The Story of the new Inclusive Playground at Couch Park

Northwest Portland came together to build a new, inclusive playground when the old one become unsafe. GreenWorks was honored to work with great partners like Portland Parks & Recreation, students from the adjacent Metropolitan Learning Center, Friends of Couch Playground and Harper's Playground to come up with a design that allows kids of all abilities to play together.

Couch Park is located in the Historic Alphabet District in NW Portland and the official home of Metropolitan Learning Center’s playground. The re-design of the plaza and playground was the highest priority and most costly of all the 2016 Bond Projects dedicated to refurbishing aging parks and playgrounds in Portland.

Thanks to the project team: Raimore Construction, 3J Consulting, Inc., Geotechnics, LLC, Let Kids Play!, Mitali & Associates, Morgan Holen & Associates, R&W Engineering, Inc., SCE, Inc, & Waterleaf Architecture, Interiors & Planning

Watch the video we made about it for the 2019 ORPA Conference. Read more about the project here.