Denzel Maxwell (Courtesy Photo/Lake Oswego) The LO Review announced that Denzel Maxwell has been hired as Lake Oswego's new City Manager. His tenure will start on Oct. 5. Checking his LinkedIn bio, I learned: Maxwell is currently the assistant city manager for the city of Fort Collins, Colorado, where he’s worked since March 2023. Big change: Fort Collins, Colorado is significantly larger than Lake Oswego in both population and geographic land area. Fort Collins population

Patrick Walsh, a LO resident for 5 years in the Bryant neighborhood with a 4 year old who he takes to play at the George Rogers playground and a wife who is active in Rotary, spent his lunch hour with us today walking around our Old Town neighborhood hearing our history, problems and priorities and meeting neighbors. Thank you for taking the time to get to know us and our neighborhood Patrick. I met Patrick when he attended the July Neighborhood Chairs meeting that Lynn Pete

I sent the blog post I wrote New Library or Remodel the Old One? to the LO Library Visioning email and got this response: "Thank you for reaching out with a link to your blog post. The City appreciates hearing from engaged residents and appreciate your creative thinking about library spaces. Your blog highlights costs and taxpayer impact, which are key considerations for the City. Here is some additional information that may be helpful for context, and we also encourage you t