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Parks and the Portland Parks Foundation Receive Bank of America Neighborhood Builder Award
Nov 5, 2019 at 4:06 PM
November 5, 2019
Today, Bank of America announced that Portland Parks & Recreation (PP&R) and the Portland Parks Foundation (PPF) have received the annual Neighborhood Builder Award from Bank of America. The award comes with $200,000 that will allow PP&R and PPF to significantly expand free summertime lunch and recreation activities.
PP&R’s Mobile Lunch + Play program, part of Summer Free For All, brings kids a healthy, free lunch along with sports, arts, crafts, and games to apartment complexes and sites in east Portland where parks are currently scarce.
The award builds on Bank of America’s longstanding support of Summer Free For All.
Special thanks to Bank of America, including Roger Hinshaw, President of Oregon and SW Washington, Monique Barton, Senior Vice President for Corporate Social Responsibility, and Jessica Hewitt, Vice President for Enterprise Business and Community; to the Portland Parks Foundation, including Executive Director Randy Gragg and Board Chair Mary Ruble; and to Parks staff, especially Kellie Torres and Chariti Montez.
Background
Major Bank of America Grant Enhances PP&R's Mobile Lunch + Play Program
Portland Parks and Recreation Website
Media
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Jim Redden in the Portland Tribune
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Parks & Recreation
Major Bank of America Grant Enhances PP&R’s Mobile Lunch + Play Program
PP&R Website
Bank of America Funds Portland Parks Program
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Two Local Nonprofits Announced as Grant Recipients for Portland – Area Programs
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3000 Gallons of Sewage Spills into Willamette River in Portland
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Transportation
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Police
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Parks
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PP&R Website
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Emails Show Portland Businesses Wanted Homeless Service Gone from a Downtown Park
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Portland Street Response
City Council Unanimously Approves Street Response Pilot Program
Alex Zielinski in the Portland Mercury
Portland To Pilot Street Response Team For 911 Calls Involving Homeless in Lents
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Molly Harbarger in The Oregonian
Neighborhood Associations
As City Resets Conversation Around Neighborhood Associations, Public Asks for Transparency
Alex Zielinski in the Portland Mercury
City Hall Hears Divergent Views on How to Change the City’s Approach to Neighborhood Associations
Rachel Monahan in the Willamette Week
City Delays Decisions on Role of Neighborhood Associations
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New Transition Projects Overnight Homeless Shelter Opens
KATU News
Sources: City Resets Clock for Rewriting Code on Neighborhoods
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URM Buildings
Council Poised to Pay $350,000 to URM Building Lawyers
Jim Redden in the Portland Tribune
Portland Poised to Settle, Pay $350,000 In Attorneys’ Fees for URM Signs Lawsuit
Rebecca Ellis in OPB News
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Portland to Pay $350K Linked to Earthquake Warning Sign Suit
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Portland to Pay $350K Linked to Earthquake Warning Sign Lawsuit
Associated Press in KGW8 News
Fossil Fuels
On Shaky Ground
Blair Stenvick in the Portland Mercury
Portland Considering Revised Policy to Ban New Fossil Fuel Terminals
Everton Bailey Jr. in The Oregonian
Portland City Council Moves Toward Readopting Fossil Fuel Restrictions
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In Other News
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Portland Parks & Recreation: A Sustainable Future Council Work Session
Nov 26, 2019 at 1:07 PM
November 26, 2019
Today, Portland Parks & Recreation (PP&R) held a work session with Council called “A Sustainable Future.”
After last year’s challenging budget, Council directed Parks to take a deeper look at the financial trajectory of the bureau. Today’s work session was the bureau’s opportunity to share the findings of their research into future service levels and potential new funding models.
Council also offered preliminary feedback about next steps for the bureau with a shared goal of creating a more equitable parks system for all.
Commissioner Fish and bureau leadership will take what they heard from Council at the work session and work together to develop a strategy to put the bureau on solid, sustainable footing for current and future Portlanders. That includes coming up with preferred funding scenarios and taking a deeper dive on funding alternatives that show promise.