The Meyer Memorial Trust has awarded a $500,000 capital grant to help build a curved, raised walkway modeled after the tribal fishing platforms at Celilo Park near The Dalles as part of Maya Lin’s Confluence Project.  This grant follows a gift of $150,000 from the Oregon Community Foundation in May, a $250,000 grant from the Ford Family Foundation in March, and a $250,000 gift from the Collins Foundation in December.   Last year, the Oregon legislature allocated $1,500,000 to the Celilo Arc restoration project that is scheduled to be completed in 2016.  Over the next three years, the project will invest more than eight-point-five million dollars to design on three acres of land, improve Celilo Park’s facilities, and improve access to both the park and the adjacent tribal treaty fishing access site.  An estimated 500,000 visitors are expected at the park annually from local communities, the region and the world.