A consortium of organizations has joined forces with the goal of restoring recreational access to a local stretch of the Willamette River.
The state agency Travel Oregon has partnered with Taste Newberg, a Yamhill County steering committee, the city of Newberg and the Chehalem Park and Recreation District to take on the project.
The groups held a community meeting in April to take input from the citizenry on their plans to create an access point for nonmotorized activities like kayaking and canoeing at a site on the Willamette River from Butteville to the mouth of the Yamhill River…