The City of Lake Oswego’s Complete Vision for Housing and Neighborhoods 2035 was just released based on a report from a Lake Oswego Citizen Advisory Board.
Our distinct and walkable neighborhoods contribute to the City of Lake Oswgeo’s small town feel. Mixed‐use districts enhance adjacent residential areas by providing access to quality jobs, housing, transit, entertainment, services and shopping.
Higher density housing is located strategically and sensitively, including along transportation corridors and town centers to preserve the character of our existing
Lake Oswego Real Estate Vision For Housing And Neighborhoods 2035
As a result of a commununity survey, the City of Lake Oswego released their draft background paper for a Complete Vision for Housing and Neighborhoods 2035.
The purpose of this report is to provide background information to help inform updates to Comprehensive Plan goals and policies. The report summarizes existing housing trends along with the supply of land for housing and 20‐year need for a variety of housing types. The report outlines existing housing goals and policy questions for consideration during the Comprehensive Plan update process.
Highlights Of Report for Housing And Neighborhoods 2035
The results of the report, from community input, are as follows:
Housing:
- What strategies should be considered to encourage housing types and locations that accommodate the aging population and attract young and working families?
- The 2011 Housing Needs Analysis finds a need for additional opportunities for townhomes, duplexes, courtyard cottage‐style housing, and smaller lot detached homes to maintain a diversity of housing types affordable to a range of incomes. Secondary dwelling units (i.e. separate living unit in a home, backyard cottage or garage carriage house) can also benefit the community by providing smaller more affordable units. How and where can Lake Oswego provide opportunities for these types of housing to be developed?
- Thirty percent of Lake Oswego residents earn less than 80% of the median family income ($56,960 or lower). Typically, these include teachers, government employees and younger workers. What policies and/or other tools should the City consider in order to ensure housing is available to these residents?
Complete Neighborhoods:
- A component of the 2035 Vision is to create safe connections between housing and recreation, work, stores, dining and services. The 2035 Vision Map identifies employment, commercial, and neighborhood mixed‐use districts, and neighborhood hubs. After looking at the map to find these areas, what is needed in order to make recreation, stores, dining, services, work and housing a reality within the mixed‐use areas?
- The 2035 Vision Map identified neighborhood gathering places or “hubs” in places where there is existing neighborhood activity. Looking at the map, what makes these gathering places function? How can we improve on these places that people gather and make them more meaningful and active as community hubs?
- The 2035 Vision Map identifies the Kruse Way area primarily as an employment center. There has been some community interest in enlivening this district after 5 p.m. Should the future of Kruse Way include housing and other amenities, and if so where and what should they look like?
Communities Within Communities
The last several years, and actually during my going on 37 years of selling real estate, the above represents what most seniors and boomers have been wanting for a long time. In fact, at my
ALL ABOUT…..Seniors. Boomers and Small Houses, I’ve been discussing communities within communities is what most seniors are looking for. I’ve also written that most cities are not prepared to meet the senior needs of their own community, nor are they prepared to provide services mentioned above.
ADUs, smaller houses, convenient walking distance to amenities, better transportation alternatives, etc. have all been what have been desired and echoed by most of the citizens in Lake Oswego and our neighborhoods.
Forgive me for sounding like a broken record, but more emphasis has been focused on the downtown core of Lake Oswego and little to no vision or changes have been made to the Lake Grove area or Kruse Way area of Lake Oswego. Most of the people live at the west end of Lake Oswego not to mention work at the west end. Those employers and employees of the west end have little to no transportation alternatives. Although I am pleased that the City of Lake Oswego is finally considering some of these changes and services, I believe far more attention should have been given to them prior to this time. I love the downtown area of Lake Oswego, but I have certainly seen a lack of vision for the west end of Lake Oswego.
You can read the complete report Vision 2035 here.
Lake Oswego Complete Neighborhoods And Housing 2025
What do you feel is lacking or needed in this report? Is there a sufficient supply of affordable housing in Lake Oswgeo? What about housing for seniors and boomers? What about amenities within walking distance to neighborhoods, transportion alternatives?
Are all your concerns for future housing and neighborhood goals in Lake Oswego addressed in this draft background paper from the LO Citizen Advisory Committee? What changes would you like to see in our City? What changes should be made to the City of Lake Oswego’s Comprehensive Plan?
There is a meeting scheduled to discuss this paper and housing vision for Lake Oswego on Thursday February 2nd from 6- 8 PM that will be focusing on Inspiring Spaces & Complete Neighborhoods and Housing and will be at Lakeridge High School.
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