Missing trees, ripped up sidewalks, new garbage cans? Forest Grove's downtown is getting a glow up
The "Downtown Glow Up" is underway. A city project funded from a slew of pots, including federal funds, the American Rescue Plan, the city's streetlight fund, and the Urban Renewal Agency, the aim is to make upgrades and repairs to the downtown core.
It's in the "worse before it gets better" stage.
The "Downtown Glow Up" is underway. A city project funded from a slew of pots, including federal funds, the American Rescue Plan, the city's streetlight fund, and the Urban Renewal Agency, the aim is to make upgrades and repairs to the downtown core.
While some of it is coming together, right now, Forest Grove's downtown has looked a little better. Trees have been uprooted, garbage cans absconded with, and holes torn in sidewalks.
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Sign up!The city says some trees must go. Of the 104 trees in the project area, 87 will be trimmed, 19 will be removed and eventually replaced, two will be added, and four will be removed and not replaced to improve traffic safety and protect nearby trees.
Remember those ornate black steel grates that seemed designed to trip people? Those are gone, and they're being replaced by something called Flexible Porous Surface Treatment.
The rounded metal garbage cans are leaving too: This journalist witnessed a tractor loading three of them into a vehicle Wednesday morning. The new ones are rectangular, green, and have flat surfaces that are sure to attract flyers.
The total cost of the project is expected to come in under $500,000.
Read more about the project from the city below.
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