News Release from: City of Beaverton
THREE LOCAL COMPANIES RECOGNIZED WITH CITY'S BEAVERTON 4 BUSINESS AWARD
Posted: May 6th, 2013 4:16 PM
The City of Beaverton has recognized three successful, Beaverton-based companies, the CE John Company, Inc., International Paper, and the Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center & Foundation for their achievements. Mayor Doyle will present the three businesses with their Beaverton 4 Business award at the Tuesday, May 7 City Council meeting.
"Dynamic businesses create stronger regional economy, more jobs, support for our schools and a better quality of life in Beaverton," said Mayor Denny Doyle. "The city is proud to recognize the achievements of these businesses that continue to make Beaverton The Best of Oregon."
The April 2013 award winners include:
The CE John Company, Inc. is a family-owned commercial and multi-family real estate development company headquartered in Vancouver, Wash., but has been a part of Beaverton for three generations. CE John has owned and leased 70-plus acres of property in Beaverton, including Cedar Hills Crossing. Most recently, CE John has announced plans for the first phase of a $12 million investment in Cedar Hills Crossing II.
International Paper is a global leader in the paper and packaging industry with manufacturing operations in North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia and North Africa. Since 2008, International Paper has operated four facilities in Beaverton that employ 80 people. International Paper has an ink and plating manufacturing facility, box, recycling, and paper bag manufacturing plant. Sustainability is a big priority for International Paper and part of their sustainability goals are accomplished by producing paper bags that are renewable, compostable, recyclable, and reusable.
The Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center & Foundation, established after the unnecessary death of six-year old Virginia Garcia, provides high quality, comprehensive and culturally appropriate primary health care to the communities of Washington and Yamhill Counties. Today, Virginia Garcia provides health care services to more than 35,000 patients a year. An economic driver for our city, county and state, Virginia Garcia is an innovative company aiming to make health care accessible to all. Virginia Garcia is the first nonprofit recipient of the Beaverton 4 Business Award.
Launched in 2009, Beaverton 4 Business is a program conducted in partnership with the Beaverton Chamber of Commerce that publicly recognizes the significant achievements of businesses either headquartered or with operations in Beaverton.
For more information, please contact Lorraine Clarno at 503-350-2006 or Lorraine@Beaverton.org.
In 2013, Beaverton was again recognized as the safest city in Oregon. Since 2007, Beaverton has been named one of the safest cities in the Northwest. In 2012, the city was awarded the 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 was named 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 Communit
ies, 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. Beaverton also enjoys one of the most diverse populations in Oregon. For more information, please visit www.BeavertonOregon.gov or follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/CityofBeaverton.
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