News Release from: City of Beaverton
CITY OF BEAVERTON RECEIVES WASHINGTON COUNTY VISITORS ASSOCIATION TOURISM DEVELOPMENT GRANT
Posted: July 16th, 2012 8:45 AM
The city of Beaverton recently received a $5,000 Washington County Visitors Association Tourism Development Grant to fund the Downtown Beaverton Walking Tour. The city will use the funds to create an integrated website highlighting the downtown area. It will also fund a brochure and interactive web-based map.
"It's our goal to bring more visitors into the heart of Beaverton and showcase where we were and where we are going in this reemerging area," said Mayor Denny Doyle. "We appreciate the support from the Washington County Visitors Association to help move this project forward."
The Downtown Beaverton Walking Tour and interactive website will highlight the area's unique features, including visitor attractions in the historic district, retail businesses, public art, entertainment and sustainability-related projects.
"This project will bring cohesiveness to Beaverton's downtown core and compliment the revitalization efforts currently underway," said Alma Flores, economic development manager.
The project compliments the Broadway Streetscape Design Project, which will improve the walkability of downtown Beaverton with increased signage, lighting and streetscape improvements.
The brochure and website will be completed in time for next year's summer activities. For more information, please contact Alma Flores, economic development manager, at 503-526-2456.
ABOUT BEAVERTON
Beaverton enjoys one of the most diverse populations among Oregon cities. It was one of just four cities of its size recently recognized as a "Smarter City" energy leader by the Natural Resources Defense Council and one of the 100 Best Places to Live in America by Money magazine. Most recently, the city was awarded the 2012 Mayors' Climate Protection Award from the U.S. Conference of Mayors. In addition, Beaverton has been named one of the safest cities in the Pacific Northwest for three consecutive years, as one of the best places to raise kids by BusinessWeek magazine, an All-America City finalist, as one of the top 25 Suburbs for Retirement by Forbes.com, one of the 100 Best Walking Cities in America by Prevention magazine, the Recycler of the Year from the Association of Oregon Recyclers, a Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation, a Bronze Award Bicycle Friendly Community designation by the League of American Bicyclists and as one of the Environmental Protection Agency'
s Green Power Communities, the Beaverton Community Vision program was named Public Involvement Project of the Year--Best Planning Project by the International Association of Public Participation (IAP2) Cascade Chapter. For more information, please visit www.beavertonoregon.gov or follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/cityofbeaverton.
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