Upcoming Community Forums
Community Envisioned Deschutes Estuary (CEDE)
Winter 2025
The Community Envisioned Deschutes Estuary (CEDE) will collaboratively build a shared vision of the community’s role in a restored Deschutes Estuary.
This series is centered around themes expanding beyond the physical design of the restored Deschutes, including sustainable development, education, pollution, and stewardship. Each forum will begin with a brief lecture or panel, and then expand into compelling community discussion. Local artist Carrie Ziegler will perform graphic note-taking throughout the series, producing a final painting of our collectively defined vision for a restored Deschutes Estuary community. The work will displayed and shared with the public at Spring Arts Walk 2025.
CEDE will integrate the estuary restoration project into the fabric of the Olympia, to enhance shared benefits and interconnectivity with local projects and the spirit of the community.
Workshop Schedule
- Intro Session – January 14 – 6:30-8:30pm at the Olympia Center
- History, present moment, estuary restoration, & series intent
- Sustainable Development – January 28 – 6:30-8:30pm at the Olympia Center
- Development pressure on the watershed & opportunities for sustainability
- Education & Youth Engagement – February 11 – 6:30-8:30pm at the Olympia Center
- Estuarine educational opportunities & synergies
- Pollution – February 25 – 6:30-8:30pm at the Olympia Center
- Pollutants & solutions in the watershed (panel discussion)
- Stewardship – March 11 – 6:30-8:30pm at the Olympia Center
- Building relationships with the landscape through stewardship, recreation, and other cultural uses
- Defining Future Direction – March 25 – 6:30-8:30pm at the Olympia Center
- Wrap-up of discussions, highlighting key themes, and identifying the way forward
- Drop-In at Spring Arts Walk – April 25 & 26 – Downtown Olympia Display TBA
- Taking our discussions to the people on the street
Support for the CEDE program is provided by the Puget Sound Stewardship & Mitigation Fund, a fund enabled by the Waste Action Project and the Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment.
