Cornell Creek Park

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Cornell Creek Park
Cornell Creek Park bridge completed - Hillsboro, Oregon.jpg
Bridge over the creek in the park
TypePublic, city
Location Hillsboro, Oregon,
United States
Coordinates 45°32′01″N122°54′47″W / 45.5336256°N 122.913057°W / 45.5336256; -122.913057 Coordinates: 45°32′01″N122°54′47″W / 45.5336256°N 122.913057°W / 45.5336256; -122.913057
Area4.19 acres (17,000 m2) [1]
Created2016
Operated by Hillsboro Parks & Recreation Department
StatusDay use only
Website hillsboro-oregon.gov

Cornell Creek Park is a city park in Hillsboro, Oregon, United States. Opened in 2016, it has the second dog park in the city after Hondo Dog Park. Located in the Orenco Station neighborhood along Cornell Road, it has just over four acres that is bisected by a small creek.

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History

Plans for a park at the corner of Cornell Road and NW 231st Avenue (since renamed Century Blvd) were announced in 2014. [2] At the time, the park was planned to open in the fall of 2015. [2] The park was part of the broader Platform District developments near the Orenco Station MAX stop that included the Orenco Station Plaza. [1] [2] [3] Construction on the park began in 2014, and was planned to have an off-leash dog area, a bocce court, a footbridge bridge, walking paths, and a ping-pong table, but no parking. [3] [4] The off-leash dog area opened in 2015, [4] with the rest of the park opening in 2016. [1] The land for the park was given to the city by Holland Partner Group, who built the Platform District, in exchange for system development credits, and the park was built for approximately $825,000. [1]

Orenco station (TriMet)

Orenco, formerly known as Orenco/Northwest 231st Avenue, is a light rail station in Hillsboro, Oregon, United States, served by TriMet as part of its MAX Light Rail system. It is the seventh eastbound stop on the Blue Line, which connects the cities of Hillsboro, Beaverton, Portland, and Gresham. The island platform station is situated between the Quatama and Hawthorn Farm stations and serves the Orenco Station neighborhood. The neighborhood is considered a positive model for smart growth and transit-oriented development, and is home to Intel's Ronler Acres campus. The station recorded an average of 1,297 daily boardings on weekdays in fall 2018.

Bocce italian term for "boules"

Bocce, sometimes anglicized as bocce ball, bocci or boccie, is a ball sport belonging to the boules family, closely related to British bowls and French pétanque, with a common ancestry from ancient games played in the Roman Empire. Developed into its present form in Italy, bocce is played around Europe and also in other areas with Italian immigrants, including Australia, North America, and South America. Initially played only by the Italian immigrants, the game has slowly become more popular with their descendants and more broadly.

Amenities

The park is split into two sections by a driveway to a condo development. The southern portion contains the off-leash dog area that is fenced. [5] Other features of the park include a play area, a bocce court, walking paths, picnic tables, an outdoor ping pong table, and a foot bridge over the small, unnamed creek. [1]

Cornell Creek Park is located at the southwest corner of Cornell Road and Century Blvd in the northeastern portion of Hillsboro. It is across Century Blvd Sonrise Church and Tessera apartments. The MAX station and Platform District are to the west and south.

Sonrise Church Church in Oregon, United States

Sonrise Church is a non-denominational Christian church in Hillsboro in the U.S. state of Oregon. Founded in 1980 as Sonrise Baptist Church, the church is located in the Orenco neighborhood and has about 1,200 worshipers at its main campus, a former industrial building. The main church grounds also house a winter homeless shelter and a community garden.

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