Our Current Initiatives
We are pursuing grant funds through foundations and organizations to enhance our parks, trails, and historic and cultural assets to enrich our city and it’s citizens’ quality of life.
2017: Waterboard Park Project
Received Community Enhancement Grant for 2017- Extended through 2019
Received Schwemm Family Foundation Grant for 2018-2019
Phase I: Ivy and other invasive plant removal and clean up nine acres of park land through partnerships with the Oregon City Parks Department, several neighborhood associations and non profit groups, along with individual volunteers and professional services.
June 5, 2018 - First Ivy Spray by Franco Restoration
October 3, 2018 - Second Ivy Spray by Franco Restoration
Phase II: With funding through possible Grants - Repair and adapt the existing park road for both foot and bicycle traffic. Add new foot trails and Interpretive-signage regarding Waterboard Park’s geological history and habitat.
DYI Video - for Ivy removal on Trees
Park Plantings
Promenade Park
In October of 2017, OCPF began enhancing the South entrance Promenade Park by clearing and replanting a 138-foot long strip with a Xeriscape/Pollinator planting of native and non-native drought-tolerant perennials. This section of the park cannot easily be watered, and only absolutely drought-proof perennials had been selected. This project could also be used as an example in teaching xeriscape practices.
In 2018, the Plantings first summer after the previous fall-winter planting, Oregon experienced extreme drought conditions from May through September. A weekly watering was done by hand to help the young plants get established.
In January of 2019, the entire 138-foot planting was accidentally sprayed with an herbicide which effected almost ninety percent of our planting. It is our intention to replant many of the plants that were lost this coming fall in 2019.
2022 Update: Clean up is continuing at the planting site. When that work is completed, replacement plants will be added. We will be working with the City for permission to add interpretive signage. We feel the signage is important to help enable public awareness with the sensitivity of this site.
Elyejah Dean Huff Memorial Camp Fund
Partnering with the Oregon City Parks Department
In January 2021, OCPF introduced the Elyejah Dean Hauff Memorial Camp Fund with the intent of helping our City's Kids attend the Oregon City Parks Summer Day Camp by helping pay their camp fees.
This last summer we were able to help twenty four Kids attend the day camps.
We would like to thank two Oregon City businesses; the On Point Community Credit Union and B & B Leasing, for their generous donations to help the Camp Fund.
Atkinson Parks National Historic Buena Vista Club House
Partnering with the Friends of The Buena Vista Club House
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The Oregon City Parks Foundation is partnering with The Friends of The Buena Vista Club House in the restoration of this 1890's structure.
The goal of this collaboration is to restore the Club House in order to protect it's historical significance and integrity to again be a contributing part of the Oregon City Parks system.
To date:
In 2020 electrical wiring was up dated, a heater installed and the electric hooked back up PGE. An outside light was installed outside for security. After year long application process the Club House received National Historic Designation in 2021.
A Grant proposal is currently being written for submittal this May, 2022.
Special Thanks to Leesa Gratreak, MS, Todd Iselin, Iselin Architects PC and Denyse McGriff