On March 22, 2025, staff from Portland Fire, Portland Parks, and two dozen volunteers gathered to remove large accumulations of flammable debris from Governors Park – nearly 5 dump trucks worth in 3 hours! Cleanups like this help reduce the amount of woody debris on the forest floor, reduce the number of weedy and invasive […]
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Wildfire risk reduction events
Please join Portland Parks and Recreation and the Portland Fire Bureau in one of their Wildfire Risk reduction events in SWHRL: https://www.portland.gov/parks/nature/events/2025/2/28/marquam-nature-park-wildfire-risk-reduction-event https://www.portland.gov/parks/nature/events/2025/3/22/governors-park-wildfire-risk-reduction-event https://www.portland.gov/parks/nature/events/2025/3/26/marquam-nature-park-wildfire-risk-reduction-event While you are there, be sure to ask how to join or start a Neighborhood Firewise Community!
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Ainsworth Mural Project
The Ainsworth PTA presented their project to the public on May 17, 2023. See below the details about the large mural planned by renowned artist William Hernandez (https://williamhernandezart.com/ ) that will be located near the back play area.
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Husker Du?
Means “Do you remember?” in Norwegian* and SWHRL is looking for anyone who remembers the 1984 rebuilding of the Elevator Stairs and its controversy. If you are interested in being interviewed for an online news article, please contact portland@axios.com if you have stories, details or photographs. *and is also a really good punk band.
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Governors Park – natives replanting Mar 18th
Neighbors and SWHRL would like to invite everyone to help plant native plants in Governors Park, Saturday, March 18th. This event will be held from 9 am to Noon or so. Sign up is requested, but walk-ups will be welcomed. https://www.solveoregon.org/opportunity/a0C8W00000VBai8
Another part of the Ainsworth Safe-Routes-to-School project is completed. A new crosswalk was added and the traffic-slowing diverter has had some wands and signage added for safety. They even repainted road striping and replaced the battered wands and bases in front of the Vista Spring Cafe! These installations have already had a noticeable effect on […]
At long last, pedestrians traveling on SW Broadway Drive to or from downtown need no longer walk unsafely in the roadway on the lowest stretch. PBOT has finished the protected shoulder down to SW Sherman St! SWHRL would like to thank PBOT for making this happen, especially Pedestrian Coordinator Michelle Marx, City Engineer Wendy Cawley, […]
The future of the light is in question – is there a better solution? UPDATE – PBOT indicates that the temporary stop signs will remain for 90 days to evaluate their effectiveness; PBOT will then make a decision on fixing the signal or making the stop signs permanent. As you’ve no doubt noticed, the traffic […]
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Park Improvements
Native plant restoration in Governors Park SWHRL and neighborhood volunteers participated in a native-plant restoration project at Governors Park this week; over 100 native plants – including Pacific wax myrtle, snowberry, mock orange, ferns and Columbia Hawthorne – were placed in the southern section of the park, with some dozens more to come by the […]
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Strohecker’s update December 2021
Sadly, not a good one – the developer interested in constructing a mix of apartments, condos and storefronts (https://www.strohredev.com/) indicates market forces have battered the project into submission; the current owner’s asking price for the property, coupled with rising labor and materials costs the past two years, means the project no longer makes economic sense […]