South Park Blocks
URA Goals

• Urban Development
  Maintain Portland's role as the major regional employment, population, cultural center through public policies that encourage expanded opportunity for housing and jobs while retaining the character of established residential, neighborhood and business centers.

• Housing
  Give a high priority to increasing the number of residential accommodations in the downtown area for a mix of age and income groups, taking into account differing life styles; to provide a "quality" environment in which people can live recognizing that residents of downtown and adjacent areas are essential to the growth, stability and general health of a metropolitan city.

• Public Improvements
  Provide improvements necessary to promote downtown as the entertainment and cultural center of the metropolitan area. Stimulate private conservation, rehabilitation and development within the Area through the implementation of a program of Public Improvements.

• Parking and Circulation
  Maintain a public parking policy to manage a system of parking which will best serve all downtown activities.

• Historic Preservation
  Identify, preserve, protect and dramatize historical structures and locations within downtown. Promote the conservation of designated City landmarks.

• Employment and support services to support housing
  Provide the supportive services which create the sense of a residential neighborhood. Support activities which provide Area residents new employment opportunities, encouraging downtown living in close proximity to places of work.

Contact Information

• Lew Bowers, e-mail

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