Gorge Owned News
The latest news about GO! programs and events
Sense of Place is Looking for Your Ideas
Sense of Place is an annual lecture series that seeks to foster a deeper understanding of and connection to our landscape and to each other. The series began as a small gathering in 2010 and has since grown to attract nearly 1,000 people annually and speakers...
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The Return of the Tod J. LeFevre Sustainability Champion Awards
Gorge Owned is calling for nominations for the seventh annual Tod J. LeFevre Sustainability Champion awards.
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Sense of Place – Steamboats & Captains of the Columbia
Climb aboard with Captain Tom Cramblett, a third generation Gorge resident, whose love of the Gorge and passion for the historical importance of the sternwheelers, and their captains, set him on a continuing journey of research and discovery. Sense of Place lecture series – Feb. 14, 2018
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Hanford: Our River Runs Through It
Coming January 10 Sense of Place lecture series - Hanford: Our River Runs Through it The Pacific Northwest is home to the United States' most contaminated place, the Hanford Nuclear Site. Join Gorge Owned for a panel discussion that will explore the history of...
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Woody Guthrie Podcast Now Available
Get your ears ready for the Thursday, Nov. 8, release of “Woody Guthrie and the Columbia River Songs”, the next captivating podcast in the Hear in the Gorge podcast series. It’s a remarkable remembrance and celebration of one of America’s best known protest folksingers who went to work for a very short while for the federal government.
read more4th Annual GOvember Party & Fundraiser on Friday, November 10th!
Join Gorge Owned's network of local businesses, nonprofits and families for delicious food and drink, live music featuring Ben Bonham, great raffle prizes, silent auction, and other FUNdraising activities. This is GO!'s only fundraiser of the year and supports all of...
read moreGO! Green Drinks- Building Community with the Mt. Hood Town Hall
Join Gorge Owned on Wednesday September 13, 2017 from 5:30-7 p.m. for Green Drinks at Mt. Hood Town Hall in in Parkdale, OR. Learn about the history of this former schoolhouse for the upper Hood River Valley and the efforts to restore the Mt. Hood Town Hall to a...
read moreGO! Green Drinks – Fossil Fuel Threats on the Columbia River
Join Gorge Owned on Monday August 7th, 2017 from 5:30-7 for Green Drinks at The Griffin House in Hood River. Why is the Columbia a target for fossil fuel exports? How have river communities bagged major victories against the deep-pocketed fossil fuel industry?...
read moreGO! Green Drinks at Syncline Winery
Join us Tuesday, July 11th, 5:30 to 7 p.m. for Green Drinks at Syncline Winery in Lyle, WA. Owners Poppie and Mark Mantone will provide a vineyard and garden tour and talk about sustainability practices used in their winemaking process. The couple’s experience with...
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Crag Rats Rescue – Hear in the Gorge Podcast
In the summer of 2013 a father and son set out on their first camping trip together. They did what millions of people do every year and headed to Mt. Hood. For the 10-year old boy, it was a dream come true and he was prepared, but then the trip took a turn they never...
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