Charles Jordan Community Center

Charles Jordan Community Center is a regional community center that includes a gym, fitness center, and multipurpose classrooms.

Please call our front desk at 503-823-3631 if you have any questions.

When there is extreme weather, we will post schedule changes here , and you can find more up to date information on Weather Information and Closures.

Register online, over the phone through the Customer Service Center ( 503-823-2525 ), or by calling or visiting a recreation or arts center.

Activities Recreation Activity Guide Use the Recreation Activity Guide to view PP&R activities and find links to register online.

Drop-in activity schedule We offer a limited number of drop-in activities that you do not need to sign up for ahead of time.

You will pay at the front desk when you arrive for the scheduled activity.

These activities usually occur over a five or 10-week session. You must sign up before participating.

If you are registered for an activity and have a disability, you can request support from Inclusion Services . Summer activities are in session.

Fall Registration begins at 9:30am: Activities take place from September 28 through December 13. Thursday, September 10 , register for activities that begin September 28.

Thursday, October 8 , register for activities that begin November 2.

View all registered classes at Charles Jordan Community Center Create your PP&R account Daily admission Join in drop-in activities during their scheduled times.

Click the links to view the schedule: Sports - Basketball Group Fitness Classes TeenForce Messy Art Registered classes We offer a variety of registered classes for people of all ages.

This center was built in the early 1940s as part of an enormous federal housing project for ship workers mobilized for the World War II effort. At the time of its construction, it included recreational facilities as well as a restaurant, a fire department with three engines, and administrative offices for the housing project. The center was acquired by PP&R in 1953. With funding from the 1994 bond measure, a major renovation resulted in the expansion of the east and west wings. A portion of the 2002 parks levy was used to build a new active recreation wing in 2007, nearly doubling the center's size with PP&R’s largest gymnasium, a fitness room, a youth game room, dance studio, and computer lab. A wind-driven kinetic sculpture by Jerry Mayer was installed in front of the center on August 31, 1999. Mayer worked closely with the North Portland community to develop Whirlymajig , an altered water pump windmill with a 5-ft diameter fan wheel atop a 30-ft steel flag pole. Driven by the wind through a system of gears, driveshafts, axles, and drive chains, the sculpture's tail section consists of variously moving aluminum cutouts of arms and legs performing physically and mentally challenging tasks. As part of the center's extensive 2007 renovation, a wall sculpture by Laura Bender and John Early was installed in the lobby. From Here to There is a metaphor for the venture of exploration, a story about movement, coordination, and change that references things historical, nautical, and navigational. Movement refers to people relocating here, ships sailing rivers and seas, driftwood swept up on the shores of the Columbia River, and people meeting and forming relationships as they dance, exercise, and move around one another. In 2012, the center was renamed in honor of Charles Jordan, Portland’s first African-American City Commissioner and Portland Parks & Recreation Director. He was the force behind Portland landmarks such as Pioneer Courthouse Square, the Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, Delta Park, and Southwest Community Center. On the national stage, Charles Jordan broadened the agenda of the environmental movement and land conservation to make it more inclusive. He is known for his groundbreaking approach to putting people - particularly people of color - at the heart of the American Conservation Movement.