Support for Portland Botanical Gardens

Since securing a purchase option for the McCormick & Baxter Superfund Site, Portland Botanical Gardens has received the documented support of the following organizations:

During the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality’s formal comment period on PBG’s prospective purchaser agreement, additional letters of support were submitted by the following elected officials:

City of Portland Mayor, Keith Wilson

City of Portland District 2 Councilor, Dan Ryan 

City of Portland District 2 Councilor, Elana Pirtle-Guiney

City of Portland District 2 Councilor, Sameer Kanal

Metro District 5 Councilor, Mary Nolan

Portland Botanical Gardens also received verbal comments of support from Tribal representatives during the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality’s formal comment period, and is working with those representatives to build relationships with their respective Tribal governments.