100 Things I Love About Ashland

1. Picnicing in Lithia Park
2. Wading in Ashland Creek
3. Ashland Band Concerts
4. Ballet in the Park
5. Lithia Park duck pond
6. Lithia Park stone balancers
7. Swimming in the reservoir
8. Hiking in Oredsen-Todd Woods
9. Bear Creek
10. Ashland Food Co-op
11. Downtown Restaurants
12. Tourists (of all ages)
13. Peace Marchers & Women in Black
14. Varsity Theater
15. Ashland Street Cinemas
16. Ashland Independent Film Festival
17. DJ's Video
18. Street side bike paths
19. The Bike Path (through town)
20. Oregon Shakespeare Festival
21. The Green Show
22. Tudor Guild
23. Artwalk, First Friday
24. YMCA
25. Longhairs in Lithia Park
26. Students crossing Siskiyou
27. Grizzly Peak
28. Cross Country skiing at Buck Prairie
29. Daniel Meyer Pool
30. Ashland High School
31. The Community Garden
32. Active City Politics
33. Artisan's Market
34. Farmer's Market
35. Briscoe School Artwing
36. Outrigger Canoe Paddling on Emigrant Lake
37. Swimming at Emigrant Lake
38. The Water Slides
39. Christmas tree hunting
40. Mushroom hunting
41. City Hall in Downtown
42. 4th of July Parade
43. 4th of July Fireworks
44. Christmas Parade
45. Christmas Lighting Downtown
46. Oregon Stageworks
47. Jeff Golden, on JPR
48. ScienceWorks
49. Great Bookstores
50. Clean, maintained streets
51. Clean, maintained city parks
52. Southern Oregon University
53. Jefferson Public Radio
54. Skateboard Park
55. Bocce Ball courts
56. Ashland Public Library
57. New Firehouse
58. Slow speed limits by schools
59. Cars that stop for pedestrians
60. Friendly cash register people
61. Strangers saying hello
62. Dog Park
63. Buses that carry bikes
64. Rogue Valley Peace Choir
65. North Mountain Park nature center
66. Local DMV67. Mount Ashland
68. The Daily Tidings
69. Pilot Rock
70. Solar Panels on Civic Center
71. Friendly Police Officers
72. Free in-city buses (now low cost)
73. Solar Power Rebates
74. Earth Day Celebration
75. Seeing Shakespeare Actors off stage
76. Ice Skating at Darex Rink
77. Water play at Garfield Park
78. Daily train noise
79. Ashland recycle center
80. The Plaza
81. Lithia water (yucky, but cool)
82. Used book stores
83. Great Public Statues
84. Halloween Parade
85. The Bear Creek Greenway
86. Declaration of Independence Reading
87. Willow Wind Community Learning Center
88. Ski Swap
89. Labyrinth at the Episcopal Church
90. Unpredictable weather
91. Two Hot Weeks of Summer
92. No McDonald's!
93. Street Musicians
94. Japanese Garden at Lithia Park
95. SOU Rock Climbing Wall
96. Snow you can drive in
97. Flowered lampposts & boulevards
98. The Bike Swap
99. City maintained hiking trails
100. Civic Pride & Love of Ashland!

Tom DuBois, your local Grilla Bites owner