Portland, OR - Here is another indicator that the Portland real estate market has turned the corner. “Portland's downtown real estate scene is about to get a lot more interesting, as multiple developers are suddenly pushing new projects to deal with a shortage -- yes, a shortage -- of large blocks of downtown office space.” You can read more about this topic in yesterday’s/November3rd Oregonlive.
In addition, Intel has announced they will invest 8 Billion in their Hillsboro plant.
All this translates into jobs, 8000 in construction jobs for Intel alone. We all know jobs are important to our economy which drives our Portland and Tigard real estate market!
Tigard voters approved a parks bond measure on Tuesday by a 52 to 48% margin. The measure allows the City to issue up to $17 million to acquire land for parks and open spaces. At least 80% of the funds will go toward land acquisition for open spaces, parks, or trail corridors. Up to 20% of the funds will go to improvements and development of parkland.
The city has agreements in place to purchase approximately three acres on Tigard Street to add to the soon to be purchased Summer Creek property adjacent to Fowler Middle School. An agreement is also in place to purchase 20 acres (known as the Sunrise property) off of Sunrise Lane in the city on Bull Mountain.
“With the passage of this bond measure, Tigard residents’ vision of a community where every citizen has neighborhood access to parks and open space and vital natural environmental resources are preserved, will be realized.” commented Mayor Dirksen.
Tigard, OR - Ever wonder what to do with all those old silk flowers??
Send them to Terri Smith in the children’s library section at Tigard Public Library by Nov 22 and we will make good use of them in arts and crafts projects.
Sincerely,
Terri Smith ~ Senior Library Assistant Youth Services
13500 SW Hall Blvd.
Tigard, Oregon 97223
Desk Phone: 503-718-2523
Public Phone: 503-684-6537
Tigard, OR: On Monday, 10/11/10, Crews began working on a long-awaited roof replacement project on the Permit Center at City Hall. Using money from an 2009 Energy Star Grant ($230,500) crews are replacing the existing roof with a new Energy Star compliant roof. The new roof system will have an R-Value of 20.5. It will result in a 13% reduction in energy use (approximately 1,003 therms per year or 20,060 therms over the 20+ life of the new roof.) This is a reduction in green house gas emissions of 5 metric tons of CO2 annually or 100 metric tons of CO2 over the life of the roof.
Crews expect to have the job completed within 2-3 weeks. Most of the noise will be outside the building, with a little bit of dust falling from the inside roof deck. Crews don’t expect this to impact staff or visitors in Tigard, OR City Hall.
