Archive for August, 2010
Tualatin Crawfish Festival
Looking for something to do this weekend? Check out the annual Tualatin Crawfish Festival! The festival is organized by the Tualatin Chamber of Commerce and they’re celebrating their 60th year. The festival starts on Friday at 6pm and admission is free. On Saturday the festivities start at 7:30am and ends at 7:00pm. Admission that day is [...]
… Read MoreLiving Building Challenge – Opportunity for Innovation & New Way to Measure Success
I recently read an article in the Sustainable Business Oregon section of the Portland Business Journal about a community center in North Portland being built under the Living Building Challenge guidelines. I was instantly intrigued. I hopped on the web and began learning more about the Living Building Challenge – and what a challenge it [...]
… Read MoreGrants Awarded to Washington County Cultural Organizations
The Washington County Cultural Coalition recently awarded approximately $47,000 to 25 different art, heritage and cultural organizations in Tigard, Tualatin, Sherwood, Hillsboro and Beaverton, for projects beginning in July 2010 through June 2011. The Times reported that 10 of the grants were to first-time recipients. The grants are $1,000 to $2,000 and can sometimes be thought of as ”seed” money. Receiving a grant can [...]
… Read MoreDeconstruction As Law
A construction/recycling trend called deconstruction – not the literary term – is continuing to grow and could have a significant impact on remodelers and builders as sustainable building practices make gains in the priority of considering community development and building projects. As early as 1999 the EPA defined deconstruction as “the process of selectively and systematically disassembling [...]
… Read MoreDR Horton Model Home Furniture Sale
Friday, August 6th thru Saturday, August 7th from 10am to 4pm each day, DR Horton will be holding a huge garage sale at their Dawn Meadows development in Oregon City. They have cleaned out the warehouse and will be donating the proceeds to buy school supplies for local kids! They will have furniture, glassware, throw [...]
… Read More937 Condominiums Host First Thursday Preview of Bedford Brown Designed Condo
On August 5th from 5:30-8:30 during the Pearl District’s First Thursday festivities, the 937 Condos will host a preview of Suite 531, their fresh take on urban living designed by Bedford Brown. If you are unfamiliar with the 937 it is an innovative building with a new vision for Pearl District living – its design is [...]
… Read MoreMilwaukie MAX Line Update
In 2015, TriMet plans to open the seven mile long Portland to Milwaukie light rail line. The project’s centerpiece is a multi-use transit bridge over the Willamette River – the first new bridge built across the Willamette in the last 35 years. The bridge will carry the new light rail line, several bus routes that currently travel [...]
… Read MoreLake Oswego to be Drained!
Beginning on September 8th Lake Oswego will be partially drained for seven to eight months to accommodate the replacement of the current sewer pipe with a new system. The current sewer pipe has an insufficient capacity to serve the developed areas. During times of heavy rains the system backs up and sewage flows out of manholes in the [...]
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