Clackamas County Parks System Plan

Environment + Sustainability
Written by Dacie Doucette

Clackamas County Parks System Plan

Clackamas County, OR · 2025–present

 

Client: Clackamas County Parks
Location: Clackamas County, OR
Year: 2025–present (in progress)
CP Role: Prime consultant and project manager
Practice Area: Environment + Sustainability
Team: Irene Kim, Principal-in-Charge; Angélica Martínez Sulvarán, Project Manager; Sachi Arakawa, Engagement Tools; Finley Heeb, Design and Engagement Coordinator; Anaïs Mathez, Planner

 

The Challenge

Clackamas County's parks draw about 1.4 million visits a year across nearly 1,000 acres, while maintenance falls behind, crowding grows at river-access sites, and federal funding declines. County staff need a level of service they can sustain and a way to pay for it.

Our Approach

A parks plan lasts when the people who use the parks helped write it, so our outreach starts with residents the County has historically underserved. We are reaching them through listening sessions, focus groups, surveys, public events, and intercept surveys, and running the public and technical advisory committees that review each step.

Where It Stands

The plan is scheduled to finish in mid-2026 with a renewed parks mission, clear priorities, and a financially sustainable path for operations.

 

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