Hillsboro is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and is the county seat of Washington County. Situated in the Tualatin Valley on the west side of the Portland metropolitan area,the city hosts many high-technology companies,such as Intel,locally known as the Silicon Forest. At the 2020 census,the city's population was 106,447.
Willow Creek/Southwest 185th Avenue Transit Center is a transport hub in Hillsboro,Oregon,United States. Owned and operated by TriMet,it is a light rail and bus station. The transit center is the ninth station eastbound on the Blue Line and a hub for bus routes mostly serving Washington County in the Portland metropolitan area. It is located by the intersection of Southwest Baseline Road and 185th Avenue near the city's boundary with Beaverton. Opened in 1998,the station was originally conceived as the western terminus of the Westside MAX,but the line was extended further west into Hillsboro,due to population growth occurring at the time the line was being planned. Artwork at the stop represents a reading motif,as a library was planned for the station,but never built. Willow Creek is near the Oregon National Primate Research Center and the rest of the Oregon Health &Science University's West Campus in the Tanasbourne neighborhood.
Derrick Kitts is a Republican politician from Hillsboro in the U.S. state of Oregon. A native of Washington,he served two terms in the Oregon House of Representatives before giving up his seat in an unsuccessful bid for Congress in 2006.
Tanasbourne,Oregon,is a neighborhood in Washington County,Oregon,where NW 185th Avenue and the Sunset Highway intersect. It is located within the Portland metropolitan area. The area sits between Beaverton and Hillsboro,and is generally considered to be south of U.S. 26,north of Walker Road,west of 158th,and east of Cornelius Pass Road. Adjacent to Aloha and part of the West Metro region,Tanasbourne has many shopping areas and is the former home of the defunct Tanasbourne Mall.
Shute Park is a municipal park in the city of Hillsboro,Oregon,United States. Acquired in 1906,the 13-acre (53,000 m2) park is the oldest park in the city. Located at southeast Tenth and Maple streets along Tualatin Valley Highway,Shute Park includes an aquatic center,a branch of the Hillsboro Public Library,and a community center. The park once had a pavilion that contained a roller skating rink,and was the center of civic activities before the opening of the Washington County Fairgrounds. Named for businessman John W. Shute,the park at one time included land on the east side of the highway that consisted mainly of a baseball field.
The Hillsboro Civic Center is a government-built,mixed-use development in downtown Hillsboro,Oregon,United States. The development includes the city hall for the county seat of Washington County,located west of Portland,Oregon. Covering 6 acres (24,000 m2),the Civic Center has a total of over 165,000 square feet (15,300 m2) in the complex. The total of six stories for the main structure makes the building the tallest in the city,tied with Tuality Community Hospital. In addition to government offices,the Civic Center includes retail space,public plazas,and residential housing. The complex was built to centralize city government functions under one roof.
Bruce Starr is an American politician and businessman in Oregon. A Republican,he served two terms in the Oregon House of Representatives before winning election to the Oregon State Senate in 2002. There he joined his father Senator Charles Starr and they became the first father-son team to serve at the same time in Oregon's Senate. Bruce had previously been a member of the Hillsboro City Council,and was re-elected to the Senate in 2006 and 2010,but lost a bid in 2012 to be the Oregon Labor Commissioner.
Venetian Hillsboro,last known as the Venetian Theatre &Bistro,is a former movie theater and performing arts venue in downtown Hillsboro,Oregon,United States,which since 2022 has been in use by a venue named Venetian Hillsboro. Formerly the Town Theater,the building re-opened in 2008 after more than a decade of inactivity and revitalization plans. Built in 1888 as a bank,later mayor Orange Phelps converted the property into a theater in 1911 and in 1925 converted it into a two-story Italianate building with a larger auditorium. Prior to renovation the theater was owned by the city of Hillsboro who purchased it from Act III Theatres.
Chuck Riley is an American politician who served as a member of the Oregon State Senate for the 15th district,which includes Hillsboro,Forest Grove,and Cornelius in western Washington County. He served three terms in the Oregon House of Representatives from 2005 to 2011.
