Hero of the Day: Sondland Durant Foundation Leads Effort to Save Washington Park Summer Festival

By Adrienne So

May 08, 2009 at 4:15 am PDT

Portland Parks and Recreation announced that the beloved Washington Park Summer Festival would have to be canceled due to lack of funding

Gordon Sondland, CEO of Hotel deLuxe and Hotel Lucia, and co-principal of the Sondland Durant Foundation along with Katy Durant, has stepped forward to try and save the festival

Matching funds must be donated by May 15 for the effort to succeed.

Photo courtesy Flickr.com, D-Allison.

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