Clackamas County and MIG Consultants will host an online virtual meeting
from 7-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 10 to present a draft of the Rhododendron
Main Street Site Redevelopment Plan. The plan will include feedback from a

survey and video conducted in December on three design alternatives for the
community, including associated transit, frontage and crossing improvements.
The December survey received a total of 239 responses.

Scott Hoelscher, Clackamas County Senior Planner noted that feedback
received from the Feb. 10 meeting will be used to make further refinements to
the plan and that one more final meeting to review the draft will be held. After
that, it will be packaged into a final report.

Hoelscher added that he hopes to make the information that will be presented
at the Feb. 10 meeting available to the public at another location, allowing
people who don’t have internet access a chance to offer comments.

Steve Graeper, President of the Rhododendron Community Planning
Organization, which has spearheaded the “Rhody Rising” efforts, agreed that
it is important for more people to be a part of the process.

“There are a lot of people on the Mountain that don’t have access or are
uncomfortable with the internet,” he said.

The project is a partnership with Mt. Hood Holdings, LLC, Rhododendron
Community Planning Organization (CPO), Clackamas County and the
Transportation and Growth Management Program (TGM). The Rhododendron
Main Street Site Redevelopment Plan offers an opportunity for local residents
and businesses to plan for redevelopment in a way that reduces demand on
the transportation system while accommodating desired workforce housing.
The project area centers on two privately held properties on the southwest
side of Hwy. 26 totaling 3.73 acres. Publicly owned lands adjacent to the
Rhododendron Swinging Bridge and the Rhododendron Community Landscape
at the Barlow Trail Oregon Historic Marker are also included.

For more information or to find a link to the Feb. 10 meeting, visit the project

website at https://www.clackamas.us/engineering/rhododendron-main-street-
redevelopment-plan.