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THE ROAD STILL BECKONS Mountains to Sound Greenway by James R A Glance at History in the THE ROAD STILL BECKONS Mountains to Sound Greenway by James R. Ellis In 1911 travelers faced a rocky path (left) past the site of present-day Interstate 90 at Lake Keechelus, just east of Snoqualmie Pass. Travel over Snoqualmie Pass used to be an arduous In the nineteenth century, coal miners immigrated to Photographer Clark Kinsey labeled this Western Redcedar journey, with trees, rocks and mud on the road. Sometimes Roslyn from all over Europe and Asia. Roslyn miners with a 100-foot circumference in the Snoqualmie Valley horses worked better than cars. The Sunset Highway was worked together but each ethnic group had its own the “largest tree in Washington” in 1900. constructed in 1914 and 1915, and until 1931 the road was neighborhood and its own cemetary. The last coal mines in Photos courtesy of the Museum of History and Industry. closed during the winter and had to be cleared each spring. Roslyn closed in 1963. MOUNTAINS TO SOUND GREENWAY TRUST 911 WESTERN AVENUE, SUITE 523 SEATTLE, WA 98104 PHONE: 206.382.5565 VOLUNTEER LINE: 206.812.0122 email: [email protected] Web: Www.mtsgreenway.org Today, the Mountains to Sound Greenway along Interstate 90 remains a scenic route through forests and mountains. Remarks delivered to Downtown Rotary Club of Seattle August 30, 2006 MOUNTAINS TO SOUND GREENWAY TRUST OFFICERS, BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND STAFF 2006 President Maryanne Tagney Jones, Chair, Cascade Land Conservancy Bill Chapman (*), Attorney Ken Konigsmark, The Boeing Company Preston Gates & Ellis LLP Washington Wildlife and Recreation Coalition Leon Kos (*), City Administrator, City of Issaquah Immediate Past President Gary Kurtz, Park & Recreation District Commissioner Sally Jewell (*), President and CEO Kittitas County Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI) Pete Lagerwey President Emeritus Bike & Pedestrian Trails Coordinator, Seattle Transportation Jim Ellis (*), Chairman Emeritus Danny Levine, President, NationAd Communications Washington State Convention and Trade Center Gary Locke, Former Governor, State of Washington Vice President-Fundraising Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine Todd Glass (*), Attorney Heller Ehrman LLP Elizabeth Lunney, Executive Director Washington Trails Association Vice President-Kittitas Caucus Terry L. Wallgren (*), Vice President & Manager Doug MacDonald (X), Secretary of Transportation Cashmere Valley Bank Washington State Department of Transportation Vice President-Stewardship David MacDuff (*), General Manager, Black Diamond Sue McLain (*), Senior Vice President, Operations Yarrow Bay Group Puget Sound Energy Judith Maxwell, Conservation Division, The Mountaineers Treasurer Doug McClelland (*), Asset Operations Manager Tod McDonald(*), Cascade Capital Group LLC Washington Department of Natural Resources Secretary Dan McDonald, Principal Engineer, MWH Engineering Karl Forsgaard (*),Attorney Washington Forest Law Center Kollin Min, Senior Program Director Enterprise Foundation Assistant Secretary John Baier, Attorney, Karr Tuttle Campbell Louis Musso III, TransCascades Consulting, Inc. Greg Nickels (X), Mayor, City of Seattle Executive Director Nancy Keith (*) Mary Norton, Park Board, City of Snoqualmie Jim Pearman, Deputy Mayor Directors Mercer Island Phil Backlund, Professor, Communications Department Central Washington University Cleve Pinnix, Former Director Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission Jeanne Ehrlichman Bluechel Public Affairs and Public Relations Charles Raines Cascade Checkerboard Project Director, Sierra Club Ross R. Bogue, Vice President/General Manager Boeing 747/767/777 Programs & Everett Site James S. Reinhardsen, Managing Director, Heartland LLC Ken Bounds (X), Superintendent Dino Rossi, Former State Senator, 5th District Seattle Department of Parks & Recreation Ron Sims (X), King County Executive Mark Boyar (*) Peter Spiro (*), Distinguished Engineer Middle Fork Outdoor Recreation Coalition Microsoft Corporation James Boynton (X), Forest Supervisor David Sturtevant, Vice President & Area Manager, CH2M HILL Okanogan & Wenatchee National Forests Doug Sutherland (X), Commissioner of Public Lands Joanna Buehler Washington State Dept. of Natural Resources Save Lake Sammamish, Friends of Cougar Mountain Faris Taylor, Council Trustee Bonnie Bunning, Executive Director, Policy & Administration Issaquah Highlands Washington State Department of Natural Resources Ted Thomsen, Issaquah Alps Trails Club Aubrey Davis (*), Past Chair Washington State Transportation Commission Don Whitehouse (X), District 5 Regional Administrator Washington State Department of Transportation Rex Derr (X), Director Washington Parks and Recreation Commission Kathy Williams, Senior Vice President HomeStreet Bank Jan Drago, Seattle City Council (*) Executive