2024 City of Oregon City Community Survey
The City Commission and Oregon City staff believe that resident input is a crucial element when planning for the future. Asking these questions ensures the City’s priorities are aligned with those of the community.
We greatly appreciate your time. We realize that this survey takes time out of your already busy schedule, be we wouldn’t ask this of you if we didn’t believe it to be a critical element in the process. Your responses will also help the City Commissioners gauge the success of their or the City's efforts to carry out the community's vision for the City of Oregon City and to address the many opportunities and challenges it faces. Oregon City's adopted vision is to embrace and advance Oregon City's historic role as a regional leader, and our mission is to build a dynamic community that leads the State in safety, economic opportunity, livability, and historic significance.
2023-2025 City Commission Goals. The City Commission goals prioritize significant projects and help to shape the budget that guides the City’s operations. The Commission will soon start the process of setting the goals for the upcoming biennium. The current goals, set in 2023, are to Promote diversity, equity, and inclusion for a safe, inclusive community, and organization; Invest in current and future capital needs for safe, sustainable infrastructure and city services; Improve the City's engagement efforts to reach the broader Oregon City community and inform the policy process; Adopt and implement a homelessness strategy for Oregon City; Promote tourism and support economic development to foster community sustainability; Support diverse housing options in Oregon City; and Support improvements and partnerships that contribute to our hometown feel and showcase Oregon City's unique community identity.
Please complete your survey sometime during the next week. We have selected ETC Institute to administer this survey. Your responses will remain confidential. ETC Institute will present the results to the City in the first quarter of 2025. If you have any questions, please contact Jarrod Lyman at the City of Oregon City at (503) 657-0891. Thank you very much for taking the time to provide your valuable input to help us understand your priorities, concerns, and insights, and the opportunities that we have in this wonderful City; it is greatly appreciated.