Look to Sherwood if you want to grow, expand or relocate." He encouraged any business owners who might be interested to check out Sherwood's new industrial development on the city's eastern border with Tualatin. A big shout-out to ODOT and PGE, because they're being great partners and (helping) all of our efforts to get that engineering done on schedule so we can get it done on time," Mays said.
Mays said the city is in the final engineering phase of a pedestrian bridge that will cross Highway 99W, from the Sherwood Family YMCA to Sherwood High School. In addition to that, Sherwood is working to add lots of roads, trails and other infrastructure.Ī D V E R T I S I N G | Continue reading below We're certainly excited about that," said Mays. "It will help us become a sustainable community and as part of that, we're redoing the Sherwood West Master Plan so it also reflects those goals.
Mayor Keith Mays said economic development activity in Sherwood has increased over the years, something that will help diversify the city's tax base and bring more jobs to the community to ensure "we're not 100% a bedroom community." Rob Drake is retiring after 10 years in Cornelius as our city manager," Dalin said, quipping: "We're going to be (looking), so if you see me talk to your city manager…"ĭrake, one of Washington County's longest-tenured public servants, previously announced he would step down at the end of June. "Folks may have heard or already know, we're just kicking off our recruitment. After more than a decade, Dalin and Drake's partnership will end this summer. Along with selling fruits and vegetables, concerts will be held during the farmer's gardens.ĭalin explained that his city of 13,000 residents is also bumping up against the urban growth boundary, with almost all its industrial land filled, including the 138 acres included in the "grand bargain" that was brought into city limits in 2014.Ĭornelius has had Dalin in the mayor's seat since late 2011 and a veteran administrator, former Beaverton mayor Rob Drake, as city manager since early 2012. Plans are to expand the Friday night market in Cornelius from June through August. Snider said he's also pleased with an urban growth boundary expansion proposal that Tigard has sent to Metro for approval, which involves a novel land swap with the regional government that would let the city go ahead with developing River Terrace 2.0 on its western edge.ĭuring the pandemic, Cornelius Mayor Jef Dalin noted, his city welcomed a new farmers market that has proven wildly successful. The road today is part of Oregon Highway 141, an unsigned state route that runs from Beaverton to Wilsonville. Tigard has been negotiating with ODOT, the Oregon Department of Transportation, to transfer at least part of Hall Boulevard to the city's jurisdiction. "We got notified by Congresswoman (Suzanne) Bonamici a couple of weeks ago that there's a project that Tigard was supporting and ODOT had planned on Hall Boulevard - safety improvements - that she has put on the top of her list of 15 projects that she can fund, or hopefully Congress will fund, and that's a $3.2 million investment that will bring very needed safety improvements to a corridor that's quite dangerous on Hall Boulevard," Snider said. Snider said a recent trip to Washington, D.C., where he talked with federal representatives, has paid off.
He said the city was excited to get the project, which the city hopes will become a destination site for people to gather, off the ground. Groundbreaking for the plaza, whose first phase includes an interactive water feature/splash pad, public restroom, porch swings and a boardwalk connection to the Fanno Creek Trail, was held Thursday evening. Mayor Jason Snider said Tigard is gearing up for the construction of Universal Plaza, its signature downtown revitalization project on Southwest Burham Street. Here's what their cities have been doing over the last year: Each mayor had two minutes to highlight events, followed by audience questions. The annual event, hosted by the Westside Economic Alliance and sponsored by Comcast, was held at the Washington Square Embassy Suites, attracting 10 Washington County mayors. After two years of Zoom calls, 10 area mayors met in-person to discuss progress in their cities.Īfter a two-year hiatus in which local mayors found themselves meeting virtually via Zoom, area mayors gathered in person on Thursday, May 26, for a breakfast forum in Tigard.
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