Phone: 503-823-7529
1120 SW Fifth Avenue, Portland, OR 97204
Twenty percent ($3.05 million) of Portland's local share will be spent to acquire land for future development as local access parks in park-deficient, lower income neighborhoods, especially where little opportunity exists for use of System Development Charges (SDCs). The designated eastside areas of Centennial, Cully, and Argay, annexed to Portland in recent decades, lack the developed park matrix of the city's older neighborhoods.
Criteria/Priorities
Portland Parks & Recreation identified the following characteristics of highest priority for providing equitable access to parks for Portland residents, based on PP&R's Land Acquisition Strategy:
Other attributes to be considered include: