City of Hillsboro Crescent Park Greenway Video 14 minutes VIDEO AUDIO ANNOUNCER: Hillsboro is a sustainable city known for blending a diverse, urban lifestyle, a world-class local economy, agricultural heritage and a welcoming, family-friendly community. It is a place where innovation, high tech and creative urban gathering places meet hometown values. This is the Hillsboro, Oregon of today. In keeping with those values and traditions, the city of Hillsboro is in the early planning stages of the Crescent Park Greenway Trail – an 18 mile greenway loop that cradles the city, offering access to recreation, employment, neighborhoods, and city services – all in balance with our natural areas and resources. This, as part of our 2035 Comprehensive Plan, is the Hillsboro, Oregon of tomorrow. GFX OVER BLACK: “One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.” --William Shakespeare 00:01:10 - Graphic 1 Leg 1 00:01:00 VO Stop 1: 00:00:58 ANNOUNCER: A greenway is an interconnected system of natural areas, parks and open spaces that include recreational amenities, wetlands, forests, grasslands and waterways. These spaces provide vital functions to our natural and urban systems. VO Stop 1a ANNOUNCER: We start LEG 1 facing NW towards the Gordon-Faber Recreation Complex area. Home of Ron Tonkin Field and the Hillsboro Hops. Here the trail embraces the - 1 - entire recreational facility, giving residents full access to every part of the facility. Imagine using the trail to walk or bike to a Hillsboro Hops Baseball game. Or jog along the trail on your way to play softball. How about just walking your dog to the dog park. 00:02:04 - Graphic 2 VO Stop 2: 00:02:05 ANNOUNCER: Because the trail and greenway traverse a variety of areas around the City, three landscapes or settings, have been established to guide design of the trail and greenway, Natural, Rural and Urban. 00:02:54 - Graphic 3 VO Stop 3: 00:03:07 ANNOUNCER: As we circle Top Golf, we fly over the Hillsboro Technology Park Area, part of the 8,000 acre Hillsboro industrial district. Intel, Tokai Carbon, Epson and Hitachi are just a few of our current neighbors who provide 38,000 + jobs to our local economy. The Crescent park Greenway Trail will add to the character of our current corporate partners as well as provide nature access to future development. 00:03:34 - Graphic 4 VO Stop 4: 00:03:34 ANNOUNCER: A pedestrian bridge over Brookwood will make sure trail users can move forward without impediment. VO Stop 5: 00:03:48 ANNOUNCER: The comprehensive plan specifies that nature will be a major contributor to the character of the Greenway. Storm water management and restoring the creeks to a functional state will enhance the trail experience. - 2 - 00:05:04 - Graphic 5 VO Stop 6: 00:04:07 ANNOUNCER: In this area users will be surrounded by an urban setting which is defined by hard surface trails, public art, and developed systems such as constructed storm water and wetlands that are augmented by using landscaping providing the user a touch of nature in a refined space. VO Stop 7: 00:04:26 ANNOUNCER: Trail heads will establish points of access to the Greenway, each trailhead offering an opportunity for community activity. 00:04:26 - Graphic 6 00:05:19 Graphic 7 00:05:55 Graphic 8 VO Stop 8: 00:06:20 ANNOUNCER: Moving beyond North Hillsboro, into the Jackson East area, our goal is to provide a Corridor of Green, banded with natural features that transition the urban Hillsboro with the rural areas. The Jackson East area is also slated for future urban expansion, reaching as far up as Jackson School Road. 00:06:32 Graphic 9 LEG 2 ( 00:07:03 ) 00:07:00 Graphic 10 - 3 - VO Stop 9: 00:07:15 ANNOUNCER: Leg 2 takes us through the transition between the rural and natural in Jackson East. Points on the Greenway will marry future development, Agricultural lands and wetlands on the trail. This is the transition area between the developed urban and primitive natural settings. VO Stop 10: 00:08:00 ANNOUNCER: The Port of Portland is a nearby landowner and the Hillsboro Airport is just south of the area serving as Oregon’s second busiest airport. Jackson East is primarily agricultural lands and will be developed in the future. The Greenway will allow trail users to connect to forested areas with large trees, creeks, wetland, and a scenic pond. A destination trailhead will be located on Jackson School Road providing access to this unique recreational area. 00:08:24 Graphic 11 00:09:10 Graphic 12 VO Stop 11: 00:09:12 ANNOUNCER: In this area the trail enters a large forest along Waible Creek outside of the City of Hillsboro. Here users will experience the natural setting immersing them in nature with limited connection to the manmade environment. Design of the natural setting will include gravel trails, and rustic furnishings such as seating logs and boulders. 