tumwata village

GBD is working with the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde to envision the future of the 18-acre former Blue Heron mill site in Oregon City. The site is at the threshold of Willamette Falls – a dramatic horseshoe-shaped waterfall and a deeply spiritual place – one of the signature moments along the Willamette River in Oregon.

The vision plan calls for extensive restoration of the site – “healing the land” – starting with the removal of the industrial complex that currently sits on the site. A primary goal is to return much of the site to its natural form as a rough basalt shelf, crisscrossed with channels and inlets where water from the falls used to (and may one day again) flow. A new street grid will allow multimodal access to the site, and there is the potential for a new connection across 99E to the bluff trail from the site, as well as improved access to the water in the lagoon from the southern

tumwata village went through a public review process for approval.