Willamette Falls Legacy Project update
Willamette Falls Legacy Project officials yesterday reiterated their commitment to working with all Tribes with an interest in Willamette Falls to move the public riverwalk project forward.
Read MoreWillamette Falls Legacy Project officials yesterday reiterated their commitment to working with all Tribes with an interest in Willamette Falls to move the public riverwalk project forward.
Read MoreWillamette Falls Legacy Project officials met April 8 to discuss the future of the riverwalk at Willamette Falls. The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde presented an alternative riverfront concept they’ve developed for the first phase of the riverwalk. The alternate design seeks to support the Willamette Falls Legacy Project’s four core values, the riverwalk conceptual design, and meets Grand Ronde’s site cleanup and development goals.
Read MoreWe are excited about carrying out the community’s vision for a public riverwalk along Willamette Falls – a commitment that remains in place, even if the landowner changes. Construction is slated to begin in spring 2020.
Read MoreStories have to be told or they die, and when they die, we can’t remember who we are or why we’re here.
-Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees
Do you have a Willamette Falls story to tell? This winter and spring, Clackamas Community College, Rediscover the Falls and the Willamette Falls Legacy Project invite you join one of two three-day digital storytelling workshops dedicated to stories about the Falls.
Read MoreThe Willamette Falls Riverwalk master plan provides the long-term vision that will guide development and public access at the former Blue Heron paper mill site in downtown Oregon City.
Read MoreThe Willamette Falls Legacy Project was extremely honored to have members of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde and Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation join us June 3 when we unveiled the design concept for a future riverwalk. The project has diligently been reaching out to and coordinating with these tribes since 2013,
Read MoreWe sat down with Dr. Scott Burns, Professor of Geology at Portland State University, to learn more about what fascinating historic and geologic events came together to create the falls we see today.
Read MoreThe Willamette Falls Legacy Project established a Tribal Advisory Board to create an innovative, evolving and genuine relationship with local tribes, with the intention of establishing a model for successful tribal engagement.
Read MoreA profile of Janet Malloch, the first woman technician and shift supervisor, who worked at Blue Heron Paper Company from 1977 until its closing in 2011. During that time, she paved the way for women to work in mills, moving up the ranks from technician to board member.
Read MoreAs one of our four core values, historic and cultural interpretation has been at the heart of project planning from the beginning and will be incorporated into each phase of riverwalk development.
Read MoreFocusing on the project’s core value of Economic Redevelopment, we’ve reflected on the falls’ past, present and future as an economic and industry engine for Oregon City and the state.
Read MoreDue to overwhelming interest in the Pints from the Past community event featuring the Willamette Falls Legacy Project’s cultural landscape report, an encore will be held on January 8, 2017 at Lake Theater in Lake Oswego. All are welcome and admission is free!
Read MoreThe most recent Pints from the Past lecture featured our cultural landscape report, presented by Laurie Mathews, an award-winning historian. Watch the video to learn more!
Read MoreAn enthusiastic capacity crowd gathered at the Midway Historic Public House to hear from Laurie Mathews, who shared vignettes from her work to create a cultural landscape report for the Willamette Falls Legacy Project.
Read MoreFree event admission will be offered as space allows. The lecture is also being recorded and will be available on our website 1-2 weeks from the event. Due to overwhelming demand, an encore is being planned – details to come!
Read MoreOur design team is investigating ways to reuse, enhance, or re-purpose structures and elements from the old mill and PGE dam. One of them is the Pipe Tunnel, a hollow concrete tunnel structure on the edge of the site, right along the banks of the Willamette.
Read MoreThe latest of the popular series Pints from the Past will feature Laurie Mathews from MIG, who will share her work to create a cultural landscape report for the Willamette Falls Legacy Project.
Read MoreResults from an archaeological investigation of the foundation of the Oregon City Woolen Mills will be presented next month after years of obscurity beneath the complex layers of human innovation. Oregon City commissioned a two-week archaeological investigation, beginning August 10, at the historic foundation of the Oregon City Woolen Mill located on the former Blue Heron property.
Read MorePhoto: Representatives of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs join the Oregon Governor for the announcement of the Willamette Falls schematic design team. From left to right, Evaline Patt, Tribal Council Vice-Chair, Governor Kate Brown and Eugene Greene Jr., Tribal Council Chairman. Native Americans have been fishing, gathering and trading at Willamette Falls for
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