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City Celebrates New 362nd Ave / Bell St
Road Extension
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Years in the making, the City of Sandy celebrated the new road connection between 362nd Avenue and Bell Street at a ribbon cutting event on October 1st!
(photo courtesy of The Sandy Post/Brit Allen)
This new road, over a mile in length, completes a major new link in the road network for the northwest quadrant of our city. It is the most significant expansion of Sandy’s street network in decades, since the completion of Dubarko Road.
As Mayor Pulliam said, "this is Sandy's future here on the west side of town. I know we're all incredibly excited about everything this road will do for Sandy. This has been a tremendous community effort."
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The new 362nd & Bell will provide much needed relief to the often-congested Bluff Road / Highway 26 intersection, especially during drop off and pick up times for the adjacent high school and middle school. New retail and commercial development will be facilitated by the new street connection, stimulating the local economy and creating new local jobs. Emergency vehicles will also now have alternative access routes to the schools and adjacent neighborhoods, improving safety for our community.
The City looks forward to finishing final work on the intersection of 362nd Avenue and Highway 26 in the next few days, after which the new road will be officially opened to the public!
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Trick of Treat Trail 2023 | |
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The Sandy Area Chamber of Commerce’s Trick-or-Treat Trail, sponsored by Sandy’s Helping Hands, will be back again on Saturday October 28th!
The trail will run through downtown Sandy from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Look for door signs at local business to know who is participating. Door signs will also have a QR Code for easy access to the trail map.
The trail map will be live on October 26th on the Chamber's website, the Trick or Treat Facebook page, and on fliers available at AntFarm Café, the Sandy Historical Museum, and Timberline Meat.
Don't miss out on all the fun this year!
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Information for Businesses | |
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Is your business interested in joining this year's Trick-or-Treat Trail?
Participation in this event is simple:
- Hand out candy to Trick-or-Treaters during the event
- Display event poster, provided by the Chamber.
- Register your business by October 6th
- (Requests received after October 6th will not be included in the event map)
Last year’s Trick-or-Treat Trail was a huge success - the Chamber is recommending that participating businesses plan for 2,000 or more trick-or-treaters!
Please email chamber@sandyoregonchamber.org with any questions.
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Help Us Name Sandy's Newest Park! | |
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We're building a new flagship park for our town at the Community Campus, and we need your help to come up with ideas for a name!
Many of you have already completed the survey to suggest a name, but if you haven't had a chance yet, there's still time. We extended the survey deadline to October 8th. Click here to take the survey and share your name idea today.
Once the survey closes, our park naming committee will sort through the suggestions and deliver a recommendation to the City Council. We expect to make a name announcement around the end of the year!
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This new 10 acre park will be a focal point and gathering place for our community and will include a wide range of amenities, including the first combined pump track, skatepark, and jump line in the Pacific Northwest, accessible walking paths, inclusive play areas, picnic shelters, natural and open spaces, and restrooms. | |
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Site Preparation at Community Campus
Includes Removal of Former Aquatic Center
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Our community needs access to aquatics. But after years of study, it’s clear that the Olin Bignall Aquatic Center isn’t the answer for that need anymore.
In the next several months as we make way for the future of the Community Campus site, the City will be moving forward with demolition of the vacant Cedar Ridge Middle School buildings, all of which are severely deteriorated. Those demolition plans include the 1963 aquatic center.
The video below provides a window into the old pool’s compromised infrastructure, and explains why it’s no longer a viable solution for Sandy.
To learn more, please visit our website.
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Please use the links below for answers to frequently asked questions about the demolition of the old aquatic center:
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SAM Provides Travel Training
for an AntFarm Adventure!
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SAM and AntFarm recently partnered to provide travel training for youth in our community! We provided 168 rides to and from Mt. Hood Community College which included a chance to tour their facilities, and we also provided transportation for another 61 students for their end of season work recognition. SAM was honored to be able to assist young adults in learning important life skills that increase opportunity and self-sufficiency!
Travel training is a service that SAM provides to individuals or groups who are unfamiliar with public transit. The training explains how to board, ride and deboard safely; bus rules and etiquette; understanding schedules; making connections to other buses; and the many benefits of public transit.
Along with lots of learning, we made sure to a little fun too! Although SAM's rules state that music can only be played with headphones, we took the opportunity to have a sing-along to mark the occasion. Check out the City's Facebook and Instagram pages for the videos!
If you or someone you know is interested in scheduling a travel training session please contact the SAM dispatch office at 503-668-3466.
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SAM contracts with MV Transportation to provide our community with a professional transit driving staff. They are the engine that makes our service top-notch, and we want to take a moment to recognize one of these exceptional employees.
Alan McGuire-Nash has been with SAM since 2015. He started out driving for Mt. Hood Express, but later moved to the SAM-Gresham and SAM-Estacada routes. Alan quickly demonstrated an ability to lead, strategize, and troubleshoot, and was soon promoted to the dispatch office.
Throughout several changes to the organization, SAM has been able to rely on Alan’s leadership. Alan was recently promoted to Operations Manager. In this role Alan creates the weekly schedules for drivers, handles customer service, covers driver shifts as needed, and provides overall support to the staff. He is our go-to-guy to analyze best practices.
When Alan is not working, he is helping his husband Dennis with their nursery or playing with his dog Myrtle. If you see Alan out and about, be sure to give him a warm hello and thank him for everything he does to keep SAM rolling!
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It's International Bat Week! | |
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Bats are amazing creatures that are vital to the health of our natural world and economy. Although we may not always see them, bats are hard at work all around the world each night - eating tons of insects, pollinating flowers, and spreading seeds that grow new plants and trees.
In honor of International Bat Week (October 24th to October 31st) and as part of Sandy’s initiative to support pollinators, the Sandy Parks & Recreation department will be installing a Bat House at Sandy Bluff Park! We plan to hold a small ceremonial event in the early evening of Tuesday October 24th to celebrate the creation of this new habitat - stay tuned for more information.
We're happy to highlight the important role bats play as pollinators. We hope you can join us in raising awareness of the need to conserve these key members of our local ecosystem!
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Current Land Use Applications | |
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Here's the latest in our comprehensive database of active land use applications, complete with links to public meetings, documents, plans, maps, explanatory videos, staff reports, and other materials! You'll also find links to opportunities to take part in the decision-making process by submitting your own testimony.
Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions.
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Be a part of the process! Members of the public are always welcome at meetings of the City Council and other boards and commissions.
Get meeting details and learn more about the variety of ways you can participate by visiting our online meeting portal.
Mark Your Calendars:
- Parks and Trails Advisory Board Meeting: October 11th
- City Council Meeting: October 16th
- SandyNet Advisory Board Meeting: October 19th
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