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Long-time Milwaukie resident Mart Hughes, who served many years on Milwaukie's Parks and Recreation Board, is featured prominently in an online video explaining the benefits, and challenges, beaver bring to an urban environment. Mart is a Restoration Ecologist and explains that while beaver can be nuisances in urban areas, they play a critical role in enhancing water quality and creating habitat for endangered fishes.

Click here to view the video.
 

The repaving and reconstruction of Monroe Street between McLoughlin Boulevard and a block east of Highway 224, as called for by the Street Surface Maintenance Program, is underway and will continue through mid-September, temporarily affecting access in the construction area.

In 2006 City Council enacted the Street Surface Maintenance Program (SSMP) to collect funding to help keep the City’s major arterials in decent condition. This being one of the City’s arterials, the Monroe Street Project was selected as an SSMP project.

The Moving Forward Milwaukie project is about implementation.

The Murphy site is an approximately 7-acre privately-owned site in central Milwaukie.

The McFarland site is a 7-acre privately-owned site in central Milwaukie.

The Graham building is a privately-owned adaptive reuse or redevelopment site at 11049 SE Main St, near the Milwaukie light rail station.

The Monroe Block site is a privately-owned redevelopment site at a key location on 21st Ave in downtown Milwaukie.

The Triangle site is a publicly-owned site adjacent to the Milwaukie light rail station in downtown Milwaukie.

The Texaco Block is a publicly-owned site at the southern end of downtown, near the light rail station and adjacent to Kellogg Lake.