 FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Dylan Rivera
503-577-7534
dylan.rivera@portlandoregon.gov
Portland Bureau of
Transportation
Twitter @PBOTinfo
Northeast Portland Sunday Parkways will be BEE-utiful this Weekend
PBOT, BES and City Repair activities at Sunday Parkways to highlight a Pollinator-friendly Portland
Portland, OR, July 21, 2016 — This summer’s third City of Portland
Sunday Parkways presented by Kaiser Permanente is coming to Northeast Portland
this Sunday, July 24. Walkers, cyclists and rollers of all kinds will have
the opportunity to enjoy a 7.6 mile loop of traffic-free streets from 11 a.m to
4 p.m. This weekend’s route will connect Northeast Portland neighborhoods from Woodlawn Park to Khunamokwst
Park. The route will also showcase neighborhood greenways like Going
Street. Neighborhood greenways are residential streets with low speeds that are
marked with bicycle symbols on the pavement.
As an added bonus, this weekend’s event
will give Portlanders an opportunity to explore the benefits of a healthy and
bee-friendly city when the Pollinator Project debuts. A partnership between the
City Repair Project and Sunday Parkways, the multi-year Pollinator Project will
focus on increasing pollinator habitat in Portland through community
engagement, educational awareness, and a series of neighborhood projects.
Sunday Parkways participants will be able to take part in a variety of
activities highlighting the important role that pollinators play in Portland’s
environment. The Pollinator Project is partially funded through the Community
Watershed Stewardship Program (CWSP) grant facilitated by the Bureau of
Environmental Services.
The event’s detailed Sunday Parkways route map shows the
route as well as bus and light rail options to help area residents get to
Sunday Parkways via bike and transit. A schedule
and listing of event highlights are available on the
Sunday Parkways Northeast Portland brochure.
Sunday Parkways is a series of five
free community events opening the city's largest public space – its streets –
for people to walk, bike, roll and discover active
transportation. The event series, held in a different neighborhood
once a month from May to September, is hugely popular; total attendance topped
119,000 last year.
For maps and more information,
visit www.PortlandSundayParkways.org or
call 503-823-7599.
Follow us on Facebook at PortlandSundayParkways
and on Twitter @SundayParkways.
Northeast Portland Sunday Parkways provided by the generous support from the following sponsors:
About PBOT: The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) is the
steward of the City’s transportation system, and a community partner in shaping
a livable city. We plan, build, manage and maintain an effective and safe
transportation system that provides access and mobility.www.portlandoregon.gov/transportation
About City Repair: City Repair facilitates artistic and
ecologically-oriented placemaking through projects that honor the
interconnection of human communities and the natural world. The many projects
of City Repair have been accomplished by a mostly volunteer staff and thousands
of volunteer citizen activists. We provide support, resources, and
opportunities to help diverse communities reclaim the culture, power, and joy
that we all deserve.
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