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Updated COVID-19 safety guidance

Face coverings are required at all times inside or outside of city-owned facilities. To protect our community from COVID-19, PP&R is following guidance from public health authorities and elected officials. For detailed information, please visit portland.gov/parks/covid-19-updates.

Parks & Recreation

Bureau/Office

Portland's parks, public places, natural areas, and recreational opportunities give life and beauty to our city. These essential assets connect people to place, self, and others. Portland's residents treasure and care for this legacy, building on the past to provide for future generations.

Portland Parks & Recreation
1120 SW Fifth Avenue, Suite 858
Portland, OR 97204

Featured content

Portsmouth Park Sign

City of Portland Website

Find a Park

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Register for a class or activity

Information

COVID-19 Updates, Closures, and Postponements

A PP&R staff member in a blue shirt sits at a table and colors with two kids outside.

Information

Fall 2021 with Portland Parks & Recreation

A group of new PP&R recreation employees wearing blue staff shirts are talking outdoors in park.

Information

Employment and Internship Opportunities

Trail Closures and Delays

Information

Trail Closures and Delays

The late former Parks Commissioner Nick Fish celebrates with a team after the Portland World Soccer tournament championship, in a recent summer. Photo is courtesy of Portland Parks & Recreation, Portland, OR.

Information

Parks Local Option Levy

Parks for New Portlanders Proclamation in Portland City Hall on August 28, 2019

Information

Equity & Inclusion

A photo of smiling Parks & Recreation staff at an all staff celebration.

Information

About Portland Parks & Recreation

Customer at the new Portland Building 311 Customer Service Center

Information

Customer Service Center

Resource

Report a Problem in a Park

Related offices, programs, advisory groups, and projects

Portland Parks & Recreation Environmental Education

Program

Environmental Education

Image of lush garden

Program

Community Gardens

Natural Area Stewardship

Program

Natural Areas Volunteer Stewardship

Fanno Creek Natural Area

Program

Nature

Arts & Culture

Program

Arts and Culture

image of PP&R employee doing an outdoor art project with two children from the neighborhood.

Program

Recreation

A young basketball player dribbles the ball while a defender follows closely.

Program

Sports

Two people stand together in front of young trees during Urban Forestry's Free Tree Giveaway in 2019.

Program

Urban Forestry

Upcoming Events

Portland Arbor Day 2021

Community Event

October 30, 2021

10:00 am

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1:00 pm

Join us to kick off the tree planting season at Lents Park. Bring friends and family to plant trees, meet neighbors, and sign up for free yard trees.

Location

No Ivy Day 2021

Volunteer Event

November 20, 2021

9:00 am

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12:00 pm

Additional event details coming soon.

Past Meetings and Hearings

2021

September

September 27, 2021 Parks Levy Oversight Committee (PLOC) Meeting (Public Meeting)

August

August 3, 2021 Mill Park Community Gathering (Public Meeting)

More past meetings and hearings

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