Community Spaces — Montavilla Atlas

Key findings

33 parks, 34 school campuses, and 9 natural areas fall within the Montavilla area (Metro ORCA).
The Montavilla Community Center (8219 SE Glisan) is PP&R-operated and co-located with a park and pool.
There is no public library inside Montavilla — the nearest branches are Midland, Belmont, and Gregory Heights — a service gap for the neighborhood.
Roughly 9 faith institutions inside the boundary are potential community meeting spaces.

Data & method

Dataset	Source	Date	License
Community features	Metro RLIS ORCA	2026-06-03	Open data
Parks	PP&R Park Search Layer	2026-06-03	Open data
Libraries	Multnomah County Library locations	2026-06-03	Public info

Method:

Counted and mapped ORCA polygon features (parks, schools, natural areas), then overlaid PP&R park boundaries and Multnomah County Library point locations.

Projection (CRS): EPSG:4326 (WGS84)

Tools: Python / geopandas / matplotlib

Confidence

HIGH for ORCA polygon features (an authoritative Metro dataset). MEDIUM for point locations, which are geocoded from addresses and local knowledge.