Our vision and mission are informed by the Luscher Area Master Plan (LAMP), which was commissioned and adopted by the Lake Oswego City Council in 2013.

Over the many years since, LAMP recommendations and initiatives have been studied and clarified. Several were prioritized by community members for funding from the 2019 Parks Bond. And a Task Force commissioned by Lake Oswego Parks & Recreation (LOPR) took another stab at priorities in 2021.

But due to complications of governance and zoning—and funding—the most important LAMP recommendations—current gardening & educational programs, expansion of agricultural programs, preservation of open space natural areas, a safe entryway and adequate parking—remain in limbo.

In 2023, LOPR planners embarked on a newly available approach that could pave the way for progress and began preparing a land use application to ask Clackamas County to adopt the LAMP to create a Parks overlay zone that would bring current uses at LUscher into compliance and allow key LAMP initiatives to be implemented.

As of today, the application is still being finalized. We hope it will be submitted by year end 2026…

View documents on our Mission webpage.