New Chehalem Heritage Trails URL

There is a new URL for the Chehalem Heritage Trails website - www.chehalemtrails.org. You can also reach this page from the CPRD website as usual.

Chehalem Heritage Trails Public Information Meeting

Public informational meeting on Phase One of proposed Chehalem Heritage Trails

6 p.m. Tuesday, March 8th

Adult Enrichment Center

101 West Foothills Drive

Newberg, Oregon 97132

(Adjacent to Crater Elementary School)

Chehalem Park and Recreation District is holding a public meeting on the Master Plan for Phase 1 of proposed Chehalem Heritage Trails. Public comments are welcome.

Phase One would develop approximately 20 miles of trail connecting Dundee and Newberg along Dayton Avenue, paralleling lower and middle Hess Creek, and linking the Willamette River waterfronts in Newberg and Dundee through pedestrian, bicycle, and multiuse trails.

This meeting will update the public on the progress of the Master Plan for Phase 1 (slated for completion in early 2011). This plan identifies the trail route, where easements will be needed across private property, plus preliminary engineering and cost estimates.

The Advisory Committee met four times and has concluded. Members include representatives from Dundee, Newberg, Yamhill County, Oregon State Parks, George Fox University, and more.

Vigil-Agrimis, Inc., a Portland-based design firm that leads parks and trails projects, is leading a consultant team assisting CPRD with preliminary design for the proposed trail. Paul Agrimis is the project manager for the consultant team.

To learn more about the Chehalem Heritage Trail, contact Kat Ricker at 971.832.4222 or visit www.chehalem-trail.net

To learn more about Vigil-Agrimis, Inc., contact Marketing Coordinator Carissa Kuhnel at 503-274-2010 or visit www.vigil-agrimis.com.

Advisory Committee names trail project

Chehalem Heritage Trails - That's the official name of the proposed 77-mile trail system CPRD is working on. Monday night, Sept. 20th, ten members of the new advisory committee met to work on the first segment of the trail, which will connect Newberg and Dundee through Dayton Avenue and Hess Creek.

City administration from Newberg and Dundee, ODOT, Oregon State Parks, the Newberg School District, and Champoeg State Park were represented in the inaugural meeting. One thing they did was decide on the official name of the trail system itself. Discussion opened up on the theme and the names of the other trails included in the master plan. Public input is welcome. Leave your comments below - Should the trails be named on a historical theme, an agricultural theme, or something else?

Beyond identity, the committee examined the proposed trail alignments, discussed possible tie-ins with federal programs, and the objectives of the project. The next meeting will be a bus tour of the proposed trail route.

What would you name the first trail segment?

The Newberg Graphic ran a front page article on the progress of the proposed Chehalem Heritage Trail in the Sept. 11 edition, focusing on the new advisory committee which meets next week. Check it out online here.

We're tentatively calling the 2.2-mile segment connecting Newberg to Dundee the Newberg-Dundee Connector. This would connect Dayton Avenue, Hess Creek and the Willamette Riverfront. Do you have an idea for a name? Post it in comments below.

Progress on proposed trail system

There has been much buzz about the proposed Chehalem Heritage Trail, a major trail system that would connect Newberg to Dundee. We want you to know what's going on with the project.

We have just scheduled the first meeting of a new advisory committee. This committee will advise on what is tentatively being called the Newberg-Dundee Connector segment of the trail system. This includes the first three segments of the Strategic Plan - Dayton Avenue, Hess Creek and the Willamette Riverfront.

There are four meetings planned for this committee between now and January.

The first meeting is scheduled for Monday, Sept. 20 at the CPRD District Office.

About the project

The proposed Chehalem Heritage Trail will be an outstanding continuous 70+ mile trail system connecting Newberg, Dundee and surrounding areas while preserving and enhancing the greater Chehalem Valley community parks, historic heritage, native habitats and open space.