City searching for bids to build $20 million worth of parks on the Eastside.
City searching for bids to build $20 million worth of parks on the Eastside.
A contractor fair for the project is set to take place tomorrow at the Oregon Association of Minority Entrepreneurs newly minted headquarters, at 731 N. Hayden Meadow Drive.
“We don’t want to just build parks; we want to build community, and that’s what we want our contractors to embrace too,” said Portland Parks Commissioner Amanda Fritz, in a release. “In East Portland, two out of every five households do not have easy access to a city park. That is in stark contrast to the rest of Portland where four out of every five households live within a half-mile of a park or natural area.”
Read more at the Portland Business Journal.
