Carter Park Neighborhood Association

06/05/2026

Heads up neighbors near Main Street...

Just learned an unsanctioned Main Street cuise is planned for Saturday June 6th at 5pm

06/05/2026

Just a heads up,

Our joint neighborhood clean up day with Arnada and Hough is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 3rd. Location TBD.

04/25/2026

Some.folks have been asking when it Cruise the Couve is happening this year

July 19th | 12 PM – 10 PM   Traditional Main Street America Classic Car Cruise Vancouver’s Original Classic Car Cruise   Celebrate the classic Vancouver tradition of cruising Main Street on a Saturday night with Cruise the Couve! Show off your sweet ride in the cruise or grab a lawn chair and ...

04/08/2026

IT IS ABOUT TO GET NOISY 'ROUND HERE...AT NIGHT.

03/29/2026

Blessed by the Springtime faeries. Honey Bee Swarm in Carter Park

03/06/2026

02/18/2026

LONG POST

As posted before
City of Vancouver proposed Comprehensive Plan could see significant changes to Carter Park Neighborhood.There is opportunity for neighbors to weigh in on these proposed changes so we are posting info again.

This is a great link to learn all about the proposed changes in the Comprehensive Plan including an interactive map

https://www.cityofvancouver.us/business/planning-development-and-zoning/comprehensive-plan/

At the Dec. 15 City Council meeting, Council finalized the updated land use map for Vancouver, called the Preferred Alternative. During early 2026, the public is invited to provide input. The maps will not be.finalized until after the hearings.

So what are the changes?

Under the preferred alternative, the zoning of the Carter Park would change. See Map below.

Most of the neighborhhood will fall under the
Medium-Scale Neighborhood Zone as you can see on the msp below
It allows for a broad range of housing types and more neighborhood commercial uses.
Minimum of 16 homes per acre. (An acre is roughly the.size of a football field)
Building heights of up to 75 feet (about 6 stories).

The border blocks along Main and fourth Plain will fall into the Mixed-Use Neighborhood Zone shown as Red on the map. It
allows for a broad range of housing, commercial, and civic/institutional uses.
Minimum of 32 homes per acre. Building heights up to 110 feet about 8 stories
Examples of what is allowed in this zone is shown below as well

The public has several opportunities to weigh in on the proposed changes:

Thursday, February 19 from 4p-6p (virtual)

Thursday, February 26 from 11a-1p (virtual)

Saturday, February 28 from 11a-1p at City Hall (in-person)

Wednesday, March 4 from 5:30p-7:30p at Cascade Park Community Library (in-person)

Links and more information for the virtual meetings are included in the detailed information link about the Comprehensive Plan posted above and posted again here. .https://www.cityofvancouver.us/business/planning-development-and-zoning/comprehensive-plan/

Registration for the events is encouraged, but not required.

Additional questions or comments may be emailed to [email protected].

The Carter park Neighborhood Association does not have an official position on the proposed changes, but Neighborhood residents are encouraged to attend any of the feedback opportunities, learn more about the proposed changes in the comprehensive plan and provide opinions and feedback. Later this spring, once feedback has been received, the final plan, map, and development regulations will be presented at public hearings to the Planning Commission and City Council to review and potentially revise before they are voted on by the City Council.

02/16/2026

Street Sweeper in Carter Park this week.

02/16/2026

Not our neighborhood but surely impacts us as we move around the Westside

Main Street Promise construction update: Starting February 16, Main Street will be closed between Seventh Street and Eighth Street. There will be a partial closure on Seventh Street between Washington Street and Broadway Street.

Starting February 23, Main Street will be closed between 11th Street and 12th Street. There will be a partial closure on 11th Street between Washington Street and Broadway Street.

Both closures are projected to end in mid April. Schedules may change.

Learn more about the Main Street Promise project at cityofvancouver.us/mainstreet

02/16/2026

Shared by our neighbor Martha B Wiley

Info about the Peace Health medical facility on 33rd at Main Street. The city has issued a final determination of non-significance and a preliminary approval of the proposed site plan. You can find this on the city’s website under PRJ-169404/LUP-85532 “Peace Health Rehabilitation Hospital.”

Basically, they will demolish the Main Street building while leaving the western building as medical offices. A new building will be constructed there as a 60,000 sf, 2-story rehab hospital. This is smaller than the existing building, which is about 97,000 sf. There’s stuff about fire hydrants and storm drains, wastewater and trash storage, etc. They will be moving the bus stop a bit, changing the street landscaping, and removing access from Main Street to the parking lot north of the building. New access will be from 35th Street. Existing access from 33rd Street will remain. The old building was constructed under a Conditional Use Permit because the site zoning is residential (R-22 Higher Density Residential), so this project modifies that old CUP.

One funny thing: the engineers, Kittleson and Associates from Portland, did a cut/paste job on the application and left the Oregon regs instead of changing them to Washington. Thus, one of the conditions of approval is to change them.