Committee Member; (X) Ex-Officio {non-voting} Director Rich Grillo (*), Cle Elum/Roslyn Chamber of Commerce Staff Nancy Keith, Executive Director Jerry Henry (*), Senior Advisor to the President Doug Schindler, Director of Field Programs & Special Projects Puget Sound Energy Wendy Tyner, Development Director Bill Hinkle (X), WA State Representative, 13th District Amy Brockhaus, Development & Communications Manager Jackie Van Anda, Office & Finance Manager Roger Hoesterey (*), Vice President & NW & Rocky Mountain Regional Kelly Kirkland, Volunteer Program Coordinator Director, The Trust for Public Land Mike Stenger, Trail Projects Coordinator Rob Iwamoto (X), Forest Supervisor Tor MacIlroy, Restoration Projects Coordinator Mt. Baker Snoqualmie National Forest Sally Kentch, Environmental Field Educator Cynthia Welti, Greenway Days Coordinator 13 MOUNTAINS TO SOUND GREENWAY TRUST DONORS 1991-2006 $500,000 and above William G. Reed, Jr. $5,000 to $9,999 $2,500 to $4,999 The Boeing Company Safeco Insurance Companies Bangs Family Fund Tom Alberg and Judi Beck Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation The Seattle Times and Seattle Post-Intelligencer Bernard Development Company Alphagraphics Microsoft Corporation Spring Family Trust for Trails Bingham-Pahl Family Fund American Whitewater Dave Sturtevant David and Inez Black Gilbert W. Anderson $250,000 to $499,999 Thomas H. Maren Foundation Black Diamond Properties LP Mr. & Mrs. William Black Priscilla Bullitt Collins US West Foundation Louis Burzycki Mark Boyar Jim Ellis Bill and Frankie Chapman Paul and Debbi Brainerd THE ROAD STILL BECKONS Osberg Family Trust $10,000 to $24,999 City of Issaquah Fred and Joan Burnstead Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI) AAA Washington Cougar Mountain East Village Chateau Ste Michelle 1 Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation Asplundh Tree Expert Company Foster Pepper PLLC Bill and Paula Clapp By James R. Ellis Anonymous Group Health Cooperative Coastal Environmental Systems $100,000 to $249,000 Ski Lifts, Inc. Hancock Natural Resource Group Kurt and Roberta Fraese American Forests The Bullitt Foundation HD Fowler Inc. Gaco Western Inc. Intracorp Matthew N. Clapp, Jr. Jerry and Linda Henry Golder Associates Speaking at Rotary is like coming home. For more than 40 years, I’ve been testing ideas National Tree Trust Environmental Systems Research Institute Issaquah Alps Trails Club Green Trails, Inc. Plum Creek Timber Company KIRO Radio Mary and Jake Jacobson Agnes Griffin for civic projects on the sounding board of the downtown Seattle Rotary Club and returning a Puget Sound Energy Mr. and Mrs. D. Paul Flessner K2 Sports Rich Hanson Ted and Gretchen Thomsen Glacier Fish Company Kiwanis Club of Issaquah John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation few years later to report work in progress. Heller Ehrman LLP McCormick Land Trust Doug MacDonald $50,000 to $99,999 Hillis Clark Martin & Peterson Mike McGavick William & Sally Neukom The Bullitt Foundation HomeStreet Bank Sue McLain New Belgium Brewing Company Preston Gates & Ellis LLP The Hugh & Jane Ferguson Foundation McNaul Ebel Nawrot & Helgren, PLLC Mark Nikiel In 1991, inspired by Harvey Manning’s vision for the Issaquah Alps, by Jack Hornung’s The Seattle Foundation Gretchen Hull NBBJ Patagonia Hunter & Dottie Simpson Ivey Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas PEMCO Foundation, Inc. gutsy five-day march with 80 people from Snoqualmie summit to Elliott Bay and encouraged by The Trust for Public Land CityLeague Sports Inc. Perkins Coie Potelco, Inc. 2 Washington Mutual Bank Mountaineers Foundation Quadrant Homes Premera Blue Cross support from business leaders, Brian Boyle, Ted Thomsen and I formed a private non-profit Nordstrom, Inc. Raman Family Foundation Frank A. Pritchard $25,000 to $49,999 Overlake Hospital Medical Center John and Kathy Riper Puget Sound Business Journal corporation called the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust. Its purpose was to keep the Bank of America Penford Corp. SanMar Raging River, LLC 3 Cadman, Inc. HEARTLAND LLC Seattle’s Convention & Visitors Bureau Raikes Family Foundation heavily-traveled I-90 corridor from becoming a strip city by creating a permanent greenway Charles V. “Tom” & Jean C. Gibbs Rowley Enterprises Space Needle Corporation TalkingRain Sally and Warren Jewell Ron and Eva Sher Talus Triad Associates along 100 miles of that corridor from the Kittitas foothills to Puget Sound. At a September 1992 Jones and Jones Sheraton Seattle Hotel The Williams Companies, Inc. University of Washington Key Bank of Washington Peter and April Spiro Washington Athletic Club University Savings Bank Rotary luncheon, the public kick-off speech was called “Take the Greenway.” King 5 Television Summit at Snoqualmie Washington Women’s Foundation Washington State Convention & Trade Center
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