North Clackamas County Chamber of Commerce

Leadership Clackamas County is an adult leadership and development  program put on by the Chamber to  engage experienced and emerging business and
community leaders to expand  their knowledge and skills to better our
community’s economic and  cultural future. This year’s class is proud to
team up with the Wichita  Center for Family & Community to enhance
the playground at the Center bettering the environment for developing
healthier and happier children and families in the surrounding area.

The Wichita Center was originally the Wichita School, educating and providing guidance to generations of children. After 100 years of service the North Clackamas Schools envisioned turning the building into a center to support families and community. In 2009, the Wichita Center was established and since then has become a thriving station for families seeking support. Some of the programs offered at the building include:

·         Family Support Center – resources for homeless students & families facing hard times

·         Backpack Buddies – weekend nutrition program for elementary kids

·         Dental Health Solutions – dental hygiene, screening and critical care for children without insurance or access to a DMD

·         Head Start – preschool for low-income children ages 3 & 4

·         Community Services – Facility use, child care, driver education and SafetyTown classes

Leadership Clackamas County is going to support and enhance the Community Services area of programs offered at the Wichita center by renovating the existing play structure and adding a picnic table to the grounds. The renovation of the existing structure will increase the area of total play structure on the grounds allowing for more children to exercise. The picnic table is a place for families to watch their children play and to have a healthy meal with beautiful surroundings of outdoors and life.

This is a wonderful opportunity to help our community and we CAN NOT do it without you! The Leadership Class will be working April 27^th - 28^th and May 4^th  - May 5^th  on the playground.

 We will be working Saturdays (27^th & 4^th) from 8am to 6pm and Sundays (28^th & 5^th) from 2pm to 6pm.

To donate time, materials or cash to help the Leadership Class complete their project, please contact Emily Spall at 503.833.5197.

North Clackamas Citizens Association CPO, a county-recognized community planning organization, will be holding a meeting on Wednesday, October 24, at 7:00pm at the Clackamas United Church of Christ, 15303 SE Webster Road, Milwaukie, OR (located on the west side of Webster Road, just north of Clackamas Road; northwesterly of Bilquist Elementary).

The Association will meet to discuss to conduct necessary business**, pending planning applications and the following:

1. Decision whether to pursue a merger with the Clackamas CPO;
2. Discussion of the Association’s western boundary (Oatfield Ridge area);
3. Update on the county’s Transportation System Plan Update; the Association will consider a list of priority projects to advocate this fall;
4. Clackamas County Clackamas Town Center Urban Renewal District, Capital Projects ;
5. Update on the Master Plan efforts for the North Clackamas Park and Recreation District;
6. McLoughlin Area Plan “next steps”; this meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 6th.

Residents, landowners or business and industrial interests located within the two CPO boundaries (generally south of Harmony Road and Sunnybrook Avenue and north of the Clackamas River, westerly of the Carver Junction) are considered members and especially invited to attend.  A detailed map of our area boundaries may be found at the county’s citizen involvement website: 

Clackamas CPO MAP:  http://web12.clackamas.us/alfresco/download/direct/workspace/SpacesStore/f88b45bf-e2f0-11e0-9d3e-cb8d3f7648f9/map_clack.gif

NCCA CPO MAP:http://web12.clackamas.us/alfresco/download/direct/workspace/SpacesStore/fc8d1eb5-e2f0-11e0-9d3e-cb8d3f7648f9/map_nclack.gif

** Topics for consideration at the North Clackamas Citizens Association (NCCA)meeting will include general business, pending land use/planning issues before the county/various public agencies, private development proposals, citizen concerns & relevant issues before the neighborhood.

For more information, contact NCCA President Cyndi Lewis-Wolfram  (503) 756-1966 or email to cyndilw52@gmail.com.  For Clackamas CPO information contact Barbara Kemper, Chair, (503) 655-2601 or email to barbkemper@yahoo.com.

The Clackamas Regional Center Working Group, a committee of community and business representatives established by Clackamas County, is asking for public input on potential improvements for the Clackamas Regional Center area. Your Chamber has been part of this working group.

The public is invited to express their views:

·        In person, at an open house near the escalator to the food court on the lower level of Clackamas Town Center, Wednesday, Oct. 10, from 3-6 p.m.

·        Online, through a survey available at www.clackamas.us/transportation/crcworkinggroup.html through Saturday, Oct. 20

The Clackamas Regional Center (CRC), shown on the map, is a commercial / industrial / residential area in north Clackamas County, roughly bisected by I-205, with Johnson Creek Boulevard to the north, Lawnfield Road to the south and Clackamas Town Center roughly in the middle.  A significant portion of the area is in the Clackamas Town Center Urban Renewal District.

The CRC has grown dramatically since the urban renewal plan was adopted in 1980. Based on this plan, county urban renewal funds have been leveraged to help provide new, expanded and safer roadways; increase multi-modal travel options; support commercial and retail growth; enhance public safety and medical facilities and offer multiple housing options.

With limited funds remaining, and a number of projects remaining in the urban renewal plan, the working group is considering the following types of projects and programs:

·        New or improved streets and intersections

·        Improved multi-modal travel (walking, bicycling, transit)

·        Community use (e.g., plazas and parks)

·        Business development and redevelopment

For more information, contact senior project planner Dave Queener at 503-742-4322 or davidque@clackamas.us.