We meet in the Watershed apartment building in Hillsdale, 6388 SW Capitol Hwy. (parking is available in the shopping center across the street) in their community conference room on the main floor next to the central outdoor courtyard next to SW Bertha Ct. (enter directly from the courtyard).  Everyone is WELCOME! Continue reading →

Meet at the food carts outside Wilson High School at 9 am–we’ll be walking in the footsteps of Robert Gray Middle School students, for a better understanding of safe routes to this school. We’ll have coffee, tea and scones at the mid-point of the walk (Robert Gray). Come join us! Note: We will walk if the rain is light to modest.  We will not walk if the rain is heavy.

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SW Trails monthly first Thursday Work Party for November 1st 2018 will be at Council Crest from 9am until Noon.  We will meet at the circle drive, look for the white Parks pick-up. Parking is a bit limited up on Council Crest at times so carpool if you can. Activities for this work party will include cleaning up the trails, brushing, tread work, culvert cleaning, leaf raking, and some hinge cutting.  Continue reading →

Survey of nearly 75,000 scooter users is first major part on PBOT’s ongoing evaluation of Portland’s 120 day e-scooter pilot. 

Results provide a wealth of information about how people use the new transportation option.

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Our next SW Trails Board and Community meeting will be this Thursday, October 25th, from 7:00 to 8:30 pm.  We meet in the Watershed apartment building in Hillsdale, 6388 SW Capitol Hwy. (parking is available in the shopping center across the street) in their community conference room. It’s on the main floor next to the central outdoor courtyard next to SW Bertha Ct. Please enter directly from the courtyard.  Everyone is welcome! Continue reading →

The November walk will be led by Lee Buhler.  We will be hiking several of the trails in the Hoyt Arboretum and seeing interesting features such as the winter garden.  Every tree has a story to tell.  There is also a visitor’s center with rest rooms, a nature center and research library.  We will need to carpool from our meeting place to parking near the Arboretum.  A fee is charged for parking in the Arboretum but free parking is available on Fairview Blvd. and other places.   Continue reading →

 SW Trails monthly first Thursday Work Party for October 4th will be at Marshall Park from 9am until noon.  We will meet at the play structure at the main park entrance. Parking is a bit limited and there is no bus service so car pool if you can. There is some parking up on SW 18^th—you can walk down from there.  Activities for this work party will include cleaning up the trails, brushing, tread work, culvert cleaning and leaf raking.  It looks to be a nice Fall day on Thursday and should be great for some trail work.  Remember: every first Thursday of the month from now through December SW Trails will be working on a park somewhere! Please join us or stop by and say hi. Continue reading →