Portland Fire & Rescue Programs
Portland Fire & Rescue is working to educate homeowners who live in or near natural areas, otherwise referred to as wildfire hazard zones, about how to create defensible spaces and harden their homes against wildfire embers to reduce the risk and save homes. Reduction of vegetation (fuel) growing in these areas can help prevent wildfires. This would include removal of Himalayan blackberries, clematis, and ivy growing on trunks of trees, along with weedy trees like holly, and planting fire-resistant native plants. Learn more by going to the links below and consider signing up for a free home assessment with Portland Fire & Rescue.
Reducing the Risk of Wildfire | Portland.gov
Firewise Community Program | Portland.gov
Portland Fire & Rescue Flyer
West Portland Town Center Plan
The West Portland Town Center Plan, which is partially within our neighborhood boundary, was adopted by Portland City Council November30, 2022 and became effective March 31, 2023. The West Portland Town Center Plan lays out a vision for a healthy, connected, and multi-cultural town center and includes an action plan to meet the diverse needs of current and future residents and businesses.
West Portland Town Center Stormwater Systems Plan
The City of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services is in the planning stages for a new stormwater systems plan for the West Portland Town Center. The plan will identify current conditions of stormwater, sewers and streams in the area and explore options to improve stormwater management in the plan area. Neighbors participated in a walking tour in the spring 2025 and some of the results of a related survey are on the project website. Here are PBOT slide presentations at our neighborhood meetings on October 13, 2025 and January 12, 2026.
SW Multnomah Boulevard/Garden Home Road Project
The SW Multnomah Boulevard, Garden Home Road, and 69th Avenue intersection safety project seeks to reduce crashes, improve sight distance, address queueing issues, and provide safer, more comfortable pedestrian and bicycle access. It was funded, but the improvements have not been constructed. For more information check out the project website. Also, Here are PBOT slide presentations at our neighborhood meetings on October 13, 2025 and January 12, 2026.
SW 45th Drive & SW Orchid Street Landslide Abatement Project.
In February 2017 heavy rains and saturated soil caused a shallow landslide. New infrastructure is required to mitigate the resulting slope instability. The SW 45th Drive Landslide Abatement Project will construct a new retaining wall to mitigate the landslide risk. More information for you.
2045 Transportation System Plan
The transportation system is essential to the functioning of the city and the well-being and prosperity of the community. It connects people and businesses to goods and services, and links them to the region, state, nation, and world. Here is more info.
Sidewalk Improvement
Portland City Council voted to create the Sidewalk Improvement and Paving Program (SIPP), which will bring more walkable pathways to the parts of Portland that need them the most: District 1 and District 4. Also, take a look at Southwest in Motion Projects in Ashcreek/Crestwood Neighborhood for more information.
The residents of Southwest Portland, one part of District 4, have been waiting 30+ years for sidewalks and safer streets. This is one step forward!
Southwest in Motion
Southwest In Motion is a prioritization, refinement, and implementation strategy for active transportation investments in Southwest Portland. The Southwest in Motion plan was adopted by Portland City Council in December 2019.
Vision Zero
In celebration of Walk & Bike to School & Work Week, the City has advanced a resolution reaffirming its commitment to Vision Zero, which was adopted 10 years ago to eliminate traffic deaths and serious injuries on our streets.
While the number of people biking citywide has increased from pandemic-era lows, the Portland Bureau of Transportation has reported a dramatic decline in cycling numbers throughout the city in the past decade. Safe streets are critical elements of a vibrant city, and I will continue to support every effort to encourage active transportation.