Community Outreach

	One of the Institute’s primary roles is to collaborate with other NGOs to provide outreach in the form of field tours, conferences and meetings, printed materials, its website, and other means to convey to the public the essential role parks, trails, and greenspaces play in the creation of livable cities and regions. Elected officials, civic leaders, and urban planners need additional socio-economic, ecological, and human health data if we hope to achieve the objective of elevating urban greenspaces as an essential service in our cities and receive the funding for acquisition and management needed to provide equitable access to Greenspaces throughout the region.
We co-lead kayaking and canoeing tours on the Willamette River to bring the public into intimate contact with the river’s scenic and ecological resources.
The Institute also conducts walking tours such as this one with City Commissioner Sam Adams at Epler Hall on the Portland State University campus to educate the public about innovative stormwater management efforts.
The Institute promotes and participates in local and regional planning efforts that focus on integrating the built and natural environments. Diana Bradshaw, Damascus resident and activist with Damascus concept plan depicting the parks and greenspace system.

The Institute leads numerous public walking, bicycling and kayaking field trips to educate the general public about park, trail and greenway issues in the city of Portland and the Portland-Vancouver metropolitan region.