Mt. Scott Community Center Grand (Re)Opening

Grand (Re)Opening Celebration: October 24

Please join us for the Grand (Re)Opening of the Mt. Scott Community Center on October 24, from 5:00 to 7:30 p.m.

This fun community event will include music, building tours, fitness classes, open swim time, craft stations and more!

The renovated Mt. Scott Community Center, which now boasts more light in its interior spaces, improved ADA accessibility, the addition of new classrooms, meeting spaces, and an event hall, and more.

The center also features 22 new public artworks, including a large mixed-media textile piece titled Understory in the lobby's main stairwell by Portland-based artist Isabella Saavedra, the reinstallation of the beloved 25-year-old sculptural relief artwork by Gail Simpson and Aristotle Georgiades, and 2-D works on the 1st and 2nd floor corridors by 16 local artists.

The addition of these artworks was made possible by the City's Percent for Art Program, which specifies that up to 2% of qualifying infrastructure project budgets be dedicated to public art, all done in partnership between Regional Arts Council C, Portland Parks & Recreation, and Arts & Culture.

The center closed to the public on November 22, 2023, for construction, opened for drop-in activities September 2, 2025, and will be fully operational in January 2026.

The updated and remodeled Mt. Scott Community Center expands the original 31,000-square-foot building into a two-story, 70,000-square-foot modern recreation facility. Improvements include new fitness rooms, rental and event spaces, classrooms, and offices, as well as upgrades to the existing building's roof, HVAC, and fire-sprinkler systems, seismic stability, and windows.