North Clackamas Revitalization Area Sanitary Sewers Project

About the Program

Category: Community and Economic Development (Best in Category)

Year: 2013

The Clackamas County Board of County Commissioners established the North Clackamas Revitalization Area (NCRA) urban renewal district in August 2006 for the purpose of implementing community and Comprehensive Plan goals by undertaking public improvement projects, such as sanitary sewers, in the North Clackamas County, Oregon area. The improvements will help the community obtain the tools necessary to establish and maintain a safe, clean and affordable mixed-use residential neighborhood providing retail, economic, educational, transportation and recreational opportunities, and a sense of identity and place for its diverse citizenry. While the neighborhoods in this area are among the more affordable places to live in Clackamas County, the area has long suffered from inadequate infrastructure, particularly a lack of sanitary sewer service threatening public health and the environment. Throughout the extensive public process of establishing this urban renewal district, providing sanitary sewer service to the remainder of the unserved NCRA was consistently emphasized and is a community priority in the adopted plan for the urban renewal area.