July 21 2021 No date has yet been set to fully reopen all Portland Parks & Recreation community and arts centers. An inquiry days before the deadly, late June heat wave underscored that Portland Parks & Recreation has still not reopened the community and arts centers closed because COVID-19, even though the City Council approved a $22 million loan to restart parks programs five months ago. Most of the centers are air conditioned and could have provided relief during the triple-digit temperatures suspected of killing 71 people in Multnomah County. But the parks bureau said it has not yet replaced enough of the 700 employees laid off early last year because of the pandemic to fully reopen all of them.