August 11, 2011
Movies in the Park!
Get ready for Elizabeth Caruthers Park to transform into a fantastic movie theater in your back yard during August and September. Pre-movie entertainment begins at 6:30 pm and movies begin at dark. View Portland Parks & Recreation’s full summer movie schedule here.
Let’s make a great impression on visitors to our neighborhood and create a clean and beautiful area to sit and play in the park during August and September by being extra conscious of properly disposing of dog waste this summer.
Thursday Movies in the
Park at Elizabeth Caruthers Park:
•Thursday, August 11, 6:30 pm: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial,
plus pre-movie entertainment Over The Edge.
•Thursday, September 8, 6:30 pm: North By Northwest plus
pre-movie entertainment Golden Harvest Duo.
Elizabeth Caruthers Park
3508 SW Moody Avenue, Portland, OR Map It
ALL
MOVIES FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
June 30, 2011
South Waterfront Community Relations has started an informal walking group. The signature weekly walk is a 60-minute, rain or shine, out-and-back walk to Willamette Park along the beautiful Willamette Greenway.
If you would like updates about walks, please join the South Waterfront Walks There Google Group at: http://groups.google.com/group/swfwalksthere. Join the group by following the above link and clicking on “Apply for Group Membership”. You will then be updated on walks, have the ability to post ideas for walks, and make plans for special walks with your neighbors.
**Please note - these are not guided walks; this is a forum for connecting people who like to walk. Have you shown up to find no one there on a Saturday morning? Post a message to the Google Group next time and try to make plans with other walkers. Saturdays don’t work for you? Post a message to the Google Group to find out if there are others interested in walking other times. Have fun, and make this group your own!
South Waterfront Walks There
Saturdays, 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Meet outside South Waterfront Community Relations Townhome
Atwater Place, Suite 115
0841 SW Gaines Street, Portland, OR Map It
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
June 20, 2011
The South Waterfront Nature & Greenspaces Committee meets every other month to discuss items of interest to South Waterfront residents. When appropriate, speakers from the City, Audubon, Zidell, OHSU, etc. are invited to update their activities.
Nature & Greenspaces Committee Meeting
Monday, June 20, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Mirabella, Park View Room
3550 SW Bond Avenue, Portland, OR Map It
FREE AND OPEN TO SOUTH WATERFRONT RESIDENTS
June 18, 2011
Join Portland Kayak Company for a spectacularly scenic tour at a discounted rate in June. First-time kayakers and experienced paddlers alike will enjoy a unique perspective of Portland on this guided tour circumnavigating Ross Island on the Willamette River. You’ll paddle past an impressive blue heron rookery and possibly see bald eagles and osprey as you glide by Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge. There is an unparalleled view of Portland’s skyline on the way back to the dock.
Ross Island Kayak Tour
Saturday, June 18, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Contact Portland Kayak Company at 503-459-4050 or paddle@portlandkayak.com to reserve your spot
$35 (USUALLY $45) RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED
June 13, 2011
Construction on the Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Bridge is set to begin July 1. In mid June, contractor Kiewit Infrastructure West will position construction barges on the Willamette River between the Marquam and Ross Island bridges. On June 15, slow/no wake and exclusion zones will take effect to ensure the safety of boaters, paddlers, swimmers, and construction workers.
These zones are:
- A bank-to-bank, slow-no-wake zone for 500 feet upstream and downstream from the bridge project, effective June 15, 2011 through December 2012.
- An exclusion zone under the work bridge trestles and under the swing radius of the cranes.
Please see the Map for more details of the latest developments.
To follow construction activities and river impacts for the Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Bridge, please visit trimet.org/pm/construction/bridge. Also view the new BridgeCams.
For more information, contact Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Community Affairs Representative is DeeAnn Sandberg, sandberd@trimet.org
June 5, 2011
Great Blue Heron Week is coming to the South Waterfront in a big way during the first week of June. Events taking place in our own neighborhood include:
- Envisioning Ross Island and the Willamette River’s South Reach – Mike Houck of Urban Greenspaces Institute and Bob Sallinger of Audubon Society of Portland will discuss the future of Ross Island and the recent creation of a Slow-No Wake Zone to protect fish and wildlife habitat and to provide a safer, quieter experience for kayakers and canoeists in the Ross Island Lagoon and on Holgate Channel.
