The City of Portland is soliciting ideas for street plaza locations. The Foster-Powell Neighborhood Association (FPNA) and the Mt. Scott-Arleta Neighborhood Association (MSANA) are each considering submitting one or more street plaza locations.

We asked residents of Foster-Powell and Mt. Scott-Arleta to let us know if they would like a new street plaza at SE 72nd & Schiller, SE 63rd & Foster, another location, or not at all. We had 165 responses to the survey. Here are the results:

Of the 165 folks who responded to our survey, 120 are in favor of a street plaza at SE 63rd & Foster Rd, and 58 are in favor of SE 72nd & Schiller. Eleven respondents want to see no new plazas. Here are the other locations suggested:

• 60th and Foster next to Speedboat and Street Disco (2 votes)
• Street plaza(s) along Center Street; near major intersections such as 72nd.
• SE Center – near 56th & Foster
• SE 60th and SE Boise
• Anywhere along Foster closer to 82nd to increase appeal and encourage safer spaces
• SE 65th Ave, north side of Foster adjacent to Bar Carlo
• SE 69th and Woodstock
• SE 66th and Foster next to 5 and Dime
• 72nd and Raymond

We’ll be talking about street plazas at our next general meeting on Monday, Nov. 10 at 6:30 p.m. Please join us if you’d like to participate in the conversation. Meeting details here.