Women in big hats. Dogs tied to gas meters. Little boys in ties. Strollers and tofu scrambles. Sunday morning along NE Alberta Street is a festival of churchgoing and brunching. Rex Burkholder has lived in and represented Northeast Portland for years and this Sunday, March 8th, he’ll be leading a walk for children and their families around the King neighborhood’s quiet residential streets and down bustling Alberta. It’s the first in a month-long series of family walks led by Metro councilors. Organized by the BTA’s Safer Routes to School team, these walks are inspired by Metro’s pocket-sized book Walk There: 50 Treks in and around Portland and Vancouver, an informative guide to neighborhood walks you might never have otherwise considered. Metro does important work that both parents and kids should know about. This is a rare opportunity to go for a walk through a changing neighborhood and talk to that district’s Metro councilor about growth, to discuss transportation while sauntering alongside a working railyard, learn more about habitat preservation in a nature reserve, and ask David Bragdon what his favorite animal at the zoo is.
KING NEIGHBORHOOD with REX BURKHOLDER
Sunday, March 8th, 10AM
NE MLK Jr. Blvd. and NE Alberta (Northeast Corner)
Rex Burkholder, BTA founder and Metro District 5 Councilor, will lead this 1.9 mile walk through the fast-changing King neighborhood (route map).
4T (TRAIL, TROLLEY, TRAM, AND TRAIN) with DAVID BRAGDON
Saturday, March 21st, 10AM
World Forestry Center steps, 4033 SW Canyon Rd. (directly across from the Washington Park MAX elevators)
David Bragdon, Metro council president, will lead this exciting multi-modal adventure which includes 3.9 miles of walking up Council Crest, a tram ride, a streetcar ride, and a MAX ride! MAX fare required ($2 for adults; $1.50 under 17; free under 7). (route map)
HISTORIC BROOKLYN RAIL YARDS with ROBERT LIBERTY
Sunday, March 22nd, 10AM
Brooklyn Park (SE 10th Ave. and SE Haig St.)
Join District 6 Councilor, Robert Liberty, for a 3.2 mile walking tour of a seldom-explored corner of industrial Southeast Portland. (route map)
ARDENWALD AND JOHNSON CREEK with CARLOTTA COLLETTE
Saturday, March 28th, 10AM
Springwater Corridor Trailhead (SE Johnson Creek Blvd. and the Springwater Corridor at 45th)
Carlotta Collette, District 2 Councilor, will lead a 2.5 mile walk through the Tideman-Johnson Natural Area and quiet residential streets of Milwaukie’s Ardenwald neighborhood. (route map)
Wear comfy shoes, pack a snack, and dress for the weather.
wow… sounds like some great events! Thanks for publicizing!
this looks fun! Rex loves those hedgehogs.