAY on Travel Oregon Blog

  
  npGREENWAY on Travel Oregon Blog
  Originally uploaded by npGREENWAYnpGREENWAY Board Member, Francie Royce, wrote an article that was published on the Travel Oregon blog today.
  
  Walking the Greenway Trail on Swan Island
  By Francie Royce
  
  Swan Island, an [...]
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  Posted: March 19, 2009, 9:32am EDT
  

• Metro Needs assistance with Trail Counting

  Metro needs some help calibrating an infrared trail counter.

  Robert Spurlock, Metro's Associate Regional Trails Planner, asked if we could round up some folks to assist with the process. He needs to calibrate the infrared trail counters by comparing the tool's data to a hand count. He needs four different [...]

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  Posted: March 12, 2009, 9:54am EDT
  

• Portlanders are lobbying for Bikes in D.C.

  
  National Bike Summit - Day two-40
  Originally uploaded by BikePortland.org
  In case you didn't know it, we thought we'd let you know that there is a delegation of Oregonians in D.C. right now lobbying for us at the National Bike Summit. [...]
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  Posted: March 12, 2009, 7:51am EDT
  

• no 33 || Great News!! $444,800 approved for North Willamette Greenway Plan

  npGREENWAY Newsletter

  North Portland Greenway Trail Advocacy
  2009 March 05 Issue no 033
  

  We've been sending a lot of messages to the npGREENWAY community asking for your support. We have already expressed our gratitude for your response supporting the greenway in large numbers. This morning,' [...]

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  Posted: March 05, 2009, 10:54am EST
  

• no 032 || Waud Bluff Trail needs to be part of Fed Stimulus Funding

  npGREENWAY Newsletter

  North Portland Greenway Trail Advocacy
  2009 March 02 Issue no 032
  

  Support NEEDED from Mayor, Parks and Metro for Waud Bluff Trail in Stimulus Funding!
  deadline for input tomorrow March 3rd
  NOTE: the deadline for submitting public comments may be extended if substantial [...]

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  Posted: March 02, 2009, 1:59pm EST
  

• Local Architect and Blue Ribbon Trail Committee Member has vision of Portland full of bike paths and trails amongst other things

  Over at the Burnside Blog, they published part 3 of a series entitled
  "IF I WERE KING OF THE (URBAN) FOREST Here are some excerpts that we wanted to share with you:
  
  Architect Rick Potestio is one of the design community’s most engaging" [...]
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  Posted: February 26, 2009, 8:25am EST
  

• Join the effort to encourage more bike and pedestrian projects

  
  

  The letter below came from the 1000 friends of Oregon Website. They are spearheading a campaign to get the federal economic recovery act to spend more money on bike and pedestrian projects.Here at npGREENWAY, we are working dilligently to receive additional funding to [...]
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  Posted: February 24, 2009, 7:59am EST
  

• Connecting Green Meeting Tonight

  
  

  This video was created by Metro staff for the launch of the Connecting Green Blue Ribbon Committee for Trails last spring. Tonight, the Connecting Green Alliance will again come together for a "chance to find out what's been going on for the past year, sign up to become actively'" [...]

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  Posted: February 19, 2009, 2:01pm EST
  

• Baltimore Woods and Old Growth Oak Trees Walk

  
  Several curious people showed on a cold, shivering Saturday morning in February to go on a walk lead by Friends of Baltimore Woods with npGreenway members. Barbara Quinn and Jim Barnas of FBW led walkers on the future North Portland Willamette Greenway Trail along the [...]
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  Posted: February 18, 2009, 10:43am EST
  

• Help us finish strong!

  
  

  npGREENWAY Newsletter

  North Portland Greenway Trail Advocacy
  2009 February 10 Issue no 031
  

  Help us finish strong!
  deadline for input February 12th
  

  The Regional Flexible Funding process is coming to a close.
  Please take a moment and let Metro Councilors know that [...]
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  Posted: February 10, 2009, 5:08pm EST
  

• From the Streetfilms blog: Earl Blumenauer talks transit, stimulus, bikes and Obama

  Contrary to what some politicians would have us believe right now, bicycling and transportation is a non-partisan issue. Or, as Earl Blumenauer calls it in the video below, "a BIKEpartison" issue. We need to continue the momentum to improve our non-motorized transportation infrastructure in this country for myriad reasons. The [...]
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  Posted: February 10, 2009, 10:12am EST
  

• Rail and Trails existing together...another local example

  Rail and Trails existing together. Yes, despite what the railroads here in North Portland are testifying, it is possible--and safe!
  
