The Firland Parkway is a 1.5 acre greenspace between the north- and south-bound lanes of SE 72nd Ave from SE Holgate Blvd to SE Foster Blvd. The goal of the Firland Parkway Project is to remake the parkway into an enjoyable, natural, inviting place to spend time in or stroll through. We are removing invasive weeds, improving the soil, adding natural habitat, and, in the near future, adding a permeable pathway and seating. While we’ve made a great deal of progress, we could use every helping hand we can get to make this project move even faster. We want the Firland Parkway to be the jewel of the neighborhood and you can help us make that a reality!
We meet every 4th Monday of every month from 6:00-7:00 pm in the plaza in the center of the Parkway. In these meetings we share updates, plan and collaborate. We invite neighbors to help improve the space every Monday at 6 pm and Saturday at 9 am. Sign up to join the volunteer corps using the form below to find out how you can help make our neighborhood better.
To sign up to join the volunteer corps, please fill out the contact form, and select Land Use Chair
You can also follow us via the project’s Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/firlandparkway/
To influence the up-coming professional landscape design of the Firland Parkway, take this survey by the end of this Summer: https://forms.gle/cppuravQqyGxNZvL7
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Take the Firland Parkway Design Survey!
Friends of Trees has offered to help us come up with a full landscape design for the Firland Parkway and they want to hear from you! How do you currently use the Parkway? How would you like to use it in the future? What kinds of plants would you like to see in the Parkway? Indigenous? Drought-tolerant? Let them know through this survey! https://forms.gle/cppuravQqyGxNZvL7 Friends of Trees will continue to take input from neighbors throughout this Summer. Once the design is finalized, Friends of Trees and…
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Firland Parkway Design – Community Input Sessions
We need your help designing the Firland Parkway! FoPo residents and neighbors,Many exciting changes are happening to our beloved Firland Parkway and we need your help to shape the future of the space. The Firland Parkway Project Committee will be hosting three Community Landscape Design Input Sessions. These sessions will be your opportunity to provide valuable ideas to a professional landscape designer who will then incorporate them into the design of the Parkway. Here are the dates: Session 1: Monday June 22nd, 6-7:30pm Session 2: Saturday,…
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Original Plan – 2019
Previously funded by America Walks, this project will bring a walking path to the undeveloped right-of-way between the north- and south-bound lanes of SE 72nd Ave from SE Holgate Blvd to and SE Foster Blvd.
As of 15-April-2019, we are in the design phase of the project. This is where we could use your help! Please vote below for which design you prefer. Focus on usability of the path. Think about it from the perspective of standing on the ground in the Firland Parkway… which sort of path would you rather walk on?
If you’d like to volunteer to help with the project, complete the additional fields with your contact information. Just as your Foster-Powell Neighborhood Association is an ALL-VOLUNTEER organization, so is this project! It takes helping hands like yours to make great things happen in our neighborhood.
