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A Solution for Downtown Public
Washroom Problem
 The
city recently published the results of the Resident
Survey on the need for public washroom in the River
District.
Review the Survey here. The need for downtown
washrooms was also discussed at the Octover 27, 2025
meeting of Council. The survey showed three overriding
themes; Cleaniness, their potential use by addicts for
drug use and the possibility that the unhoused would set
up camp in them?
The Portland Loo, a
purpose-built public washroom system originally
developed by the City of Portland, Oregon, offers a
model that could meet Owen Sound’s unique downtown needs
through durable design, harm reduction, and respect for
human dignity.
The City of Terrance opened its first Portant Loo in
July 2024.
Read about their experience here. The city of
Kamloops install the Portland Loo in 2018 -
check it out. ?
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More About the Portland Loo
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