Tanner Springs Park Featured in the Oregonian

Tanner Springs Park , designed by Atelier Dreiseitl and GreenWorks, is one of five finalists for the Urban Land Institute's Amanda Burden Urban Open Space Award. Judges from the ULI selection committee came to Portland to assess Tanner Springs on July 20th. The winner will be revealed at the institute's Fall Meeting and Urban Land Expo, Oct. 16-19  in Denver.  "The $10,000 prize  is reserved for a public open space that changes or revives its surrounding community" (Daley;2012). The Portland Pearl district park contains wetlands which attract wildlife, treat runoff from the surrounding area and provide a scenic and serene setting for downtown park goers. More about the park and the award is featured in an article from The Oregonian that  ran Wednesday, July 25th.

Click here for the article.

Construction Nearly Complete on the Lewis and Clark Festival Park

Kirby Nagelhout is wrapping up construction at The Lewis and Clark Festival Park in The Dalles. Construction of the $2.9 million park began in November 2011, and on Friday, July 13^th, Mike Faha and Alex Perove performed a final walk-through, inspecting the irrigation and planting design. Cedar Landscape, Inc. is the licensed landscape contractor that installed the entire site’s irrigation, planting, and the concrete unit pavers in the main plaza. Strong roof lines from the building, the trees, and expansive green lawn are some of the park elements that are visible from the freeway. These elements create an attractive buffer between I-84 and the railroad, and establish a green identity for the city of The Dalles. The grand opening of the park is tentatively scheduled for Thursday, September 6, 2012.

We would love for you to join us at the opening of the city’s newest community park!

Westmoreland Park Open House

GreenWorks recently hosted an Open House for the Westmoreland Park Nature Play Area. The event took place at the Westmoreland Park site, where the current plan was “painted” onto the ground so that individuals could “walk through” the design to better understand how the different play areas would feel once built. Kids and adults had a lot of fun visualizing these future elements of the park. Comments from the public obtained at the Open House are being incorporated into the final design. You can view a draft of the preferred option below:

You can read more about the project and nature based play areas in The Oregonian and on the Portland Parks and Recreation website.