News Release from: City of Beaverton
BEAVERTON CELEBRATION PARADE TRAVELS NEW ROUTE THROUGH BEAVERTON ON SEPTEMBER 8
Posted: August 28th, 2012 4:34 PM
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The city's 55th annual Beaverton Celebration Parade will follow a new route on Saturday, Sept. 8 starting at 10 a.m.
The parade begins at the corner of SW Wilson Avenue and Allen Boulevard. It then takes SW Erickson Avenue to 5th Street, passing by the Beaverton City Library. The parade ends at Griffith Park near Beaverton City Hall.
This year's grand marshals will be local Olympians, including Mariel Zagunis, a two-time gold medalist fencer and team USA's opening ceremonies flag bearer. The Beaverton Celebration Parade features floats, award-winning marching bands, mascots and more. The parade them is The Many Faces of Beaverton, which was created by Beaverton resident Laurette McGee.
The Beaverton Celebration Parade began in 1957 and has since grown into a community tradition. Previous parade themes have included Catch the Spirit, Everything is Golden, Community Pride...City Wide, Dancing in the Streets and A Vision of the Future.
For more information about the 2012 Celebration Parade, including a route map, or to see pictures from previous Celebration Parades, please visit www.BeavertonOregon.gov/Parade.
ABOUT BEAVERTON
Beaverton enjoys one of the most diverse populations among Oregon cities. Most recently, the city was awarded the 2012 Mayors' Climate Protection Award from the U.S. Conference of Mayors. 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. 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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