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Colonel Summers Park

Public park in Portland, Oregon, U.S.

Field	Value
name	Colonel Summers Park
image	Colonel Summers Park pavilion.jpg
photo_width	250
photo_caption	Colonel Summers Park pavilion in August 2019
type	Urban park
location	SE 17th Ave. and Taylor St.
Portland, Oregon
coords
area	5.99 acre
operator	Portland Parks & Recreation
website	https://www.portland.gov/parks/colonel-summers-park
open	5 am to 10 pm daily

Portland, Oregon Colonel Summers Park is a city park in the Buckman of southeast Portland, Oregon, USA. The park was created in 1921 and was originally called Belmont Park for Belmont Street which runs east–west on its boundary. In 1938, it was renamed in honor of Colonel Owen Summers who, as an Oregon legislator, introduced a bill that combined the state militia units into the Oregon National Guard. Summers was the commanding officer of a volunteer regiment in the Spanish–American War, which served in forty-two engagements during the war. The park includes recreation areas and a community garden added in 1975.

Amenities

Amenities include a picnic area, basketball court, paved paths, picnic shelter, reservable picnic site, picnic tables, playground, softball field, statue or public art, tennis backboard, tennis court and volleyball court. In the southwest corner of the park, there is a large rock with Colonel Owen Summers plaque attached. The rock came from Kelly Butte. File:Colonel Summers Park renovated section.jpg|Splash pad completed in September 2017 File:Owen Summers plaque at Colonel Summers Park.jpg|Colonel Owen Summers plaque at the southwest corner of the park

History

The park was originally opened as Belmont Park. It was renamed to the current name in 1938 in honor of Colonel Owen Summers who was a former Oregon Legislature member.

In May 2013, complaints about crime, underage drinking and drug activity at the park prompted a community meeting, before which the parks department issued a statement that it had been working with the Oregon Liquor Control Commission and the Portland Police Bureau. At the meeting, Portland Parks & Recreation, the police and Buckman residents discussed eliminating the outlaws and maintaining the community appeal.

References

"Colonel Summers Park". Portland Parks and Recreation.
"Colonel Summers Community Garden". Portland Parks and Recreation.
"Colonel Summers Park". The City of Portland, Oregon.
Beaven, Steve. (2013-05-23). "Colonel Summers Park; Patton Oswalt: Southeast Portland news".
Beaven, Steve. (2013-05-22). "Portland Parks & Recreation will meet with Buckman residents Thursday to discuss Colonel Summers Park".
Beaven, Steve. (2013-05-25). "At Colonel Summers Park, neighbors and the city are working to stem drug use and underage drinking".

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