Downtown Waterfront

URA Goals

• Develop Waterfront Park between the Marquam and Steel bridges as a major public open space and provide pedestrian connections to downtown.

• Support development of a high-density retail/office core by providing transit and pedestrian facilities, convenient short-term parking, and open spaces, including a public square, thereby reducing traffic congestion.

• Maintain existing low-income housing and promote additional new housing serving mixed income groups. Promote preservation and enhancement of historic buildings and districts.

• Help ensure sufficient transportation facilities, including transit and street improvements, to maintain the Area's accessibility to the region and its ability to accommodate growth.

• Stimulate private conservation, rehabilitation and development both within and adjacent to the Area.

• Eliminate blighted and deteriorated structures not suitable for rehabilitation.

• Establish redevelopment programs for the South Waterfront, Pioneer Square, Morrison Street, and Union Station project activity areas.

Contact Information

• Lew Bowers, e-mail

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