active transportation

The Friends of Gateway Green presents Community Cross - a family friendly cyclocross exhibition race for all ages and abilities! Please join us in celebrating and support Portland's first recreational bike park in the making!

On-site registration will begin at 9 AM. $20 race entry donation supports the Build Gateway Green capital campaign. Exhibition racers are eligible for raffle prizes regardless of race finishing placement. Non-racers may also purchase raffle tickets for $20. 

The day's schedule:
9:00 AM - Registration begins
10:00 AM - Welcome Announcement
10:10 AM - Kiddie Cross opens (remains open throughout the day)
10:10 AM - Men's C (45 min)
11:05 AM - Men's B (45 min)
12:00 PM - Women's B & C and Juniors (45 min)
12:55 PM - Women's A (60 min)
2:05 PM - Men's A (60 min)
3:15 PM - Single Speed (45 min)

Please consider riding your bike or taking transit to the event. Parking is available at The Oregon Clinic (1111 NE 99th Ave). Community Cross will be set up approximately .25 miles north of the Gateway/NE 99th Ave TC MAX station.

Come join art, garden, mill, and locks enthusiasts for a great day of family-friendly fun at West Linn's beautifully restored historic McLean house and garden.

Join the Bicycle Tourism Initiative Saturday, September 20th for a scenic and informative 50-mile ride with many stops along the Historic Columbia River Highway.  Learn some great stories about the highway presented by ODOT's Kristen Stallman and some equally interesting factoids about salmonids delivered by knowledgeable staff from State Parks, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Metro.  Meet at Corbett High School for the ride start.  The route follows the Historic Columbia River Highway east to Bonneville and the Cascade Hatchery at Eagle Creek.  The tour returns to Corbett along the Historic Highway and continues to Troutdale for a last glimpse of salmon and a discussion about the historic highway's role in Oregon's tourism economy.

For more information, click here.  Register here.

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Please join us on June 19th for "Connecting Clark County" -- an Intertwine Alliance event that brings together Southwest Washington leaders and practitioners active in outdoor recreation, community development, and environmental work.

With this first regional Summit, we aim to:

• create a more unified vision and strategy for advancing successful environmental and parks initiatives;
• more fully engage the public and area elected officials; and
• build a stronger network of providers in the region.

In addition, we hope to more closely connect Clark County practitioners with the work occurring throughout the four-county Intertwine. 

The Intertwine Alliance is a bi-state coalition of 117 organizations, agencies and for-profit entities working to advance environmental conservation and public engagement issues.

We look forward to supporting this important effort to move a regional agenda north of the river forward. For more information, contact David Cohen, Program Manager.
 

Ever wanted to learn how to canoe, but you don't know where to start? Don't have the gear for it? Then Let's Go Paddling is for you! Participants will learn the basics of canoeing in a friendly environment, and then get to explore a calm portion of the historic Willamette River. All canoe gear is provided. Participants should bring personal items such as sunscreen, shoes, water, etc. Participants must be 8 years of age or older. Pre-registration is required. See you on the water!