East Portland Community Center
{{Short description|Community center in Portland, Oregon, U.S.}}
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The East Portland Community Center is a community center in Mill Park, Portland, Oregon, United States.
Description and history
Funded by a bond measure,{{Cite web|last=Schmidt|first=Brad|date=2013-10-22|title=East Portland left with sparse patchwork of parks|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2013/10/east_portland_left_with_sparse.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-18|website=The Oregonian|language=en|archive-date=2021-05-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517014451/https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2013/10/east_portland_left_with_sparse.html}} the center was established in 1998. In 2009, an aquatic center was added and Bruce West's sculpture Sitting Stones was installed outside the building.{{cite news |last1=Law |first1=Steve |title=East Portlanders loving their new pool |url=https://pamplinmedia.com/component/content/article?id=47937 |access-date=May 17, 2021 |work=Portland Tribune |publisher=Pamplin Media Group |date=April 15, 2009 |archive-date=May 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517020253/https://pamplinmedia.com/component/content/article?id=47937 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Free neighborhood parade at East Portland Community ... |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/my-portland/2011/06/free_neighborhood_parade_at_east_portland_community_center.html?outputType=amp |access-date=May 17, 2021 |work=The Oregonian |date=June 29, 2011 |archive-date=May 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519143027/https://www.oregonlive.com/my-portland/2011/06/free_neighborhood_parade_at_east_portland_community_center.html?ampredir |url-status=live }} The center features two indoor pools.{{Cite web|last=Lannamann|first=Ned|date=2014-01-29|title=Life Aquatic|url=https://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/life-aquatic/Content?oid=11615721|access-date=2021-05-18|website=Portland Mercury|language=en|archive-date=2015-12-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151213051526/http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/life-aquatic/Content?oid=11615721|url-status=live}} The E205 Initiative Projects, completed in 2013, resulted in the construction of play structures for children at the center.{{Cite web|last=Hottman|first=Sara|date=2012-09-05|title=E205 Initiative upgrades at Lynchwood Park; last projects wrapping this fall|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/gresham/2012/09/e205_initiative_upgrades_at_ly.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-18|website=The Oregonian|language=en|archive-date=2021-05-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517014455/https://www.oregonlive.com/gresham/2012/09/e205_initiative_upgrades_at_ly.html}}{{Cite web|last=Moran|first=Danny|date=2013-02-06|title=Portland Parks & Recreation completes 18-month E205 Initiative to refurbish parks in East Portland|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2013/02/portland_parks_recreation_comp.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-18|website=The Oregonian|language=en|archive-date=2021-05-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517045836/https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2013/02/portland_parks_recreation_comp.html}}
The center has been used as a temporary homeless shelter.{{Cite web|last=Harbarger|first=Molly|date=2020-03-25|title=East Portland Community Center to become temporary homeless shelter|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/03/east-portland-community-center-to-become-temporary-homeless-shelter.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-18|website=The Oregonian|language=en|archive-date=2021-05-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517045851/https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/03/east-portland-community-center-to-become-temporary-homeless-shelter.html}}
Charles Jordan has been credited for helping to develop the center.{{Cite web|last=Griffin|first=Anna|date=2014-04-05|title=Charles Jordan remembered: Portland's first African-American commissioner and longtime parks director was 'a giant in this city'|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2014/04/charles_jordan_remembered_port.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-18|website=The Oregonian|language=en|archive-date=2021-05-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517014449/https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2014/04/charles_jordan_remembered_port.html}}
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External links
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- {{cite web |title=East Portland Community Center |url=https://www.portland.gov/parks/east-portland-community-center |publisher=City of Portland, Oregon}}
Category:1998 establishments in Oregon
Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1998
Category:Buildings and structures in Southeast Portland, Oregon
Category:Community centers in the United States
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