Hillsboro 2035 Community Plan »Annual Progress Report Summary
In just the first year of 2035 Plan implementation, Community Partners have already made progress on 88% of the current action plan. About half of the 90 actions in the plan are reported as implemented and ongoing, another 38% have been launched and are underway. Only 12% of the current plan, or 11 action items, have not yet started. This represents tremendous progress on this first iteration of the 2035 action plan. The action plan is scheduled to updated and amended again in 2020.
Health, Wellness & Safety Highlights
Hillsboro Farmers’ Market (HFM) has extended its Thursday seasonal market to the Kaiser Westside Medical Center and increased its length by starting one week earlier. HFM also supported this summer’s Downtown Farm to Table event in conjunction with the Hillsboro Downtown Partnership and Celebrate Hillsboro.
TVW, Inc. has already placed 14 people with disabilities into community based jobs since moving away from the sheltered workshop model last year. TVW is also working with the Department of Vocational Rehabilitation to find suitable placements for another 40 individuals currently seeking employment.
Lead Community Partners Bienestar | New Support Partners Early Learning Washington County |
Education & Community Involvement Highlights
936 Hillsboro School District students earned Dual Credit (high school & college); those students earned a total of 5,374 college credits; according to the National Clearinghouse, 54.3% of students who graduated in 2014 have enrolled in a post-secondary institution.
Community Action, via an Early Learning Washington County Preschool Promise grant, expects to create as many as 53 new, free, high-quality preschool opportunities for Hillsboro children in 2016-17. Community Action is also working with five local childcare providers to improve the level of care available for low-income and Spanish speaking children.
Lead Community Partners City of Hillsboro | New Support Partners Hands On Greater Portland |
Economy & Infrastructure Highlights
The City has formed an Economic Improvement District to fund the new Hillsboro Downtown Partnership which is now staffed and focused on four work areas: Design; Business Development; Organization; and Promotions.
The Hillsboro Chamber coordinated with TriMet and Ride Connection to successfully establish the North Hillsboro Link Shuttle Service and improve one of the city’s most critical transit-to-workplace connections.
Lead Community Partners City of Hillsboro | New Support Partners Clean Water Services |
Livability & Recreation Highlights
TriMet is in the process of adding electrical, fiber conduit, and flat screen monitors for transit trackers at MAX stations in Hillsboro. TriMet has also designated MAX platforms as “paid fare zones” which make it easier to enforce rules.
Lead Community Partners City of Hillsboro | New Support Partners Clean Water Services |
Environmental Sustainability
Implementation of a community solid waste reuse/recycling collection event which collected more than 20 tons of solid waste from Hillsboro residents, with more than 85% of that material reused or recycled.
Implementation Stewards City of Hillsboro |
Northwest Natural Gas |
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