Mt. Hood Bicycle/Pedestrian Coalition/Special Notice

from George Wilson

MT. HOOD BICYCLE/PEDESTRIAN COALITION

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

BLM MARKET OPPORTUNITY ANALYSIS – MT. HOOD’S WILDWOOD PARK RECREATION SITE

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Recently, I was contacted by Margaret Baily-Senior Vice President/CHM Government Services. Her comments are as follows:

CHM Government Services www.chmgov.com has been engaged to assist the Oregon State BLM office with undertaking analysis which will inform their leadership in regards to the operation of selected day use and overnight facilities within the Salem and Coos Bay Districts in Oregon. One of the identified sites is the Mt. Hood Wildwood Recreation Site http://www.blm.gov/or/resources/recreation/site_info.php?siteid=221.

Currently, this site is available for individual and group day use only. As part of the CHM government survey analysis, the opportunity of expanding overnight accommodations on portions of Mt. Hood’s Wildwood Park Recreation Site is being evaluated. CHM is interested in gaining ideas and perspectives from stakeholders in the Mt. Hood/Clackamas County area regarding your thoughts on overnight accommodations at this location. Please share your comments, thoughts and ideas no later than Monday; March 31, 2014.

Please submit comments to:

George Wilson Director/Villages at Mt. Hood BOD Organizer - Mt. Hood Bicycle-Pedestrian Coalition georgewilson@wavecable.com

Margaret Bailey Senior Vice President mbailey@chmgov.com www.chmgov.com www.chmhotel.com

Personally, I feel this to be an excellent opportunity to improve cycling tourism for our local communities by providing lower cost accommodation for visiting cyclists with limited budgets who may otherwise not be able to afford more expensive lodging facilities in our area. These facilities would be close to the Sandy Ridge Bike Park, andVILLAGES OF MT HOOD TOURISM MARKETING ALLIANCE AWARDS $3000.00

GRANT TO MT. HOOD BICYCLE/PEDESTRIAN COALITION

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would also service the touring road cyclists carrying camping gear. I look forward to receiving your comments prior to Monday; March 31, 2014!

Funds from this grant will be used to create a website/database for the Mt. Hood Bicycle/ Pedestrian Coalition, and for advertising, promotion and support for the May 23 – 25, 2014 Mt. Hood Wine, Dine & Ride weekend.

A special thank you to the Mt. Hood Tourism Marketing Alliance on behalf of the Mt. Hood Bicycle/Pedestrian Coalition for your support!

The April 2014 meeting date, time and place TBA after the first of the month. We are still coordinating schedules due to the following:

o Oregon Active Transportation Summit – April 21 & 22 o Inaugural Statewide Rural Tourism & Bike Tourism Studio Gathering – April 25 o Oregon Governor’s Conference on Tourism – April 27 - 29

George Wilson Director – Villages at Mt. Hood BOD Organizer – Mt. Hood Bicycle/Pedestrian Coalition