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Key Earth Week events on the peninsula
By Barbara Quinn Earth Week is an annual, event dedicated to raising awareness about the environment and the need to protect our planet. North Portland is hosting three key events during Earth Week: Pier Park Pick Up sponsored by Friends of Pier Park 100 volunteers are being sought to help remove invasives like ivy and blackberry,…
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Pier Pool reopens July 14
Pier and Peninsula pools will have extended summer seasons Pier Pool is on track to reopen July 14 after abruptly closing for almost the entire 2024 summer season due to a catastrophic mechanical failure. The main water pipe of the 84-year-old pool broke on June 27, 2024, forcing Portland Parks & Recreation (PP&R) to close…
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Mayor Wilson’s budget keeps SJ and Peninsula Community Centers open
Mayor Keith Wilson’s proposed new budget will keep the St. Johns and Peninsula Community Centers open. It will also complete repairs for Pier Park Pool and increase public safety investments. “I am proud to say that every community center, every program and every park is going to remain open,” Wilson told the North Peninsula Review.…
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Plans advance for North Portland Aquatic Center
By Mark Kirchmeier | the North Peninsula Review The public involvement phase for the planned two-pool Aquatic Center at Northgate Park will reconvene in early December. The center, scheduled to open in five to six years, will replace Columbia Park pool that Portland Parks & Recreation (PP&R) closed amid controversy in 2022. The Parks Bureau…
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Pier Park Pool closure alarms supporters
The Portland Parks & Recreation Bureau’s (PP&R) sudden closure of Pier Park Pool for repairs has alarmed pool advocates. “We’ve received emails from citizens worried that what happened to Columbia Pool might also happen to Pier Pool,” said Keola Morley of Friends of Pier Park (FPP). The Bureau closed Pier Pool after a water main…
