Willamette River

• This ban was in place to stop people immersing themselves in river waters polluted by stormwater, sewage and chemicals.
• The clean waters of the swimmable Seine are being promoted as a positive legacy of these games.
• But it’s not the first time Olympic swimming events have been held in the famous river.

A brief history of river swimming

• She is typically represented standing on a boat: clambering over and swimming under the river’s vessels was clearly for mere mortals.
• Swimming in rivers has a very long history related to pleasure and politics.
• Competitive river swimming remained common in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
• Even Chinese leader Mao Zedong used river swimming to promote his health and political image.
• However, like the 1900 obstacle race, organised and informal river swimming in cities became uncommon.

The quest for swimmable cities

• The Seine will reopen for swimming thanks to a €1.4 billion (A$2.3 billion) regeneration project to “reinvent the Seine”.
• It began in 2017 and includes floating hotels, walkways and other social spaces as well as swimming and diving areas.
• The revival of swimming in the Seine is just one example of how outdoor and “wild” swimming is contributing to better caring for rivers.
• While we know this is good for people, public interest in clean, swimmable waterways for our own health, wellbeing and pleasure can also have great benefits for these environments.

• The Sutton is a 17-story residential tower located on the Willamette River in the North Pearl neighborhood.
• The building’s “front yard” is on the Greenway Trail—which provides public access to the river and Portland’s iconic trail system.
• The Sutton also features space for a ground-floor restaurant with indoor/outdoor seating along the waterfront that will bring the community together.
• As part of the opening ceremony, Patrick Gilligan, Executive Vice President with Lincoln, and Nick Gonzalves, Director with Bridge Investment Group, marked the property’s official opening with a formal ribbon cutting.

• The five-story, 58,000 SF mixed-use building is the first developer-driven and largest commercial urban Living Building in the world.
• PORTLAND, Ore., June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The PAE Living Building, designed to meet the world's most rigorous sustainability standards, has opened its doors in Portland, Oregon.
• Created in 2006, the Living Building Challenge (LBC) is the most stringent green building certification process that exists today.
• For more information on the PAE Living Building, The PAE Living Building: Developer-Led, Nature-Inspired book is available from Ecotone Publishing Company: https://store.living-future.org/product/the-pae-living-building-develope... .

• "We are honored Multnomah has selectedAurigoMasterworks as their new program management solution to help manage the County's capital investments," said Balaji Sreenivasan, CEO and founder ofAurigoSoftware.
• "It is a pleasure to partner with Multnomah to help them achieve their 5-year capital improvement plangoals.
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• Capital improvements and assets were also managed using capital planning software that no longer met the County's needs.