Located between the big-city hustle to the west and the solitude of the countryside to the east, you will find Gresham - fourth largest city in Oregon. The quality of life experienced by our citizens is superb. The community's image and amenities depend on a financially sustainable future, open spaces, parks, community events, quality commercial, and industrial development, and an excellent infrastructure system. The "good life" for our citizens depends heavily on our commitment to a vision and the willingness to follow through. Visit the City of Gresham website at www.ci.gresham.or.us/.

COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

The City of Gresham’s Development Planning team is responsible for the coordination and processing of all land development permits within the City. Development Planning works with City officials, regulatory agencies, advisory committees, citizen committees, the general public, and developers to ensure that the City’s goals are implemented through the land use regulations that have been adopted to guide and direct land development within the City. The Gresham development planning staff is responsible for reviewing applications for compliance with the Community Development Plan. Part of the review includes compiling comments from affected agencies and the public. Depended on the application a decision is developed and issued or recommended to a hearing body.

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NEIGHBORHOOD INVOLVEMENT

The future of the City of Gresham depends to a large extent on healthy, vibrant neighborhoods. Gresham's Neighborhood Associations help people work together in an organized way to improve the livability of their neighborhoods. The City has 15 recognized Neighborhood Associations, whose purpose is to provide communication with the City on issues affecting neighborhood and community livability. Our neighborhoods are one of the City's formal mechanisms for citizen involvement.

A neighborhood association is an officially recognized organization for a specific geographic location. Every resident and business within a neighborhood area is a voting member. Neighborhood Associations work to reflect the issues and concerns of its members, and have the legal standing to represent the neighborhood at the City on a variety of issues, including land-use and zoning, traffic, parks, and other issues that directly affect a neighborhood's livability. The City Council is committed to ensuring that this community based energy and interest in used productively in municiple decision-making. This is especially important in land-use planning. The City works with the neighborhood associations to encourage early participation in the public review process, open dialogue between applicants and neighborhoods, and improve communications between the development community, citizens and our City government.

For more information, visit the City of Gresham website.