Project Updates
Celebrate the opening of your new park!
Date: Thursday, September 25th
Time: 3:00 - 6:00pm
Location: Mill Park - 1949 SE 122nd Ave
- Free family-friendly activities and food
- Ribbon cutting ceremony at 3:30pm
- Fun!
Access Info:
- Bus 73 & Street Parking*
- Accessible bathroom
* There is street parking on SE Lincoln Street, and TriMet bus #73 stops right in front of the park on SE 122nd Avenue. Please be respectful of park neighbors' driveways when parking. There are paved pedestrian entrances to the park on SE Lincoln Street, Mill Court, and SE 122nd Avenue, and there are bike racks in the park.
Celebración de inauguración en Mill Park
Fecha: Jueves 25º de septiembre
Tiempo: De 3:00 - 6:00 pm
Ubicación: Mill Park - 1949 SE 122nd Ave
- Actividades y comida gratis para toda la familia
- Ceremonia de inauguración a las 15:30 h
- ¡Diversión!
Información de acceso:
- Autobús 73 y estacionamiento en la calle.
- Baño accesible
သင်တို့၏ ပန်းခြံသစ် ဖွင့်ပွဲကို ဆင်နွှဲကြပါ။
ရက်စွဲ- ကြာသပတေးနေ စက်တင်ဘာ 25 ရက်
အချိန်- ညနေ 3:00 - 6:00 နာရီ
တည်နေရာ- Mill Park - 1949 SE 122nd Ave
- အခမဲ့ မိသားစုနှင့် သင့်တော်သော လှုပ်ရှားမှုများနှင့် အဆာပြေအစားအစာများ
- ဖဲကြိုးဖြတ်ပွဲ ညနေ 3:30 နာရီတွင်
- ပျော်ရွှင်ပါ
ဝင်ရောက်ရန်အချက်အလက် -
- ဘတ်စ်ကား 73 နှင့် လမ်းဘေးကားရပ်နားရန်နေရာ
- သွားလာနိုင်သော ရေချိုးခန်း
Chào mừng lễ khánh thành công viên mới của quý vị!
Ngày: Thứ Năm ngày 25 tháng 9
Thời gian: 3:00 - 6:00 chiều
Vị trí: Mill Park - 1949 SE 122nd Ave
- Nhiều hoạt động dành cho gia đình và đồ ăn nhẹ miễn phí
- Lễ cắt băng khánh thành lúc 3:30 chiều
- Vui chơi!
Thông Tin Hướng Dẫn Đến Công Viên:
- Xe Buýt số 73 & Đậu Xe Trên Phố.
- Phòng tắm tiện nghi
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Overview
Mill Park is a 6.2 acre park located at 117th Avenue and Mill Court, next to Mill Park Elementary. Before construction, it had an informal soft-surface walking trail, open lawn, and mature trees but was otherwise undeveloped. Thanks to funding from System Development Charges, PP&R had funding to improve this park.
In the summer of 2021, a portion of the System Development Charge funds for this project were used to purchase the adjacent 22,000 square foot property at 1949 SE 122nd Avenue to create a new park entry from SE 122nd Avenue and increase the total open space provided by Mill Park to approximately 6.2 acres. This property has been incorporated into the final design for Mill Park.
In August 2021, PP&R entered into a temporary lease agreement on a month-to-month basis with Cultivate Initiatives, a nonprofit houseless services provider, to use the space for workforce and community services and storage. Cultivate Initiatives is the operator of Menlo Park Village, one of the Safe Rest Villages, at SE 122nd Avenue and E Burnside Street. The agreement recognized that this use was temporary until PP&R is ready to begin development of the park. In July 2023, Cultivate Initiatives moved to a new, permanent location at 14625 SE Stark Street.
Improvements were guided by the park’s 2017 Master Plan and include a playground, splash pad, central lawn, gathering area, picnic shelter and tables, community garden, paved pathways, public art, and other park amenities. Through a Project Advisory Committee and Community Gathering events, the community helped guide the refinement of the park's design.
Project Background
In November 2014, Portland City Council designated $300,000 from 2014’s fall supplemental budget for new master plans for eastside parks. In April 2015, PP&R, the East Portland Parks Committee and Commissioner Amanda Fritz engaged the community in a public outreach process to determine which sites should be prioritized as part of the eastside park master planning process. Based on that process and PP&R staff input, Commissioner Fritz chose to fund a master plan for Mill Park and Midland Park, in a concurrent process, as requested by the Mill Park Neighborhood Association and given the close proximity of the two parks.
The community was a key partner with Portland Parks & Recreation during the Mill and Midland Master Plan process. The community's ideas and feedback gathered over a year-long process were used to create a master plan for what these two parks will become when they are fully built. The master plan identified the primary uses and features and began to arrange these features within the park space, resulting in a preferred design supported by the community. The combined Mill and Midland Park Master Plans were completed in 2017 and approved by City Council on November 8, 2017 at a Council meeting held at David Douglas High School.
Project Schedule
- Spring 2021 - Advisory committee recruitment and project set-up
- Summer 2021 - Winter 2021/22 - Community engagement and design development
- Community Gathering 1 - August 3, 2021
- Community Gathering 2 - November 2021
- Community Gathering 3 - May 2022 - Give feedback on the final design for the park
- Spring 2022 - Spring 2023 - Construction documents, bidding, and permitting
- Summer 2023 - Winter 2024/25 - Construction
Project Advisory Committee Members
Amy Schutzer, Andrew Long, Anne Downing, Audrey Anderson, Ayan Salat, Barbie Tew, Erin Zollenkopf, Francis Khampi, Heather Craig, Jasmine Anderson, Juanita Villalobos, Kari Koch, Mohammad Kahlid, Nang Piang, Pyae Sone Aung, Trevor Hopper
Project Advisory Committee Meetings
Meeting 5 - April 26, 2022
Meeting 4 - February 22, 2022
Meeting 3 - November 2, 2021
Meeting 2 - July 26, 2021
Meeting 1 - May 25, 2021