Upcoming BAC Events

May
31
Wed
6:00 pm Gideon Shelter Working Group @ zoom and onsite
Gideon Shelter Working Group @ zoom and onsite
May 31 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
If you’d like to join us, email gideonshelter at brooklyn-neighborhood.org We have a google drive with our working documents. short zoom link: https://bit.ly/bacCTWG Detailed Zoom info: Topic: Clinton Triangle /...
Jun
1
Thu
6:00 pm Gideon Shelter Working Group @ zoom and onsite
Gideon Shelter Working Group @ zoom and onsite
Jun 1 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
If you’d like to join us, email gideonshelter at brooklyn-neighborhood.org We have a google drive with our working documents. short zoom link: https://bit.ly/bacCTWG Detailed Zoom info: Topic: Clinton Triangle /...
7:00 pm Brooklyn Climate Community Open ... @ The Chomp
Brooklyn Climate Community Open ... @ The Chomp
Jun 1 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Brooklyn Climate Community Open Meeting @ The Chomp | Portland | Oregon | United States
For anyone who is concerned about the climate crisis and wants to do something about it collectively. Contact: climate at brooklyn-neighborhood.org You may also join the Slack.
Jun
7
Wed
4:00 pm Kids Craft Night’s @ Brooklyn Park Shelter
Kids Craft Night’s @ Brooklyn Park Shelter
Jun 7 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Kids Craft Night's @ Brooklyn Park Shelter
Do your kiddos love to do arts and crafts, but never know what to make? Kids Craft Night is the fun way to go!   On the first Wednesday of...
6:00 pm Gideon Shelter Working Group @ zoom and onsite
Gideon Shelter Working Group @ zoom and onsite
Jun 7 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
If you’d like to join us, email gideonshelter at brooklyn-neighborhood.org We have a google drive with our working documents. short zoom link: https://bit.ly/bacCTWG Detailed Zoom info: Topic: Clinton Triangle /...
7:00 pm Brooklyn Land Use & Transportati... @ TBD
Brooklyn Land Use & Transportati... @ TBD
Jun 7 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
The meeting will be held as a hybrid meeting, both in-person and on Zoom. You can join from your computer, tablet, or smartphone, or call in from a phone. https://us06web.zoom.us/j/97619486898?pwd=SlBVR3FId0xRQ2hpeWxBWCsxa0IzQT09...

Re-establishing neighborhood river access

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Although Brooklyn is bordered by the Willamette River, there is no way to access the river directly from the neighborhood. The river runs through, but not to, the neighborhood.

Brooklyn used to have river access, but was cut off from the river when Highway 99E (McLoughlin Blvd) was constructed and subsequently widened. Decades have passed and promises made, but never fulfilled.

We are fighting to re-establish Brooklyn’s historic river access and re-connect our neighborhood.

River Plan / South Reach

The River Plan / South Reach project is the City of Portland’s 20-year plan for the portion of the river that flows through Brooklyn. The project has advanced through the initial drafts and as of September 2020 has passed out of the Planning and Sustainability Commission. After that, it goes to City Council to be adopted. There was a November 4, 2020 council meeting to hear the plan, and a vote to adopt the plan is scheduled for December 16.

Its current proposal acknowledges the lack of access, and rightly notes that re-establishing neighborhood river access was already overdue before the last 20-year plan. Despite that, it again proposes a “6 to 20 year” timeline for actions related to studying and re-establishing access. Additionally, the plan is a guiding document and doesn’t establish funding sources or firm commitments to follow through on the actions. For our neighbors that have seen this process unfold over many decades, “6 to 20 years” sounds a lot like “20 years” which sounds a lot like “never.”

We’ll need your help to keep pressing for the access that the neighborhood deserves! We’ve already organized and sent hundreds of comments from folks in the neighborhood to the City for earlier phases of the project. Stay tuned for more actions as the project advances!

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