![]() ![]() Since then, it has hosted people and bus tours from around the world and hosted weddings, anniversaries and community events. It has stood strong under the lighthouse since 1894 and served as the lighthouse keeper’s quarters until 1963. I couldn’t find her a better gift than a night at the Heceta Lighthouse Bed & Breakfast. (Hey, we’re Protestants!) two, the Oregon Coast in December feels a lot different while standing in a horizontal gale. I gave her two warnings: One, a Henderson family Christmas, unlike in Italy, is heavy on the gifts and light on the religion. She wanted to return and experience her first American Christmas. My girlfriend and uber photographer visited the Pacific Northwest with me in August 2018 and fell in love with the Oregon Coast. This was one of my Christmas gifts to Marina. Now imagine having a bed & breakfast right below it. It’s the most photographed lighthouse in the United States and graces postcards, calendars and coffee mugs all over the state. ![]() The 56-foot-high lighthouse sits on a promontory 205 feet above the ocean with the brightest light on the Coast, shining 24 miles out to sea. Located almost at the halfway mark of the Oregon Coast, Heceta made the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 and has been a guiding light for ships and Oregonians alike since 1894. ![]() The king of Oregon’s lighthouses is the Heceta Head Lighthouse. Oregon has 11 lighthouses, all dotting the Coast like sentries guarding a fiercely independent state that likes doing things its own way and leading the way (decriminalization of marijuana, organic farms, first bottle bill). It’s why driving up jaw-dropping Highway 101 along the Oregon Coast this past Christmas holiday was such a gift. I’m as Oregon as moss on tree bark, a rainy weekend, a commune in the woods. I couldn’t pass for Roman if I wore gladiator gear and carried an ax. When people ask me where I’m from, I don’t put on false airs and say Rome. Living in Rome for 7 ½ years hasn’t changed that. It’s more of an assurance of where I’m at, where I’m from, who I am. It isn’t a need for safe passage to land, as so many boat captains have sought on our rough seas for 120-plus years. As a native Oregonian, I always find myself drawn to Oregon lighthouses, kind of like an inland sailor. "Now RAPID 5 begins the exciting next phase of its journey, where an incredibly talented board will lead the way, ensuring the vitality of our greenways and blueways while putting nature outside everyone’s doorstep," Acton said.The view of the Oregon Coast from the Heceta Lighthouse B&B. Anthony Fauci played to the entire country during federal coronavirus briefings.Īcton said in a statement it's been an honor to engage the community around the non-profit's vision, but did not say what she'll do next. Mike DeWine at news briefings on the virus, similar to the role Dr. "We feel very excited about what the possibilities are moving forward."Īcton became the public face of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ohio, appearing alongside Gov. "Not only is RAPID 5 not going anywhere, but RAPID 5 is poised to really create this transformational vision, based on the incredible leadership of this board," he said. He called it a "recalibrating" of what the non-profit is doing. He said the nonprofit's focus will now be strategic and operational planning with the board of directors and forming a new ad hoc board committee that he said will build and sustain the organization to realize the transformational vision of the project. Acton remains committed to the vision of this board, but she just won't be doing so as the president and CEO," Bongiorno said. He says he thinks the organization is still poised to create this transformational vision with the remaining board. RAPID 5, which stands for Rivers and Parks + Imagination + Design, works to improve links between the Big Darby Creek, Alum Creek, Big Walnut Creek and Scioto and Olentangy River corridors and work toward a unified trail system in Franklin County.īoard member Michael Bongiorno said the nonprofit is grateful for Acton's leadership, but they are shifting resources toward long-term planning and have cut an unknown number of people from its team. Acton was chosen as the president of CEO of RAPID 5 in May of last year and helped establish its nonprofit status, form a Board of Directors and raise $3 million. RAPID 5, a 501(c)3 non-profit Acton was named president and CEO of in 2022, announced Acton was no longer part of the organization. ![]() Amy Acton, the former director of the Ohio Department of Health during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, is out as the head of a central Ohio environmental tourism organization. ![]()
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