PRESERVATION CASCADE, INC.  ANNUAL MEETING NOTICE

September 18, 2023

7:00 PM

Great Falls Civic Center, Gibson Room

2 Park Drive South, Great Falls MT

You are invited to a very special Annual Meeting on Monday, September 18, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. in the Gibson Room of the Civic Center. 

 COVID precautions kept our group from having in-person annual meetings for the past few years, so this event will be a reunion and celebration of all we’ve managed to accomplish. It will be wonderful to see you again!

 After a brief business meeting, Bruce Pollington from Rivers Edge Trail will lead a discussion about the long-awaited integration of the Historic ARCH Bridge with the Trail. After decades of hard work and dedication, our dream has come true: the ARCH Bridge is now open all the way across the Missouri River.   

 Award winning author and consummate storyteller Richard Bird Baker will be portraying his great-grandfather George Washington Bird. Richard will take us back to 1920 when Architect George Shanley designed our Historic Bridge.

 We are very grateful to everyone who supported saving and restoring the unique Bridge.  This is an important gathering to assure the ARCH Bridge will be enjoyed, cared for, and appreciated as a symbol of Great Falls for many decades to come.  

Please attend to celebrate the bridge.  This event is free and refreshments will be served. There will also be an opportunity to pay annual dues and make donations. 

Arlyne Reichert

Outgoing President, Preservation Cascade

River’s Edge Trail bridge connection

The River’s Edge Trail connection across the historic 10th Street Bridge is now open. City Park and Recreation staff opened the bridge connection on Aug. 10 and are planning a ceremony during the Lumunaria Walk on Aug. 29. The trail connection is the result of a land swap between the city and Independence Bank that was approved by the city in 2021.

The new trail continues downstream along the river embankment from under the 9th Street Bridge to the south abutment of the 10th Street Bridge. From there, trail users could continue downstream using existing trail along River Drive North or cross the Historic Tenth Street Bridge to connect with north shore trails, according to the River’s Edge Trail foundation.

Story by Jenn Rowell - The Electric - August 11,2022