SOAK Site Search Committee: Community Input Request
Help SOAK find a new home!
After many wonderful years at the Justesen Ranch at Tygh Valley, SOAK has outgrown its current home, which is the fourth property it has been hosted at over the past 17 years. (Thank you to former hosts Miller Brothers Ranch, Tidewater Falls, and Prindle Creek!)
With tickets selling out in mere seconds after going on sale, it is clear that in order to successfully practice Radical Inclusion, Precipitation Northwest, SOAK leadership, and the community need to find a new property to expand on over the next several years.
We are looking for a new site that includes the following traits, listed below.
Do you know of a place that might be a good fit? Fill out the Google Form below. Our Site Search Committee will review each suggestion and contact requestors as needed. Email sitesearch@precipitationnw.org with any questions you may have.
Must Haves:
Average of at least 80 acres in size of usable event space, if not more, to allow growth
Allows open burning/fire (effigy specific)
Relatively flat
Access and Exit (ingress and egress) road at least 20 ft. wide and 13.5 ft. tall (per Fire/Emergency Vehicle Access laws OFC 503.2.1)
Allows for installation of camp/art materials (ie: allowed to drive stakes into the ground to prevent wind/weight topple)
Limited or no visibility from near-by community, road, highway
Limited sound/noise exposure to community/neighbors
Limited traffic exposure/increase to community/neighbors
Appropriately zoned for recreation/special events, fire
Area for parking of 1000+ cars with 2-lane egres
Access to emergency services (Fire, LE, Medical)
Want:
Pre-insured & zoned property for the purpose of recreation
Existing stage or pavilion space
Arts and/or event-centered ownership/organizational mission - shared ethos with SOAK, LLC
Capability for pro fireworks show
Existing permitted and insured events space (County specific ordinances)
A mixture of open field (effigy field...etc), and shade
Oregon/Pacific Northwest "feel"
80+ Acres in size
Natural choke point for gate
No visible neighbors
Neighbors not with in sound radius
Electricity and/or water in one or multiple areas on the site (especially Civic areas)
Emergency services not too far away or non-existent
Interesting natural features
Mix of camp space size diversity, (large theme camp, parking field, small camp, RV area)
Drier in spring and/or fall
Relatively inexpensive ($5,000-10,000 for unimproved land (no structures, power, water), $10,001-25,000 for improved land (permitted event space, power, structures, water)
Buildings or features that make good Medical and Site Ops locations
Within the regular service range of porto, UTVs, firewood, and any other vendors that we might need
Contiguous or largely contiguous space so that no area (effigy, parking, etc.) is so remote as to pose logistical issues
Closer to Portland than 2.5 hours
Ability to arrive onsite the weekend before the event for builds and setup (at no/minimal additional charge)