BEAVERTON CELEBRATES COMPLETION OF BROADWAY STREETSCAPE PROJECT
News Release from City of Beaverton
Posted on FlashAlert: October 5th, 2015 2:05 PM
BEAVERTON, Ore. - The City of Beaverton will celebrate the completion of the Broadway streetscape project with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday, Oct. 9, at 10:30 a.m. in front of Art on Broadway, 12570 SW Broadway Street.
"When we did our first visioning survey in 2010 people asked us to create a look and feel for downtown and improve walkability," said Mayor Denny Doyle. "This project shows that not only are we listening to what people want, we're taking the steps to make it happen."
Construction on Broadway began in June. The project, which covers the historic two-block section of Broadway between SW Hall and Watson in downtown Beaverton, included installing wider sidewalks on the south side of the street, creating room for trees and café tables, installing a brick plaza at mid-block, and improving the plaza at Watson to enhance visibility to the district.
"I appreciate the active involvement of the Broadway businesses and the Beaverton Downtown Association to help make this happen," said Mayor Doyle. "By working together, we're proving that you don't have to be a big city to do big things."
Street parking is available in the area. Attendees can also park in the parking structure next to The Beaverton Building on SW Millikan Way, or take MAX Blue Line to the Beaverton Central stop a few blocks away.
ABOUT BEAVERTON
Beaverton is a welcoming and responsible city that enjoys one of the most diverse populations in Oregon. In 2015, Beaverton was recognized as the safest city in the Pacific Northwest (according to CQ Press for cities more than 75,000). Recently, the city's award-winning finance department received the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award as well as the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting. In 2012, the city was awarded the Mayors' Climate Protection Award from the U.S. Conference of Mayors. It was named one of the 100 Best Places to Live in America by Money magazine and recognized as one of the best places to raise kids by BusinessWeek magazine. The city was named one of the top 25 Suburbs for Retirement by Forbes.com and one of the 100 Best Walking Cities in America by Prevention magazine. The city also received the Recycler of the Year award from the Association of Oregon Recyclers, named a Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation, recei ved a Silver Award Bicycle Friendly Community designation by the League of American Bicyclists, and recognized as one of the Environmental Protection Agency's Green Power Communities. Lastly, the city's nationally acclaimed visioning program was named Public Involvement Project of the Year--Best Planning Project by the International Association of Public Participation (IAP2) Cascade Chapter and also received the prestigious 3CMA Award of Excellence.
For more information, reminders and community news, visit www.BeavertonOregon.gov. Also follow Beaverton on Facebook at www.facebook.com/CityofBeaverton, or Twitter at www.twitter.com/CityofBeaverton.
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"When we did our first visioning survey in 2010 people asked us to create a look and feel for downtown and improve walkability," said Mayor Denny Doyle. "This project shows that not only are we listening to what people want, we're taking the steps to make it happen."
Construction on Broadway began in June. The project, which covers the historic two-block section of Broadway between SW Hall and Watson in downtown Beaverton, included installing wider sidewalks on the south side of the street, creating room for trees and café tables, installing a brick plaza at mid-block, and improving the plaza at Watson to enhance visibility to the district.
"I appreciate the active involvement of the Broadway businesses and the Beaverton Downtown Association to help make this happen," said Mayor Doyle. "By working together, we're proving that you don't have to be a big city to do big things."
Street parking is available in the area. Attendees can also park in the parking structure next to The Beaverton Building on SW Millikan Way, or take MAX Blue Line to the Beaverton Central stop a few blocks away.
ABOUT BEAVERTON
Beaverton is a welcoming and responsible city that enjoys one of the most diverse populations in Oregon. In 2015, Beaverton was recognized as the safest city in the Pacific Northwest (according to CQ Press for cities more than 75,000). Recently, the city's award-winning finance department received the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award as well as the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting. In 2012, the city was awarded the Mayors' Climate Protection Award from the U.S. Conference of Mayors. It was named one of the 100 Best Places to Live in America by Money magazine and recognized as one of the best places to raise kids by BusinessWeek magazine. The city was named one of the top 25 Suburbs for Retirement by Forbes.com and one of the 100 Best Walking Cities in America by Prevention magazine. The city also received the Recycler of the Year award from the Association of Oregon Recyclers, named a Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation, recei ved a Silver Award Bicycle Friendly Community designation by the League of American Bicyclists, and recognized as one of the Environmental Protection Agency's Green Power Communities. Lastly, the city's nationally acclaimed visioning program was named Public Involvement Project of the Year--Best Planning Project by the International Association of Public Participation (IAP2) Cascade Chapter and also received the prestigious 3CMA Award of Excellence.
For more information, reminders and community news, visit www.BeavertonOregon.gov. Also follow Beaverton on Facebook at www.facebook.com/CityofBeaverton, or Twitter at www.twitter.com/CityofBeaverton.
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