00:10:25 Graphic 13 00:11:03 Graphic 14 - 4 - VO Stop 12: 00:11:10 ANNOUNCER: The trail turns south along the confluence of Waible and McKay Creeks. In this area the setting transitions from Natural to Rural opening up to vast agricultural areas and smaller intimate natural areas. Here is an opportunity for the trail to connect to future scenic byways to transport users deeper into the bucolic landscape. 00:11:39 Graphic 15 VO Stop 13: 00:11:44 A trailhead located on Glencoe road will connect users to the western portion of Leg 2. Leg 3 ( 00:11:57 ) 00:12:01 Graphic 15 VO Stop 14: 00:11:58 ANNOUNCER: Leg 3 skims the western edge of Hillsboro and is a transition between Rural to urban. The trail will offer users views that are uniquely Oregon. 00:12:21 Graphic 16 VO Stop 14a: 00:12:35 ANNOUNCER: The trail in this area will also take advantage of on street connections where access to the creek corridor is not possible. 00:12:58 Graphic 17 00:13:49 Graphic 18 VO Stop 14b: 00:14:36 ANNOUNCER: The Trail passes by the Pioneer Cemetery, the oldest cemetery in Washington County. Semi-annual - 5 - community events honor the Pioneer families that helped establish the City of Hillsboro. 00:14:49 Graphic 19 00:15:17 Graphic 20 VO Stop 15: 00:15:20 ANNOUNCER The greenway trail runs along Dairy Creek Park providing an opportunity for families to enjoy the trail while having access to park amenities. Here families have an opportunity to enjoy the trail, picnic or watch a local soccer or softball game. 00:16:04 Graphic 21 VO Stop 16: 00:16:05 ANNOUNCER: Washington County’s Clean Water Services has acres of un-developed land that lead to the Jackson Bottom Wetland Preserve. The City of Hillsboro is partnering with Clean Water Services to bring the trail through this area providing users a direct route to Jackson Bottom Wetland Preserve. 00:16:04 Graphic 21 00:17:29 Graphic 22 VO Stop 17: 00:17:30 ANNOUNCER The trail enters Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve. Here we see a partnership between the City of Hillsboro and Clean Water Services to restore wetlands. VO Stop 17a: 00:17:42 Wetlands will be restored and preserved throughout - 6 - the entire 18 mile Greenway. The largest of these wetlands is the Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve. 635 acres of wetland habitat providing a home to thousands of species including deer, otters, beavers and a variety of birds. 00:17:49 Graphic 23 VO Stop 17b: 00:18:40 A nature education center provides visitors with a greater understanding of the preserve. Leg 4 (00:19:12) 00:18:47 Graphic 24 00:19:22 Graphic 25 VO Stop 17c: 00:19:32 ANNOUNCER: Exiting the Nature Education Center Leg 4 begins at Jackson Bottom we continue east through the preserve towards Rood Bridge Park. Here trail users have a choice. Continue on foot to Rood Bridge Park or paddle your way there on the Crescent Park Greenway water trail. The water trail will run on the Tualatin River from a boat dock at Jackson Bottom to the recently completed boat dock at Rood Bridge Park. VO Stop 17d: 00:20:38 ANNOUNCER: Moving toward South Hillsboro Neighborhoods this section of the Greenway will be the future location of Minter Bridge Park. The trail connection will pass through the neighborhoods, offering resident’s connectivity to the Greenway. 00:20:48 Graphic 26 00:21:27 Graphic 27 - 7 - VO Stop 18: 00:22:15 ANNOUNCER: Residents from South Hillsboro will have easy access to a destination trailhead at Rood Bridge Park. The park offers another location for trail enthusiasts to meet with friends and family and enjoy the park amenities for picnicking, tennis, or a stroll through nature. The park will also provide trailhead access for both the land and water trail portion of the Crescent Park Greenway. 00:22:35 Graphic 28 00:23:34 Graphic 29 VO Stop 19: 00:22:15 ANNOUNCER: From Rood Bridge Park the trail veers south along southwest River Road. This portion of the trail will utilize on street and seasonal trail access along the Tualatin River. This portion of the trail embraces a rural setting. 00:24:59 Graphic 30 Leg 5 ( 00:25:27) VO Stop 20: 00:22:15 ANNOUNCER: Leg 5 takes us through Witch Hazel and South Hillsboro along Butternut Creek. Land for Future development and agriculture surrounds the Greenway on each side.