February 21, 2024
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BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2024
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Agreement Reached for Improvements
and Community Access
Access for Grant
Bowl, Track,
and Sports
Fields in place
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After consultation with neigh-
bors, sports participants, and the
Grant High School community,
Portland Parks & Recreation
(PP&R) and Portland Public
Schools (PPS) staff have reached
an agreement around the Grant
Bowl, track, and sports fields.
The PPS Board will vote wheth-
er to approve the agreement on
February 20.
The Grant Bowl was installed
in September 2013 with an
eight-to-10-year expected lifes-
pan. Between permitted play by
community groups and by Grant
HS athletics, usage has been par-
ticularly heavy.
PP&R provided a permit to
PPS last fall at the school dis-
trict’s request, to begin a project
to replace the Grant Bowl turf.
This work is underway.
Vibrant Communities Com-
missioner Dan Ryan facilitated
a successful meeting on October
16, 2023, with representatives
from Grant High School, the
Grant neighborhood communi-
ty, Portland Public Schools, and
Grant Park. Photo courtesy of portland.gov
PP&R leadership. An agreement
has been reached: PPS will lease
the Grant Bowl, track, and up-
per sports fields from PP&R and
PPS will be responsible for the
renovation, upkeep, and mainte-
nance of Grant Bowl, track, and
the upper sports fields.
“This is a win for the neigh-
borhood, Grant High School
community and for communi-
ty sports users. PPS and PP&R
teams have developed an agree-
ment to better serve everyone in
our community,” said Commis-
sioner Ryan.
Grant High School students
and its feeder schools will be
able to use the track and fields,
while preserving public access
and other community use by
community sports organizations
for all the facilities.
The permitting of Grant up-
per and lower fields will now be
done exclusively by PPS for con-
sistency and clarity, but 1,200
hours of non-district hours will
be made available to the public,
and the track will generally be
open to the public as it has been
for many years.
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In honor of Black History
Month, Clackamas Communi-
ty College’s Office of Diversity,
Equity and Inclusion is hosting
a panel discussion: “Truths &
Transitions: Living His-Story, as
Experienced by Black Men.”
The college invites both
in-person and online attendees to
listen, learn and connect with the
stories that shape the experiences
of Black men in the communi-
ty. The panel discussion will be
Tuesday, Feb. 27, 10-11:30 a.m.,
in the community room in Rog-
er Rook Hall on the Oregon City
campus. There is also a virtual
option at https://www.youtube.
com/@ClackamasCommCol-
lege/streams.
The panel discussion will be fa-
cilitated by Tory Blackwell, who
is a CCC full-time faculty member
and currently chairs the science
department. He is also active in
the Oregon City community as a
volunteer and organizer for com-
munity events.
Panelists include:
• James Graham,
Oregon City economic
development manager
• Jordan Gulley, CCC
wildland fire science
faculty
• Aaron Henry, Veterans
Rehousing case manager
• Kelly Montgomery,
CCC director of custodial,
mailroom and duplication
services
• Taylor Steward,
Oregon Remembrance
Project executive director
To register to attend the event in
person or to learn more about the
James Graham, Oregon City
Economic Development
Manager
panelists, visit https://truths-tran-
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com. For questions, contact the
DEI Office at 503-594-3022 or
email diversity@clackamas.edu.
Clackamas Community Col-
lege is located at 19600 Molalla
Ave., Oregon City, 97045. Park-
ing at Clackamas Community
College is free. The most conve-
nient lot to park in for this event
is the Orange Lot.