Letters to the Editor Powell deserves thanks for greenway efforts
It has been brought to my attention that Belva Baz recently wrote a letter to the editor thanking me for the Washougal River Greenway vision.
Paul and Belva Baz were the first landowners to donate their property to the city to launch the implementation of the greenway plan. For that I am truly grateful. Since then, so many generous land owners and other citizens have helped to make Camas’ open space vision a reality.
I want to thank one person in particular, Ken Powell. Ken instigated and pushed through the Washougal River Greenway portion of our citywide green space plan. I had a great passion to ensure that as we grew our wonderful community, it retained its abundant parks and green space per citizen ratio.
Ken volunteered to chair the committee that planned for citywide green space acquisition, pushed hard for the inclusion of the land along the Washougal River where he had played as a boy, and chaired the committee that convinced Camas voters to pass a million dollar bond levy for acquisition of parks and green space.
We are truly blessed that so many other good citizens, city staff and elected officials have worked so hard over the years to make Camas’ and the public’s green space vision a reality. I wish I could name all the names, but I know I would overlook key players. You know who you are and should feel very proud of the role you have played in creating such wonderful public green assets in our community.
