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The Reconnecting Albina Planning Project kicks off

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Aerial view of Lower Albina neighborhood
This collaborative initiative will create restorative urban development strategies to support a more connected, accessible, sustainable, vibrant, and thriving neighborhood. Give your input on this project through the Pin it, Portland tool.
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At a well-attended hearing on July 31, City Council adopted both a resolution and an ordinance for the Reconnecting Albina Planning Project (RAPP).

The resolution affirmed the City’s partnership with Albina Vision Trust (AVT) and its commitment to establishing multiple benefits for the Lower Albina area, including:

  • a reconnected and thriving neighborhood district that promotes wealth building and inclusive economic development,
  • vibrant regional entertainment venues, and
  • multimodal local and regional transportation.

The ordinance authorizes the City of Portland to accept a Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program planning grant totaling $800,000 from the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Give your input: Pin it, Portland

To learn more about what community members envision for the future of the Albina area, BPS and partners created the Pin It, Portland mapping tool. People can select or “pin” a place on the map of the focus area and choose from a menu what kind of service, amenity, feature, etc. they’d like to see there in the future. AVT and City partners will use that information from the community to determine what assets, opportunities and issues in the Lower Albina area they should focus on.

Provide input! Pin it, Portland: Reconnecting Albina Planning Project

About the project

The Reconnecting Albina Planning Project is a two-year project involving the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability (BPS), Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT), and Prosper Portland, in partnership with AVT, to create urban development strategies for Lower Albina, Lloyd, and Rose Quarter areas. These strategies will foster equitable, sustainable outcomes and restorative development for Portland’s historic Albina and Black communities. The collaborative effort will also:

  • Look at how the Oregon Department of Transportation’s Interstate 5 Rose Quarter Improvement Project (I5RQIP) planned highway cover can be integrated into the broader area to reconnect local streets.
  • Create new opportunities for future urban development, economic development, and public open space on top of the highway cover.
  • Build on and coordinate with several key initiatives, such as the Albina Vision Trust Community Investment Plan (AVTCIP) and the Broadway Main Street project.

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