Consultants present Old Town strategic-action plan, urge targeted infrastructure and mixed-use catalysts

Consultants from First 40 Feet presented a strategic action plan to the Sherwood City Council work session on June 3, 2025, asking council members to prioritize a short list of redevelopment “catalyst” sites and related infrastructure projects that could accelerate growth in Old Town over a five-year window.

The plan centers on two corridors — Pine Street and Columbia Street — and proposes a mix of regulatory, programming and public-space changes to increase Old Town’s visibility and walkability, support ground-floor commercial uses, and leverage city-owned parcels as development anchors. "There's really 3 buckets that we're focused on," a First 40 Feet consultant said during the presentation.

Why it matters: Council members and the consultants framed the plan as an attempt to move from a broad list of ideas to a smaller set of actions that can realistically advance in five years. Several of the infrastructure ideas discussed — a curbless extension of Pine Street, a new Columbia–Oregon…