May 2021

Video updated 5/31 with new photos … and added 2 minutes of Q&A at the end. SaveOppenlander.org

Come show your support for Oppenlander staying recreational! Please join your friends, neighbors, and other community members as we gather at the Oppenlander gate to show the breadth and passion of the community’s support to Save Oppenlander! The City and the School District have both expressed a desire to come back to the table – but

The School District just released this statement which is consistent with a conversation I had with the School Board Chair, Regan Molatore, this morning. Thank you for this re-engagement effort! There is much community work left to be done to shepherd this transaction from statements to sale, but the last 24 hours are encouraging. West

City Council broke the executive session shield last night, School District is following suit Your engagement and pressure are making a difference! Both the City, and now the School Board, are publically sharing what their core issues are … and we’re making good progress toward getting both parties back at the negotiating table to preserve

Update 5/28 .. please also read this response from the School District. There is some disagreement as to how the two entities got to where they were, but we need (for now) to focus on moving towards a sale to the city for use as ballfields and a park. 5/27 A quick update … The

Update 5/28 .. please also read this response from the School District. There is some disagreement as to how the two entities got to where they were, but we need (for now) to focus on moving towards a sale to the city for use as ballfields and a park. The City Council released this statement

Good Afternoon Chairperson Molatore,cc: WLWV School Board and LRPC, West Linn City Council   We crossed the 1,000 signatory mark just after 11 this morning – less than 24 hours since SaveOppenlander.org went live at noon yesterday. Oppenlander is clearly of very high interest, importance, and visibility in the community.  Our request is clear.  The community wants the School District

A big THANK YOU to Ryan and all of you for pushing us over the 1,000 mark at 11:11 this morning – just over 23 hours since we launched.   Keep sharing – we’ll get to 1,500 soon! Click to share on FaceBook I posted the open letter I wrote to the School Board and City Council on behalf

Thank you for being one of the 800+ people that have signed up to Save Oppenlander in the past 20 hours! I see Oppenlander is near and dear to so many neighbors. As you can imagine, it’s been a whirlwind 48 hours. There is much to share and much to learn but for now, we’d like to focus

Good Evening Chairperson Molatore,cc: WLWV School Board and LRPC, West Linn City Council  My name is Dean Suhr.  I am a West Linn resident and – full disclosure – my Miles Drive home of the past 26 years backs to Oppenlander Fields. I am in receipt of yesterday’s public notice (dated 5/25) announcing the School