Walk the Heights June 6th
What do YOU think will make the Heights safer and more enjoyable for walking and biking? Let’s take a walk.
Join urban planning expert Dan Burden and community members on a walking tour to discover what’s great and what’s challenging about walking, biking and driving in the Heights. Share your ideas about how to make the Heights a better place to shop, live and work.
Wednesday June 6th, 5:00 – 8:30 pm
Hood River Armory, 1590 12th Street, Hood River
(access is from Belmont, driveway is just west of Monagon’s Pancake House)
Dan will lead us on a walking audit of the Heights and teach us about best practices for a built environment that enhances community. Then we’ll break into groups over dinner to identify opportunities to transform our local streets so they support businesses and people by foot, bike, transit or vehicle.
What’s a walk audit? Check out this little 2-minute video to meet Dan and find out.
Dan Burden: Dan is America’s most recognized authority on walkability, bicycle and pedestrian programs, street corridor and intersection design, traffic flow & calming, road diets, and other city planning elements. He is Director of Inspiration and Innovation for Bluezones and leads the company in reinventing streets, neighborhoods and towns with walkability and bikeability solutions. The White House recognized him as one of the top ten Champions of Change in Transportation, TIME magazine called him “one of the six most important civic innovators in the world,” and his planning peers selected him as one of the 100 most significant urban thinkers of all time.
Why The Heights? The Heights is a diamond in the rough. In 2011, City of Hood River created the Heights Urban Renewal District to create a source of funding for projects to improve the streetscapes, livability, economy and beauty of the Heights. If you live there, work there, own a business there or shop there, you’ve probably had some close calls crossing 12th or 13th. Besides being city streets 12th and 13th also double as State Highway 281 which leads to some real challenges. Dan Burden’s Heights Walkshop will provide input to the City of Hood River and Oregon Department of Transportation on ways to make the Heights a safer, more pleasant place for everyone.
Food provided. Children of all ages welcome. Información en inglés y español.
To register or get more information about the Walkshop, contact Heather Staten, heather@hrvrc or 541-490-5225. Hope to see you there!
The Heights Walkshop is being put on by the Hood River Valley Residents Committee and the City of Hood River and is made possible by a grant from The Oregon Community Foundation. The mission of The Oregon Community Foundation is to improve lives for all Oregonians through the power of philanthropy. OCF works with individuals, families, businesses and organizations to create charitable funds to support the community causes they care about.