Owners
City of Beaverton
The City of Beaverton (www.beavertonoregon.gov), Oregon’s fifth largest city, is located seven miles west of Portland in the Tualatin River Valley, encompasses 18.6 square miles, and is home to over 83 thousand residents. Beaverton is a family friendly city, well known for its many attractive and well-planned neighborhoods. Residents enjoy easy access to a complete range of community services. The City has a vast amount of “Green Space” with over 100 parks encompassing 1,000 acres. The City features 30 miles of hiking trails and a 25-mile network of bike paths. Nationally acclaimed for students’ high SAT scores, Beaverton schools have formed strong partnerships with area businesses.
The City has launched a sustainable community development initiative focused around Westgate and The Round. The City owns and operates the Beaverton Central Plant, which provides heating and cooling and HVAC services in an environmentally responsible manner, at a lower cost, to owners and tenants at these sites.
Metro
Metro (www.metro-region.org) protects open spaces and parks, plans for land use and transportation and manages garbage disposal and recycling. Metro’s 2040 growth concept guides the region’s transportation and land-use planning. Metro manages the urban growth boundary and provides planning expertise to local government. Metro also sets the region’s transportation funding priorities and plans and implements transportation programs and helps developers build vibrant downtown centers.
Metro’s Transit Oriented Development (“TOD”) & Centers Implementation Program helps cities and towns realize the Region’s 2040 vision of vibrant, pedestrian-friendly centers, by attracting private sector investment near transit, in centers, and on main streets. Development projects are implemented as examples of compact, mixed-use development and to stimulate other investors to redevelop nearby properties.