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City preparing to decommission Mount Tabor Park reservoirs

Portland Water Bureau officials, in an effort to comply with federal regulations, are moving ahead with a project to disconnect the three open reservoirs at Mount Tabor Park by the end of next year.

Proposed bond would help pay for Portland parks maintenance

Portland City Council soon will vote whether to put before voters a Portland Parks & Recreation bond measure that would provide millions of dollars for major maintenance at playgrounds, pools, trails and Pioneer Courthouse Square.

Portland Parks and Recreation is seeking a City Planner II.

Portland parks department planning bond measure

Portland Parks and Recreation has decided to pursue a bond measure in 2013 to fund the city's parks.

Construction of South Waterfront greenway to begin despite budget shortfall

Portland Parks and Recreation is preparing for a lean budgetary year that could bring layoffs, park restroom closures and significant maintenance cutbacks. But construction of a long-awaited, nearly $10 million project is nevertheless expected to begin this summer, kicking off a plan to build paths and parks along the west bank of the Willamette River.

Portland looks to acquire 146 acres for preservation

Portland city staffers will ask the city council on Wednesday to approve $11.25 million to be spent on a 146-acre parcel in Southwest Portland.

City seeks money for park-deprived East Portland

The area of Portland east of Interstate 205 is a historically park-deficient area. The city has a growing number of vacant parcels there pegged for park use, as well as several completed park master plans, but not many of those plans have translated into actual parks.

Metro, Portland to purchase natural area

Three Portland area public agencies have teamed up to provide a park and plenty of natural space to an underserved part of Northeast Portland.

Laurelhurst Pond restoration almost finished

Dredging work is complete and most of the structures are installed as part of the Parks and Recreation Department's restoration of Laurelhurst Pond.

City funding helps Gateway Green’s chances

A city of Portland promise of $198,110 per year for a planned bike park and recreational area near the Gateway area is giving the project the sure footing to move forward. The funding would pay for maintenance and operation, which project organizers say is the chief hurdle in getting the park completed.

3 concepts released for Lents Park

Portland Parks and Recreation and landscape architecture firm Walker Macy have released three concept designs for a master plan to revitalize a 38-acre park in the Southeast Portland neighborhood of Lents.