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[Update] Grant Park Lighting Project
Construction on the Grant Bowl Lighting Project is underway!
Site Prep: Temporary construction fencing has been installed around the track and field as construction crews prep for utility work prior the installation of lights.
Field Access: No field access will be allowed at all hours starting April 20 and is scheduled as last about a week during light pole installation. For safety purposes, residents are asked to not cross fences or barriers into the active work zone.
It is expected that the lights will be operational in June.
- GPNA Public Comment for Grant Bowl Lighting – May 2025
- Summer 2025 GPNA Land Use Update – May 2025
- GPNA Position on Mitigations Needed for the Grant Bowl Lighting Project – Approved September 10th, 2024 (click to view)
- GPNA Position on Lighting at the Bowl – March 2024 (click to view)
GPNA Response to Grant Park Bowl Closure
Grant Park Neighborhood Association has sent the following letters to City and Portland Public Schools officials in the past year, the first regarding public access to the Grant Park Upper Field, and the second two in response to the closure of Grant Park Bowl.
GPNA Upper Field Letter Public Access March 2023
GPNA Grant Park Bowl Letter August 2023
Grant Bowl Letter Grant Park NA September 2023
Newsletter: Safety Issues
Our most recent newsletters include information related to safety issues on NE 33rd Avenue and important cross streets. See links below:
PBOT Response to GPNA Letter to PBOT Regarding Pedestrian Safety on NE 33rd Avenue
Letter to PBOT Regarding Pedestrian Safety on NE Broadway
Letter to PBOT Regarding Pedestrian Safety on NE 33rd Avenue
E-mail from PBOT Engineers re. NE 33rd Ave. Safety Study
Community Safety Meeting
On September 20, 2021, the City of Portland hosted a community safety meeting for our neighborhood. The following document came out of that meeting:
Gordon’s Fireplace Building Update
Hearing Officer’s Order / January 2024
Do you like walking in your neighborhood?
We need volunteers to help deliver the Grant Park Neighborhood Association newsletter to every home. Average route is 30-40 homes and the newsletter is published quarterly. Volunteer to help distribute newsletters here!
Grant High School Upper Field Improvements
Over the last several months the GPNA has been working diligently on the matter of the Grant High School Upper Fields Improvements. Here are two documents related to this process.
May Events
Plant Sale!
Saturday, May 2, from 9:00AM to 4:00PM
Grant Park Church Parking Lot
2728 NE 34th Ave, Portland, OR
Please mark your calendars and come shop for quality flowers, hanging baskets, trees, and shrubs provided at fantastic prices by our friend Dean Fagan, the owner/manager of Vivero Nursery on Sauvie Island. 20% of all sales will benefit the Grant Park Neighborhood Association!
Plants Available:
Potentilla – Viburnum – Hydrangea – Ornamental Grasses – Spirea – Weigela – Maples – Yucca – Barberry – Ilex – Laurel – Mock Orange – Ornamental Willows – Dogwood – Cypress – Roses – Ninebark – Rose of Sharon – Azara – Yew + MORE
New retail site now open on Sauvie Island:
15505A NW Gillihan Rd, Portland, OR
https://viveroplantnursery.com
Junior Rose Parade
The Junior Rose Parade will be coming to the neighborhood on Saturday, May 30th, 2026.
Celebrating our community’s children started early in the history of the Portland Rose Festival. In 1918, six kids in the Hollywood District were sorely disappointed about the cancellation of their beloved Rose Festival due to World War I. So, they decided to hold their own parade!
With a procession of two bicycles, one tricycle, and an express wagon carrying their own Queen down NE 44th Street, the first version of the Junior Parade began. Having been an official Rose Festival event since 1936, the Junior Parade is the oldest and largest Children’s Parade in the Nation.
Elementary and Middle School marching bands fill the Hollywood District with song, and dance teams add swirls of color to the celebration. Regardless of how you participate in this pint-sized parade, the kids of Portland enjoy their moment in the spotlight.