Hi there and welcome to the Seaside Signal. Hoping that you had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend.

The holiday began with the Turkey Trot, a run starting this year at the Sunset Recreation Center and making its way down Broadway and around the Prom. Hundreds of participants gathered, including locals, visitors and even family pets. Pics and more here.

Downtown revival?

Lots of excitement in Gearhart as 2023 holds promise for a revitalized downtown as the former Gearhart Crossing, a former grocery and brewpub, was sold.

For many years, the grocery was described as a picture of the past with its mom-and-pop atmosphere, sandwiches and desserts.

Owners turned it into a brewpub in 2016, stating they could not compete with large chains.

Gearhart Crossing closed in 2019. What will come in its place? Read more here.

Sign of the times

Year-in, year-out the Seaside Parks Advisory Committee keeps a vigilant eye on the city’s park system. Last week members celebrated a multiyear effort to bring an interpretative sign to Broadway Park. “It’s All Connected” celebrates the Necanicum estuary, where the freshwater of three rivers and the tides of the Pacific Ocean change the landscape hourly,” reads the text of a new sign at the banks of the Necanicum in Broadway Park.

Read about it here, and take a visit to the park and a step into nature.

Curious about the jetties

Seaside’s Joe Foss describes himself as a “curious person,” and while hiking near the Columbia River Jetty system, grew fascinated by the massive engineering project, at the time of its construction the largest levy system in the world. Foss, Jeff Holt and Gary Kobes, each lifelong Pacific Northwest residents, are behind the documentary film team of “Taming the Mouth.” Their fascination with the region’s history fueled their passion to tell about the jetty system, a subject they say most Americans and even locals know almost nothing about.

Foss, Kobes and Holt met in June. They immediately hit it off, finding a shared passion for telling the jetty story.

The team has been on a “fast-moving train” since their first lunch meeting this summer. They have made two private plane flights over the Columbia Mouth area to get an aerial view.

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