Jim Anderson
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From: Linda Andrews
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 08:56:11 -0800
To: Linda Andrews
Subject: Oregon's Scenic Bikeway program rolls into second year
Greetings and Happy New Year!
Help State Parks and Recreation Dept. find the best bicycle rides in all of
Oregon! Help us find them, map them and promote them! Oregon is the first
state in the county to have state designated scenic bikeways - and you can
be part of the action! For more information read the following release:
Oregon Parks and Recreation Department
Nov. 15, 2010
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Alexandra Phillips
OPRD Bicycle and Water Recreation Coordinator
503-986-0631
Cell 503-480-9092
Oregon¹s Scenic Bikeway program rolls into second year
Efforts of local proponents key to gaining state scenic status
The Oregon Scenic Bikeways Committee is asking local proponents to launch
the process of nominating their favorite bicycle rides for state scenic
bikeway consideration in 2011a process that includes planning how to manage
and market the routes.
The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD) will accept nominations
starting Jan.1 through Mar. 1, 201l for routes with outstanding scenic,
historic and natural places throughout Oregon. The Oregon Scenic Bikeways
handbook details the role of local proponents and contains the application
form online at www.oregonscenicbikeways.org
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³Bikeway proponents serve as grassroots liaisons for organizing support of
the nominations, both from public road managers and local groups willing to
help maintain the routes,² said OPRD¹s state bicycle coordinator, Alexandra
Phillips. ³We¹re alerting proponents that the nomination period is nearing
to allow them plenty of time to complete the process.²
The applications will be considered by the Oregon Scenic Bikeway Committee,
an advisory group that will recommend scenic bikeway designations to the
OPRD director. The Oregon Parks and Recreation Commission must give final
approvals.
The bikeway committee recommended its first eight routes for state scenic
bikeway recognition last September. Those routes include nearly 800 miles of
the 1,500 miles proposed. Local proponents and OPRD are now working on
management plans for the bikeways, with launch dates expected in about nine
months.
³The committee will again be looking for proposed routes that offer the best
rides in the state,² said Phillips. ³These are routes that showcase
beautiful scenic views, interesting architecture and picturesque
agricultural landscapes.²
The scenic bikeway program is a partnership between Cycle Oregon, Travel
Oregon, the Oregon Department of Transportation and OPRD. The Willamette
Valley Scenic Bikeway, which was developed as a 2005 pilot project by the
partnership, serves as a prototype. ###
Alexandra Phillips
Bicycle and Water Recreation Coordinator Oregon Parks & Recreation
Department www.oregonscenicbikeways.org www.oregonwatertrails.org
725 Summer Street NE, Ste. C
Salem, OR 97301-0792
phone: (503)986-0631
cell phone: (503) 480-9092
fax: (503) 986-0792
Linda Andrews | Tourism Development Assistant
Travel Oregon/Oregon Tourism Commission
670 Hawthorne Avenue SE, Suite 240 |Salem, OR 97301
d: 503.378.6088| f: 503.378.4574
www.TravelOregon.com |
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