  Here is a great video shot by Michael Irving of his exerience on the Westside Express Service this week. Checkout the great views of all the water and trails. [...]
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  Posted: February 07, 2009, 8:52am EST
  

• Here today.... gone tomorrow?

  
  Big Kid Fun
  Originally uploaded by npGREENWAYI am attempting to document Triangle Park as best I can before it is all transformed into a University River Campus. The graffiti and tired, worn out buildings have a strange sort of beauty to [...]
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  Posted: January 29, 2009, 3:54pm EST
  

• inauguration from space | people? or ants?

  
  inauguration from space | people? or ants?
  Originally uploaded by npGREENWAYOne of our npGREENWAY members was at President Obama's Inauguration yesterday. I tried to pick her out in this photo, but I think I'm still going to need a little higher [...]
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  Posted: January 21, 2009, 4:07pm EST
  

• This Bridge Needs to be BUILT!!!

  
  Concept of Waud Bluff Bridge Section from The Swan Island Trails Action Plan
  Originally uploaded by npGREENWAYThere is much talk about "Economic Stimulus Packages" these days and Bike/Bridge projects being fast tracked.
  (See: this BikePortland Article )
  
  However, the [...]
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  Posted: January 15, 2009, 7:29am EST
  

• Where did Matt ride in 2008?

  
  Portland Biking
  Originally uploaded by Matt.PicioBike enthusiast and Portlander, Matt Picio recently posted a map that traces all of his biking around Portland in 2008. It is quite the amazing map and really shows how a bike can be used for [...]
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  Posted: January 04, 2009, 1:18pm EST
  

• A little Christmas Cargo Bike Humor...

  
  
  tip 'o the hat to Clever Cycles and Yehuda Moon.----------------------- from the esplanade to the columbia [http://www.npgreenway.org] [voice mail: 503.823.4524 x6] npGREENWAY envisions a trail system providing access to and along the Willamette River enveloping the north riverfront from the Steel Bridge in downtown Portland through' [...]
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  Posted: December 28, 2008, 6:58am EST
  

• Update on RFF Comments

  Michelle has posted a great story over at the Bicycle Transportation Alliance blog about your overwhelming support in Metro's recent Regional Flexible Funding process. THANK YOU! We have great hope that the decision will come in favor of the Willamette River Greenway Feasibility Study.
  [...]
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  Posted: December 12, 2008, 1:12pm EST
  

• Testify at Planning Commission tonight

  Testify at Planning Commission tonight
  The River Plan is headed to the Planning Commission tonight. This is an opportunity for you to come and show your support for a multi-use path connecting St Johns with downtown.
  
  BikePortland.org posted a great article this afternoon summarizing whats going on. [...]
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  Posted: December 09, 2008, 5:22pm EST
  

• Shoreline at Bluff around the University of Portland

  
  Shoreline at Bluff around the University of Portland
  Originally uploaded by npGREENWAYThis image does a good job of showing "the lay of the land" where the trail would need to go around the foot of the bluff at the University of [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2008, 5:55pm EST
  

• CRITICAL support for npGREENWAY needed http://tinyurl.com/support-npGREENWAY

  
  CRITICAL support for npGREENWAY needed http://tinyurl.com/support-npGREENWAY
  Originally uploaded by npGREENWAYWE NEED YOUR HELP!
  
  There is a critical opportunity right now in the lifetime of this project. It is very important that everyone support Portland Parks Bureau's request to fund an [...]
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  Posted: October 14, 2008, 7:26pm EDT
  

• River Plan News - October 10, 2008

  R I V E R P L A N N E W S
  Planning for the land along the Willamette River
  City of Portland | Bureau of Planning
  
  IN THIS ISSUE
  1. River Plan / North Reach Open House and Plan Release
  2. River Plan / North Reach Schedule
  [...]
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  Posted: October 10, 2008, 10:24am EDT