I confirmed it with the City Attorney today. The appeal process for the Council’s denial of the rezoning request for Colwood is officially over.  Thank you to everyone who engaged in the process and helped keep Colwood green.

What  now? Is the Colwood issue over?

Simply put, no.

It remains our hope of that the Colwood Partnership will work with the Trust for Public Land and the city to secure the property as a public asset. But it is unclear how that course may be set back in motion. We’ll see.

However, please send some kudos to the Council for their decision which has been clearly affirmed by LUBA and, as always, it never hurts to voice your support for keeping Colwood zoned open space and sheparding toward open public use.

Peace.