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Review the proposed Washington Park Master Plan options and help shape Washington Park for the next 25 Years Do you love visiting the park or avoid it? Or maybe you think the park is for someone else, but not for you? Give your feedback on the Master Plan concepts. To participate in the survey, click […]

Do you have a non-urgent traffic safety concern? Call 503-823-SAFE Use this quick and easy on-line form to contact the Traffic Safety and Neighborhood Livability Team See the Portland Bureau of Transportation’s website: Report Traffic Safety and/or Maintenance Problems

Party in the Park Saturday, April 8, 2017 10:00am – 2:00pm; Presentations at 10:30am and 12:30pm World Forestry Center, Cheatham Hall 4033 SW Canyon Road, Portland, Oregon 97221 You are invited to make your mark on the park! We’re looking for community member input to help shape the future of Washington Park by reviewing the two Master […]

The Water Bureau is taking citizen input as it plans how it will cover Reservoir 3 (the upper reservoir) in Washington Park.  The general idea is that there will be a reflecting pool on top of a new tank, which will occupy the same general footprint as the existing reservoir.  Here’s a “virtual open house ” […]

Here’s a message from Steve Bloom, Executive Director of the Japanese Garden: July 25, 2013 Dear Neighbors, As the Portland Japanese Garden continues to plan for an expansion of the Garden and its facilities over the next few years, we intend to continue to keep our neighbors current and engaged in the process. Currently, we […]

A citizen-initiated effort is afoot to get a footbridge built to carry the Wildwood Trail over West Burnside.  If you hike or run on the Wildwood, you probably know how difficult and dangerous this crossing is:  three lanes of high-speed car traffic, with no crosswalk.  Fifteen years ago, Portland’s Pedestrian Master Plan called for a […]

On Sept. 5, 2012, the Portland City Council passed an amendment to the city’s skateboard ordinance, banning skateboarding on the “Zoobomb route” (Fairview-Kingston-Tichner-Marconi-Park) as well as the alternate route down Hampshire-Champlain-Rutland, between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m.  The fine for violating this prohibition is $115.  The ordinance retains the existing requirements that skaters wear front […]

On the agenda for our August 13 neighborhood meeting is the proposed ban on skateboarding on certain streets.  The meeting is 5:30 – 7 p.m. at the Sylvan Fire Station, 1715 SW Skyline.  Neighborhood Response Team police officer Hilary Scott will talk about recent efforts to enforce traffic laws against skateboarders, and Greg Raisman of […]

Here’s the powerpoint presentation used in the July 18, 2011 meeting with city officials to discuss ways to address the skateboarding problem in the neighborhood.  The videos had to be deleted to get under the maximum file size limits. MANAGING SKATEBOARDS IN ARLINGTON HEIGHTS 2 You can view the videos here: Arlington Heights Skateboard violators […]