npGREENWAY envisions a trail system providing access to and along the Willamette River enveloping the North Riverfront from the Steel Bridge in downtown Portland through Cathedral Park near the St. John’s Bridge and beyond to Kelly Point Park. See www.npgreenway.org for more info.

 

Scott Mizée is the Communications Director and a Co-Founder of npGREENWAY. He manages npGREENWAY's flickr account and blog.

 

Scott has used trails for cycling, rollerblading, and walking since he was a boy growing up in Northwest Montana. After graduating from architecture school, he commuted from home to work on the Boise River Greenbelt in Idaho. This experience was his primary inspiration when he co-founded npGREENWAY in the fall of 2004. Today you will often find him on his bike commuting from the University Park neighborhood to his office in downtown Portland. He looks forward to the day when his entire commute will be filled with the cool river air as opposed to the current chug of diesel exhaust.

 

More info about Scott is available here:

www.linkedin.com/in/smizee

  

npGRENWAY Core Team

Francie Royce - Acting Director

 

Francie is a co-founder of npGreenway. She was a planner and project manager with the City of Portland Transportation Options Divison for a number of years. While with the City, she was a member of the national conference Rail-Volution planning committee. Through her diverse travels Francie realized how people all over the country look to Portland to set the standard for land use and transportation planning and programs, especially biking and pedestrians. She loves to walk and bicycle in the Portland metro region, and walk in cities whenever she travels.

 

Joe Adamski - St Johns Neighborhood Vice Chair

 

Joe is a St Johns resident, past chair and current vice chair of the St Johns Neighborhood Association. Bicycling opened his eyes to neighborhood and community building, prompting his participation in other groups. Connection to family wage jobs on Swan Island and the central city drives his desire to build the npGREENWAY trail. Creating a viable alternative to the auto, as well as quality of life issues, make creating this trail important to him.

 

Lenny Anderson - Swan Island TMA

 

Lenny has worked in the Swan Island Industrial Area for 20 years, commuting there by bus and bike and enjoying a daily walk along the existing Willamette Greenway Trail. Since 2000 he has managed the Swan Island Transportation Management Association whose mission is to improve access to Swan Island via transit, rideshare, bike and walk. The TMA has partnered with the City of Portland to make improvements to the Going Street sidewalk (Going to the River), to add the new Pump Station segment to the Willamette Greenway Trail, and to secure funding for the Waud Bluff Trail. The Willamette Greenway Trail thru Swan Island will improve access to jobs, offer better connectivity between Swan Island businesses, and offer nearby residents improved access to some lively stretches of the working Willamette River.

 

Pam Arden - 40 Mile Loop Board Member

 

Pam has been a Kenton resident for over 29 years and became a community activist in North Portland shortly after her arrival. Her many contributions to North Portland include work as a teacher, coordinator of Caring Community of North Portland and a 40 Mile Loop Land Trust board member. Pam’s hard work was vital in the creation of the Peninsula Crossing Trail. As a co-founder of npGREENWAY she continues to work towards a network of trails in North Portland for the health and welfare of the community.

 

Mary Jaron Kelley - North Portland Community Services, Networking Specialist

 

Mary is a community networking specialist working at North Portland Neighborhood Services. Her work entails community organizing, public involvement and volunteer coordination. She has an environmental design background and is an avid gardener.

 

Paul Maresh - North Portland Advocate

 

Paul grew up exploring the North Portland Harbor as his playground. He has worked on tugs, ships, fishing boats and lografts. With twenty years of working in passenger and freight ground transportation, Paul realizes that the potential the North Portland Greenway has as an integral piece of transportation infrastructure for Portland’s working waterfront. After being instrumental in a water level connection from Cathedral Park to the Eastbank Esplande’s adoption in the City’s St. Johns Plan, Paul is excited by the rapid progress of npGREENWAY.

 

Adam Robins - Alternative Transporation Advocate

 

A construction consultant and North Portland resident, Adam became involved with npGREENWAY when he just kept coming to meetings and showing up at events and nobody called the police or had him excluded. Having cycled on other trails such as the Springwater Corridor and segments of the 40 Mile Loop, he finds the idea of a riverside Greenway trail showcasing Portland's industry, natural beauty, and history appealing. He also sees value in providing a safe and effective travel corridor for non-motorized transportation. When he is not correcting others on the spelling of his last name (only one 'b'), he is preparing for the end of the petroleum-based economy.

 

Curt Schneider - Community Outreach

 

Curt, a retired county and city land use planner, walks, utilizes mass transit and bikes most places in Portland. Numerous trips to downtown have raised his awareness of the lack of a greenway trail along the Willamette River between Cathedral Park in St. Johns and downtown, the Eastbank Esplanade and the Springwater Corridor. He is, through his participation in npGREENWAY, able to work toward his goal of linking not only St. Johns but other areas of Portland with the Willamette River.

 

Jason Starman - npGREENWAY Webmaster

 

Jason, a fanatical bicyclist can be found many weekends pulling his two daughters around North Portland in a bike trailer. His daily bike commute to the Lloyd Center business district has raised his awareness that North Portland is lacking in a destination greenway trail like the Spring Water Corridor. Through npGREENWAY he is able to work toward achieving his goal of creating both a safe and scenic trail that can be used for recreation and transportation purposes.

 

Other frequent Core Group Contributers Include:

Barbara Quinn

Lynn Barlow

Mark Pickett