I know how much we Outer-East-Siders love Lents Park… well, here’s a chance to help steer its future! John M. passed on this email notice: “Portland Parks & Recreation (PP&R) is seeking interested community members to serve on a Project Advisory Committee (PAC) that will help guide the development of a Master Plan for Lents Park. If you are interested, please visit www.portlandparks.org to complete an interest form.”
It looks like you gotta fill out a form from that site; you’ll find the .PDF file here. There’s no better way to celebrate St. Patty’s Day, in my opinion, than to help protect our urban green space!
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Thanks for posting this, Colleen.Lents Park is a jewel of SE Portland’s park system, but it has some problems too. The Parks Bureau was recently given $100,000 from urban renewal funds to do a real plan for the park. This is a first step toward identifying improvements that would make the park work better for its users.The deadline to apply is March 31, so don’t procrastinate! Fo-Po folks who are interested in Parks, or who use Lents Park, should definitely think about doing this.
Wow, that’s huge. I am a busy busy bee, so I can’t buzz into yet another project, but I sure do hope a Fo-Po-ista steps up! Thanks for keeping up with these things, John.