A Soft Opening on Valentine’s Day (and Oregon’s Birthday)

February 14th felt like the right kind of beginning.

Valentine’s Day.
Oregon’s birthday.
A gray coastal sky with just enough drizzle to remind us exactly where we are.

After two years of planning, meetings, revisions, dreaming, and steady work behind the scenes, we opened the public spaces at Treasure Bay for the very first time.

It wasn’t bustling. It wasn’t packed.
But it wasn’t quiet either.

A few brave souls came out despite the cold and the wet. Families bundled up in coats. Neighbors who have been watching the progress stopped by to see what we’ve been up to. Curious community members wandered the paths, tested the putting greens, and peeked into the spaces we’ve been carefully shaping for so long.

And truly — that was perfect.

There was something special about opening this project on Oregon’s birthday. This land, this bay, this stretch of coast has been here long before us. Our hope has always been to create something that feels rooted here — something that adds to the community rather than takes from it. Starting on a day that celebrates the state felt symbolic in a way we didn’t even fully plan.

By mid-afternoon, we looked at each other and thought:
Let’s do it again tomorrow.

So we did.

The weather softened just enough, a few more people came through, and we felt that gentle shift from idea to real place. Not finished. Not polished. But alive.

Opening day reminded us of something important: growth doesn’t have to be loud to be meaningful. It can be steady. It can be layered. It can be built one conversation, one putting round, one warm greeting at a time.

As of now, our public spaces are open daily — weather dependent, of course. (This is the Oregon Coast, after all.) We’ll continue to grow into our hours, our offerings, and our rhythm as the seasons change.

To everyone who showed up on that first rainy Valentine’s Day — thank you. Your presence meant more than you know.

This is just the beginning.

Picnic. Play. Stay.