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Portland s iconic sports and entertainment site, including its velodrome and baseball fields, cannot disappear.
Alpenrose Dairy has been a popular Portland venue for athletes and families for generations. Now it s likely to disappear for good, and any combination of local governments along with some suggested private companies should step in to save the site.
As reported by journalists Nick Budnick, Paul Danzer and Alvaro Fontan in the April 21 Tribune, a bitter intra-family struggle broke out publicly and in the courts over the future of Alpenrose Dairy, the popular 52-acre site west of Shattuck Road near the Beaverton border and just north of the Hillsdale/Multnomah Village area. It wasn t just a dairy. It was a Christmastime car-ride tradition for families, a haven for serious bicyclists, a regular haunt for ESPN camera crews and national Little League tournaments, and more. For generations of metro-area families, Alpenrose was woven into the fabr