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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.…

  • St. Johns & Peninsula Community Centers’ fate uncertain

    St. Johns & Peninsula Community Centers’ fate uncertain

    An unexpected $93 million shortfall has blown a hole in the City of Portland budget, and threatens to close the St. Johns and Peninsula Community Centers by late summer. A City Administrator preliminary proposal recommends cutting the Parks & Recreation Bureau budget by $13 million and closing the community centers. The pushback has been immediate…