Lake Oswego, Oregon

Neighborhood associations play a formal role for citizen involvement in the city government’s land-use planning and other activities. A neighborhood association’s role is governed by state and city law. As of February 2005, there are nineteen recognized neighborhood associations, with four more in the process of formation. From west to east, north to south, they are:

• Oak Creek, Forest Highlands, First Addition,
• Westlake (in formation), Holly Orchard, Uplands (formerly Springbrook Park), Country Club-North Shore ¤, Evergreen ¤, Foothills (in formation),
• Lake Forest, Waluga, Lake Grove, Lakeview Villas-Summit ¤ (in formation), Lakewood ¤, Old Town,
• Bryant ¤, Blue Heron¤, Westridge, Palisades ¤, McVey-South Shore¤, Hallinan, Glenmorrie
• Childs (in formation), Rosewood (CPO)

Note that associations including lakefront property are marked with a ¤ symbol.

The Mountain Park neighborhood, located between Oak Creek and Holly Orchard on its west side and Forest Highlands and Uplands on its east, has a homeowner’s association serving the role of neighborhood association for its residents.

The following statistics summarize other aspects of civic involvement:

• Registered voters: 23,061
• Citizen advisory boards: 10
• Community volunteers: 500 plus
• Citizens trained for community emergency response teams: 487

Neighborhood associations

• Evergreen (an MSN Group)
• First Addition (hosted by GeoCities)
• Glenmorrie
• Lake Forest
• Mountain Park HOA
• Palisades
• Uplands