Vance Vision Plan
Gresham, OR · 2022
Client: Multnomah County
Location: Gresham, OR
Year: 2022
CP Role: Lead consultant
Practice Area: Spatial Planning + Placemaking
Team: Alex Joyce, Principal-in-Charge; Irene Kim, Project Manager
The Challenge
Multnomah County owns 87 acres in Gresham that were once a quarry and a landfill, with buried debris and methane. The neighborhoods around the site are among the most diverse in the region, and more than half of households are cost-burdened.
Our Approach
We built the plan with a Community Leader Group of 12 residents from Rockwood's communities of color, paid for their time across six meetings. Surveys in seven languages drew more than 900 responses, including 661 from young people. We modeled the master plan alternatives in Envision Tomorrow and wrote the implementation plan.
Outcome
The Vance Vision Plan, completed in 2022, sets aside about 44 acres for parks, 20 for County facilities and jobs, and 7 for mixed use and affordable housing on a discounted long-term land lease. The County carried the park into its Vance Open Space planning.
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