Public Spaces

Smart Growth and Sustainability Forum set for March 13

Submitted by The City of Wil... on Wed, 2010-03-03 09:00

You’re invited to engage in a lively discussion about Smart Growth on March 13 from 1p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Wilsonville City Hall.

What is Smart Growth and sustainability?

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Champoeg hosts discussion of land use, public policy and sense of place

Submitted by KATU Communitie... on Thu, 2010-02-25 12:51

Make your plans now to head out to the Champoeg State Heritage Area Visitor Center at 2 p.m. Feb. 27 to learn about how allegiance to places affect opinions about land use and how to build meanings into places individually and collectively through storytelling and public policy. This is the focus of “Seeding a Sense of Place: Science, Stories and Smart Forest Policy,” a public conversation with independent writer and editor Gail Wells that will take place Feb.

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Wilsonville Library hosts free discussion about using and preserving Oregon’s natural resources

Submitted by The City of Wil... on Tue, 2010-02-16 11:05

Event part of the statewide Conversation Project: A New Chautauqua

Our sense of connection to a place informs our values and approaches to conflict over resource and land use in our communities. What meanings have Oregonians attached to different places in the state and how have these attachments shaped our desire to both use and preserve our natural resources?

This is the focus of “Your Land, My Land: Using and Preserving Oregon’s Natural resources,” a free conversation with Portland State University professor Veronica Dujon on Mar. 3 from 6-8 p.m.

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Driver in Tooze Road rollover airlifted out

Submitted by KATU.com Staff on Sat, 2010-02-06 14:51

At 2:33 a.m. Saturday morning Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue responded to a single-car rollover crash on Tooze Road, just north of Malloy Way near Wilsonville.

The vehicle left the roadway, clipped a power pole and landed upside down in a field after going through a cyclone fence.

A 21-year-old male was extricated and airlifted by Life Flight to Emanuel Hospital with critical injuries, according to a Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue press release. No other vehicles were involved in the crash.

Crews from TVF&R stations 56, 52 and 34 from Wilsonville and Tualatin responded, as well as American Medical Response paramedics and the Clackamas County Sheriffs' Office.

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Library presents “Night of a Thousand Stars: A Portrait of Life in Iraq”

Submitted by The City of Wil... on Thu, 2010-01-28 09:00

The Wilsonville Library is offering “Night of a Thousand Stars: A Portrait of Life in Iraq” on Wednesday, Feb. 10 at 6:30 p.m. The free discussion is about war, media bias, and American perceptions of Iraq and Middle Easterners.

Photojournalist Joel Preston Smith will lead the discussion. He is a freelance writer, photographer and artist based in Portland. Smith has served as a photojournalist in the U.S. Army and as a civilian on humanitarian aid missions to Rwanda, Honduras, Palestine and Iraq. He traveled in central and northern Iraq for four months in 2003, living with Iraqis and Kurd and patrolling with U.S. soldiers.

This program is hosted by Wilsonville Library and sponsored by Oregon Humanities (formerly Oregon Council for the Humanities).

For more information about this free community discussion, please contact John Smith at 503-682-2744 or smith@ci.wilsonville.or.us.

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Check out all the projects under construction in town

Submitted by KATU Communitie... on Mon, 2010-01-18 14:29

Have you ever seen construction projects around town and always wondered when it would be done or what exactly is being built?

Well, the City of Wilsonville's Web site has all the information. Currently, there are five projects, including a Coca Cola Warehouse extension.

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Head out to Tranquil Park for a tree planting event

Submitted by KATU Communitie... on Thu, 2010-01-14 13:41

Join your neighbors, Friends of Trees, and the City of Wilsonville in a community tree planting event at Tranquil Park from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Jan. 16.

Come prepared to the park (10850 SW Brown Rd.) to have a good time outside. Warm drinks and planting supplies will be provided. Be sure to dress for the weather.

For more information, call Kelsey Walsh, Environmental Education Program Coordinator, at 503-519-9027.

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Speed reader boards installed on Boeckman Road

Submitted by KATU Communitie... on Mon, 2010-01-11 14:05

Two speed reader boards were installed on Boeckman Road to not only help prevent further damage to the bridge, and adjacent roadway, but also to vehicles traveling over the bridge.

“Before we installed the signs people driving faster than the posted speed limit were hitting the impact panels so hard that their cars were hopping and their car’s undercarriage was scraping the pavement,’ said Civil Engineer Gerald Fisher. “Motorists will have no problems if they take their time and travel 20 miles per hour over the bridge. There are problems when they travel faster than 20 miles per hour.”

The city has tried several methods, such as speed signs, and barrels, to reduce speeds on Boeckman Road. This latest attempt might be the most effective of all. The signs reveal the vehicle’s speed as they approach the bridge. Speeds in excess of the 20 mph posted speed, up to 35 mph; the actual vehicle speed is indicated by flashing yellow numbers. Speeds in excess of 35 mph, trigger flashing yellow beacons and the words Slow Down appears in red letters.

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Health official: No need to boil water after Sunday's Oregon City sewer spill

Submitted by KATU.com Staff on Sun, 2009-11-22 18:13

This just in from the Multnomah County Public Health Department:

Dr. Gary Oxman, Multnomah County Public Health Officer, says that "a boil water order" is not necessary after Sunday's raw sewage spill into the Willamette River from the Oregon City waste-water treatment plant.

Dr. Oxman said that the Wilsonville Water Plant is about 10 miles upstream on the Willamette. Since the river flows north, Wilsonville water customers would not be affected.

He said Wilsonville is the only city that intakes water from the Willamette River.

"There are no major water intake systems downstream from the Wilsonville plant," he said.

A public information officer for the Wilsonville Public Works Department reaffirmed Dr. Oxman's statement.

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Wilsonville needs your help with all of the leaves

Submitted by KATU Communitie... on Wed, 2009-11-18 09:00

The City of Wilsonville has issued a news release about what kind of issues the combination of leaves and rain make for the surround areas.

Falling leaves and heavy rains can cause problems. City crews are working to keep storm drains free of leaves, but they need your help.

Leaves in street gutters can clog storm drains, potentially causing flooding of neighborhood streets. Your help with prompt removal of fallen leaves is appreciated: potential flooding will be reduced; pollution to local creeks will be prevented; and public/environmental health will be increased.

What is a storm drain?
Storm drains are rectangular grates with slats and are normally near the edge of the street. These grates collect water which then flows to the nearest stream or lake. Most of the storm drain locations in the city are marked on the curb with a button that reads "Don't Pollute, Flows to Waterways".

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