Willamette Pedestrian Coalition
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The Willamette Pedestrian Coalition is a Portland-based nonprofit organization that pushes for people to get around safely by foot or by personal mobility device.
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[edit] History
Founded in 1991 and officially incorporated in 1992 by Ellen Vanderslice and Doug Klotz, the WPC was an all-volunteer organization with an annual budget of about $5,000 until 2008, when a three-year, $35,000 annual grant from the Northwest Health Foundation allowed the group to hire a director.
The coalition helped write Portland's 1998 Pedestrian Master Plan and backed the so-called "stop and stay stopped" bill aiding crosswalk safety. In the 2011 legislative session, WPC successfully backed a bill expanding the crosswalk safety law to require cars to yield to pedestrians as soon as any part or extension of the pedestrian, including a cane, bicycle or wheelchair wheel or guide animal, moves into the roadway.
In January 2012 Steph Routh, the group's part-time director for three years, was promoted to the full-time position of executive director.
[edit] Budget and revenue
In January 2012, Weddell said the group's annual budget for the coming year would be in the $75,000 range. Routh said in January 2012 that her new salary would be $27,500 plus benefits. Other expenses would include board development, a strategic planning consultant and various project costs.
At the time, the WPC had about 275 dues-paying individual members. Its largest private donors included law firm Swanson Thomas and Coon, River City Bicycles, Alta Planning, Kittelson and Associates, Nelson\Nygaard and Mt. Tabor Veterinary Care.
A $6,000 project grant from the Nike Employee Grant Fund also contributed to the group's funding, as did a $5,000 crosswalk enforcement contract with the City of Portland.
[edit] Leadership
As of January 2012, the WPC's board included:
- Margaret Weddell, president
- Katie Urey
- Anne McLaughlin
- Jeanne Harrison
- Lidwien Rahman
- Steve Bozzone
- Evan Manvel
- Kelly Bantle
- T.J. Ford
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