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April 11, 2001
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Events Bring Excitement to
Dawson Park
Legacy Emanuel Hospital and its
adjacentneighbors are banding together
to m ake inviting changes to D aw son
Paik
The hospital in cooperation with the
Eliot N eighborhood Association have
kicked o ff a series o f events to revitalize
the park and turn it into a valuable
com m unity resource. The celebrations
will range from w eekly picnics to a pa­
rade, all occurring in the park located at
N orth Stanton and Wllliams.
The events began with a W alk in the
Park last Tuesday and will continue
through the sum m er and possibly in­
definitely.
Thepublic is w elcom e to join ¡neither
a 20 or 40 m inute w alk around the hos­
pital cam pus by m eeting at D aw son
Park on T uesdays at 11:15 a m . and
Area residents are welcomed to a community picnic at
Dawson Park in the Eliot neighborhood.
(P hoto by M ark W ashington /T iie P ortland O bserver )
againat 12:15 p.m. W eekly comm unity
picnics at the park began Thursday, and
will continue each T hursday rain or
shine from 11:30a.m. to lp.m . Aninitial
“Pretty U p die Paik” day w as also held
last w eek, w here participants helped
rake, m ow , prune, clean up debris and
plant new flowers and shrubs to help
beautify the park. Future dates will be
scheduled throughout the spring and
sum mer. W hen all the clean-up is fin-
¡shed, a big celebration with a kids’
parade, entertainment andrefteshm ents
w as also a frequent stopping
place for sm all circuses and
w ill take place o n June 2.
D aw son Park is nam ed in honor o f
m edicine shows. It w as ac­
an Episcopal minister, the Rev. John
D awson, w ho w as an advocate o f child
w elfare and civic im provem ent in the
1920s. The space w as once a cow
pasture and then a ball field used by the
Immaculate Heart Church and School. It
quired by the Portland Parks
Bureau in 1921 andcontainsa
basketball court, playground,
gazebo and rest rooms. For
m o re info rm atio n o n the
D aw son Park revitalization
project call503-415-5725.
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