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Portland Parks & Recreation has purchased a nearly three-acre parcel in North Portland for a new city park.

The sale of vacant grassland by Open Meadow, a private high school, was approved by the Portland City Council and finalized late last month. Parks system development charges will cover the $880,000 sale price for the parcel, which is near the intersection of North Crawford Street and Polk Avenue.

The site, which overlooks the Willamette River, is now open for public use; however, plans to formally develop the meadow with oak trees into the park and add amenities are still in the works, Portland Parks & Recreation spokesman Mark Ross said.

鈥淲hat it might look like is yet to be determined,鈥� he said.

Potential amenities and other improvements will be outlined in a future master plan for the new park, Ross said. For now, city crews will maintain the site 鈥� mowing, pruning and picking up trash 鈥� until funding is secured for the master plan, he said.

Open Meadow put the parcel on the market after it moved out of a nearby building late last year.