This project involves three Portland Metro area neighborhoods in two counties.

Damascus, a 13,600-acre rural residential neighborhood of 3,600, merges significant development due to the recent extension of Portland's urban growth boundary. The project will influence masterplans, ordinances and development and help create a mixed-use community with an integrated system of streets, parkways, and greenways.

In North Portland, an urban neighborhood of 3,300 residents, the ALbD partnership worked with the Portland Department of Transportation, focusing on a light rail line corridor by using TravelSmart to help community residents identify and choose sustainable travel options and encourage physically active modes of travel.

In Lents, a district of 5,000 residents in Southeast Portland, partners focus on the design, construction, and promotion of the Lents Station Interpretive Trailhead access point on the existing Springwater Corridor. This multipurpose trail will become a bike/pedestrian destination for the Lents community. Outreach projects to promote use of the Springwater Corridor Trail may create neighborhood walking and biking loops that brings trail users into the community and encourage use of the trail by youth as a safe route to school and recreation.

This organization was one of 25 demonstration projects selected by Active Living by Design, a national program of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF).