Your leadership and dedication have been invaluable to the organization during this time of transition. Under your leadership, the Beaverton Downtown Association has continued to thrive. You have overseen the successful execution of several events including the Bike...
The Annual Old Town Beaverton Wine & Food Walk will return on Saturday, May 20. Each ticketholder will experience 10 unique food and wine pairings at local businesses in the Old Town Beaverton area. On Saturday, May 20, the Beaverton Downtown Association’s annual...
This is a free event on Saturday, May 6, hosted in partnership with Binary Brewing, Carina’s Bakery, and Trek Bikes On Saturday, May 6, the Beaverton Downtown Association (BDA), in partnership with Binary Brewing, Carina’s Bakery, and Trek Bicycle...
There is no escaping the fact that the Covid-19 pandemic altered the trajectory and livelihoods for the preponderance of our Beaverton Downtown community. Considering immediate business and staff turnover, followed by the ambivalence and sheer anxiety that became...
There is an adage that I find myself thinking about quite often as I stroll through Downtown Beaverton; there is power in numbers. The streets are bustling with morning vendor traffic. There is the usual humming of human interaction in the First Dining Commons. I...
I remember standing on the roof of Westline Apartments in downtown Beaverton in 2018. I looked out over the community that I was bound to love. I thought of my life before Beaverton, and I knew that this place would change me. I only hoped that I could change it too....
You can’t pick up a newspaper or read a news app these days without hearing about the crisis in affordable housing, particularly the buying and selling of individual homes. On Thursday of this week, MarketWatch wrote that the Federal Home Mortgage...
Home is where you want to feel your very best. You want everything to be comfortable, to feel good, to look good and it shouldn’t take constant striving to get there. If you’re not happy with the way that is working out for you there you might want to talk with...
Imagine being elected mayor of the 7th largest city in Oregon. Imagine the world is awash in a pandemic. Just for fun, throw in record-level homelessness, increasing crime in the state, and evidence of a climate crisis. What do you do? Where do you...
For International Women's Day let's welcome the Beaverton Downtown Association’s newest board member, Chanel Griffen. Griffen says she’s excited to get started serving downtown Beaverton in all its glory but her particular interest is the needs of small...