The Vancouver Heights Neighborhood, located in the south central portion of the city, feels like a comfortable “home town” within a big city. As a microcosm of the larger community, it includes over 1600 residences, 45 businesses, public facilities, and open spaces. Vancouver Heights was voted as the Neighborhood of the 150th in 2007 in a contest where residents voted on neighborhood association entries printed in The Columbian newspaper as part of Vancouver’s 150th celebration. The Heights neighborhood includes Carl Gustafson Park and Leiser Crest Park, the 3-acre and 4-acre neighborhood parks were originally part of a planned community constructed by the Vancouver Housing Authority in the Heights area after WWII.