Community Design Advisory Group

The Community Design Advisory Group (CDAG) was made up of community members who represented a range of interests and backgrounds from the broader community. The CDAG provided input to the project team on bridge aesthetics including colors, materials, lighting as well as the shape of certain features on the bridge.

CDAG members applied to join this group and were selected based on a number of criteria including:

• Representation of an organization, group, interest or affiliation
• Connection to the project, project area or communities of interest as they relate to the bridge
• Diversity of membership to reflect the community demographics, age, gender, ethnicity/race and geography

Meeting Materials

This page contains materials from the most recent meeting. The full collection of meeting materials can be found in the CDAG Meeting Materials page.

Last Meeting: November 20, 2025

• Document

  CDAG Meeting Agenda, 2025-11-20 (201.78 KB)
• Document

  CDAG Meeting Presentation, 2025-11-20 (13.23 MB)
• Document

  CDAG Meeting Summary, 2025-11-20.pdf (187.51 KB)
• Recording of meeting (YouTube, 2:02:55)

Committee Members

• Aaron Whelton, Portland State University
• Anthony Jackson, Community Member at Large
• Brian P Kimura, Japanese American Museum of Oregon
• Carol Gosset, Oregon Museum of Science & Industry
• Chris Herring, Portland Winter Light Festival (*former member)
• Erik Swenson, Portland Saturday Market
• Fred Cooper, Laurelhurst Neighborhood Association & Native American Youth and Family Center
• Gabriel Rahe, Burnside Skatepark
• Guenevere Millius, Sunnyside Neighborhood Association
• Ian Sieren, Community Member at Large
• Jackie Tate, Community Member at Large
• Jason Halstead, Community Member at Large
• Neil Jensen, Gresham Chamber of Commerce
• Paddy Tillett, Architect/Design Professional
• Patrick Sullivan, Community Member at Large
• Robert Hastings, Willamette Light Brigade
• Sarah Lazzaro, Community Member at Large (*former member)
• Sharon Wood Wortman, Historian
• Ed Wortman, Community Member at Large
• Susan Lindsay, Buckman Neighborhood Association
• Valerie Schiller, Multnomah County Bike/Ped Citizen Advisory Committee
• Todd DeNeffe, Central Eastside Industrial Council