Wednesday, June 1, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Mirabella, Willamette Hall
3550 SW Bond Avenue, Portland, OR Map It
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
- Birding The Willamette Greenway – Meet Mike Houck for an early morning bird song walk along the temporary greenway trail. Mike will point out the Great Blue Heron nesting colony on nearby Ross Island and identify birds by sight and song along the greenway.
Thursday, June 2, 7:30 am – 9:00 am
Meet at SW Curry Street and the Willamette Greenway
Portland, OR Map It
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
The week culminates with the Great Blue Heron Week Ross Island Regatta from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm on Sunday, June 5. The Regatta is an opportunity to enjoy a morning out on the Willamette River and to celebrate the newly established Slow-No Wake Zone in the Ross Island Lagoon and the upstream portion of the Holgate Channel.
For more information on Regatta launching locations/times and for a full listing of all Great Blue Heron Week Events, please visit http://audubonportland.org/about/events/gbh.
June 3, 2011
The South Waterfront Dog Club (SWDC) will be one year old this July! The past year has seen much change and growth in and around the dog park.
Recently, the SWDC obtained the osprey platform and is currently working with Portland Parks & Recreation to include the osprey platform in the greenway plan. If you are interested in donating towards the cost of the osprey home or helping with petitions contact Carol Otis at dr.otis@sportsdoctor.com. Read a recent Oregonian article about the osprey platform move here.
The dog park has been relocated next to Old House Dahlias (one block south of its previous location) in order to make room for excavated dirt related to new construction on Block 49. Williams and Dame, Walsh Construction, and Town and Country Fence mowed the grass and moved the fence and shelters. The SWDC Board would like to thank Williams and Dame Development for finding a way to keep the dog park in the neighborhood. If you have any questions or wish to join the club like the happy pups above, contact Michelle Cohen at mracohen@mac.com or Betsy Russell at russstein@comcast.net.
May 25, 2011
Portland Parks & Recreation is planning for the development of several soft surface hiking trail segments, bridges, and wayfinding signs in the Marquam Hill area. While the construction will not begin until Summer 2012, they are working with the community and consultants to identify priority trail alignments that expand hiking options within the park and preserve habitat and environmental values of this valuable ecosystem. The work will be based on the 2003 Marquam Hill Plan and a subsequent public process in 2007 that determined preliminary alignments.
You are invited to a public meeting to engage in additional discussion regarding the implementation of the trail system.
Marquam Hill Plan Discussion
Wednesday, May 25, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Hoyt Arboretum
4000 SW Fairview Boulevard, Portland, OR Map It
May 6, 2011
The South Waterfront Dog Club (SWDC) is pleased to announce that they have received a non-park use permit from Portland Parks & Recreation and accepted the donation of the South Waterfront osprey platform from Zidell Marine. SWDC has relocated the osprey nest platform, with the help of generous donors, to the South Waterfront Greenway between the off-leash dog park and the river.
They are accepting donations to help with expenses of the relocation and fencing that are required for permitting with Portland Parks. If you would like to help, please make a contribution to South Waterfront Dog Club with “osprey” in the memo and drop it off at the Meriwether concierge.
Follow this link for a video of the South Waterfront osprey pair diligently building their nest.
Visit the National Audubon Society’s osprey page for more information about this beautiful bird.
April 23, 2011
Walking enthusiasts unite! South Waterfront Community Relations has started an informal walking group. Get in shape while getting to know your neighbors. The group will meet on Saturdays at 10:00 am, starting on April 23, 2011, in front of the South Waterfront Community Relations Townhome (address below).
The first walk will be 60-minute, rain or shine, out-and-back walk to Willamette Park along the beautiful Willamette Greenway. Leashed dogs are welcome on the walks.
South Waterfront Walks There has a new online Google Group at http://groups.google.com/group/swfwalksthere. Join the group by following the above link and clicking on Apply for Group Membership. You will then be able to post ideas for walks, make plans for special walks with your neighbors, and talk about rain gear (a walking essential here in Oregon!). Please feel free to make this group your own.
South Waterfront Walks There
Saturdays, starting Saturday April 23, 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Meet outside South Waterfront Community Relations Townhome
Atwater Place, Suite 115
0841 SW Gaines Street, Portland, OR Map It
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
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