Over 2,200 LO citizens have signed our citizen initiative petition. We need at least 4,365 registered LO voter signatures to qualify for the ballot. Add your SIGNATURE to our citizen-led initiative, 2020IN-1, to Protect Our Natural Parks today!
GET PETITIONDear Neighbors...
Chief Petitioner, Scott Handley, shares the urgency for the community to sign the petition so the community can decide and vote on Protecting Our Natural Parks.
READ LETTERProtect Our Natural Parks
We listened to our community and heard you! Now, we are proceeding to Protect 15 Natural Parks for residents, visitors, and future generations to enjoy these natural habitats!
READ MOREProtect LO Natural Parks Kick-Off
A surprise guest appearance at our Protect LO Natural Parks initiative kick-off. Les Emery, gave an impromptu speech to a full house speaking to the heart of our citizen-led initiative and the need for legal protections.
WATCH VIDEOPark Protections
Springbrook Park is the ONLY natural area protected. Our initiative adds 15…
Read MoreCharter Amendment
Our community-led ballot initiative revises “Chapter X – Park Development Limitation” in…
Read MorePetition E-Sheet
DOWNLOAD PETITION E-SHEET Petition ID: 2020IN-1. Download the Petition. Print It. Sign…
Read MoreFrequently Asked Questions
Get answers to your burning questions on the petition and the ballot…
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Our Causes
Help us QUALIFY our citizen-led initiative, 2020IN-1, for the November 2020 General Election. Your contribution of $50 per person/$100 per taxpaying couple, may qualify for Oregon’s political tax credit.
We did it! You helped us stop the construction of a 196.5-foot telecommunications tower. We reached our goal and paid our expenses – a sincere thank you to all who contributed time and financial resources!
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This Earth Day…
Let’s celebrate by protecting what makes Lake Oswego a special community…the natural parks that are intertwined into the very fabric of our neighborhoods! The citizens of Lake Oswego are circulating an initiative petition to ensure these natural…
Read MoreOwners vs. Caretakers
LO citizens: I encourage all of you over the next few days/weeks to take some time to reflect upon the kind of individuals and community you desire to be. Do you want to be proud owners of…
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Happy 45th Birthday Cooks Butte Nature Park!
On April 4, 1975, John and Marjorie Emery deeded the 42 acres we know as Cooks Butte Nature Park to the citizens of Lake Oswego. While the Emery’s realized the significant monetary value of this land, they…
Read MoreThe parks, the people and the future
LESLIE EMERY’SREADERS’ LETTER I am one of three sons of Marjorie Emery. It was Marjorie whose profound love of nature, and belief that humans need to love the natural world in order to actually be human, resulted…
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Lake Oswego’s Cook’s Butte
(What mysteries await us at the top?) Just on the other side of Stafford Hamlet… In this episode of Around the Neighborhood, a show about the quest for fun, history and mystery in our backyards, Scott McMahon…
Read MoreDear Neighbors…
Dear Neighbors, Last September, our Palisades neighbors were confronted with insurmountable odds to protect Cook’s Butte for the 3rd time in THREE decades from the City’s plans for a significant telecommunications facility that would have forever altered…
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Love LO Parks is a grassroots community effort to protect Lake Oswego's natural areas for residents, visitors, and future generations to enjoy.