Washougal puts parks up for adoption

Last July, then-Washougal mayoral candidate Rochelle Ramos gathered a group of friends and co-workers to clean up Reflection Plaza in downtown Washougal.

With a little help from the city’s maintenance crew, Ramos and her friends “pulled a lot of weeds and a lot of old, dead plants,” Ramos told Washougal City Council members during the Council’s Feb. 14 workshop. “And the city got all of the lighting working again. It was a great effort, definitely well-received in the community.”