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Mt Scott Community Center Closes Temporarily for Seismic Retrofit, Expansion

SE Portland Center Improves Safety, Service with Significant Upgrades

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Portland Parks & Recreation Presents the Peninsula Crossing Trail Stroll and Roll

Walk, run, stroll, or wheel the one-mile route, or continue on! Free for all ages on Saturday, July 29, 2023.

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Portland Parks & Recreation delivers on promises to Levy voters with enhanced park services

Voter-approved Parks Levy makes PP&R services possible citywide; first Annual Report released

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Parks Commissioner Carmen Rubio allocates additional $5 million to future North Portland Aquatic Center

Key project moves forward for site selection, programming, and design

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Volunteers needed for Portland Parks & Recreation’s 19th annual No Ivy Day

Have fun and help protect Portland’s treasured parks and natural areas

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PP&R launches translation style guide and glossaries

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PP&R to award community grants: City increases collaboration with community organizations through Parks Levy funding

The grants will expand PP&R’s capacity to reach underserved communities and center equity, particularly working to better serve: Black People, Indigenous People, People of Color, Immigrants and Refugees, families earning low incomes, LGBTQIA+ people, and individuals living with disabilities

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Portland Parks & Recreation outdoor pools to open amid aquatics staff shortage

The seven outdoor pools open June 22, 2022, for summer; joining four indoor, year-round facilities. PP&R seeks lifeguards and swim instructors!

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PP&R celebrates our teammates during Black History Month - meet Amourie Downing

This is a profile of widely-admired and longtime PP&R Recreation division staffer Amourie Downing. It's part of a series that highlights key staff as part of PP&R's commemoration of Black History Month (February).

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