Rood Bridge Park is a municipal park in southeast Hillsboro,Oregon,United States. Opened in 1999,the park encompasses 60 acres (24 ha) on the north bank of the Tualatin River at its confluence with Rock Creek. Rood Bridge is near Hillsboro High School and sits across the river from Meriwether National Golf Course. The park is the city’s largest,and contains tennis courts,a meeting facility,trails,a canoe launch,and a rhododendron garden among other features.
Reedville Creek Park is a municipal park in the Reedville neighborhood of Hillsboro,Oregon,United States. Opened in 2003,the 9.6-acre (39,000 m2) park is along Cornelius Pass Road at Francis Street in the southeast area of the city. The park includes basketball courts,children’s play equipment,a picnic shelter,tennis courts,and sports fields among other amenities. Reedville Creek was the first and is the only park in Hillsboro with a skatepark.
Shirley Todd Huffman was an American politician and legal secretary in the U.S. state of Oregon. Raised in Dayton,Oregon,she settled in Hillsboro,Oregon,where she served on the city council before serving two terms as mayor from 1985 to 1993. During her time as mayor,plans for the Westside Light Rail were approved,with Huffman receiving credit for the extension into downtown Hillsboro. After leaving office,she served on the board of directors of TriMet and as a development coordinator for the city.
53rd Avenue Park is a municipal park under development in Hillsboro,Oregon,United States. Partially opened in 2008,the park covers 43.5 acres (17.6 ha) along northeast 53rd Avenue in the middle of the city. Currently the park includes two multi-purpose sports fields covered with artificial turf with other sports amenities and a water fountain under construction. Plans call for a large indoor recreation center at the park including pools,basketball courts,tennis courts,and exercise facilities to go along with outdoor park items that include children's play equipment and walking trails. Land for the park was purchased from exercise equipment maker Soloflex beginning in 2001.
Gordon C. Faber was an American politician and businessman in the U.S. state of Oregon. A native of Pennsylvania,he grew up in Hillsboro,Oregon. He joined the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War and was a small business owner before becoming a real estate agent and entering politics. He served on Hillsboro's budget committee and city council before serving two terms as mayor from 1993 to 2001. The Gordon Faber Recreation Complex in the city's northeast corner is named in his honor.
Kaiser Westside Medical Center is a hospital in the Tanasbourne neighborhood in Hillsboro in the U.S. state of Oregon. Opened in August 2013 with 126 hospital beds,the Kaiser Permanente facility is planned to later expand to 174 beds. It was designed by Ellerbe Becket Architects and Petersen Kolberg &Associates Architects/Planners. The $220 million hospital includes Kaiser's Sunset Medical Office that opened in 1987 on the west side of the Portland metropolitan area.
Tualatin Hills Park &Recreation District (THPRD) is a special parks district located in the eastern part of Washington County in the U.S. state of Oregon. Created in 1955,the district covers all of the city of Beaverton and many of those communities surrounding Beaverton in the Portland metropolitan area. The district covers an area of 50 square miles (130 km2) and serves a population of about 220,000,making it the largest parks district in Oregon. Tualatin Hills operates over 200 facilities totaling 2,100 acres (850 ha),including eight swimming centers. The district has an annual budget of $40 million and is overseen by a five-person board of directors.
Orange Phelps was an American businessman and politician in the state of Oregon. A native of California,he attended colleges in the Midwest where he played baseball before moving to Oregon. Phelps settled near Portland in Hillsboro where he opened the first movie theater and later served as a mayor of that city and on the city council. He continued in the movie business until the 1970s and also opened the first drive-in theater in the county.
Tualatin Valley Fire &Rescue (TVF&R) is a special-purpose government fire fighting and emergency services district in the Portland metropolitan area of Oregon. Established in 1989 with a merger between Washington County Fire District 1 and the Tualatin Rural Fire Protection District,it primarily provides fire and emergency medical services in eastern Washington County,but also provides services in neighboring Multnomah,Clackamas,and Yamhill counties. It serves unincorporated areas along with the cities of Beaverton,Tigard,Tualatin,West Linn,Wilsonville,and Sherwood,among others. With over 400 firefighters and 27 fire stations,the district is the second largest fire department in the state and has an annual budget of $197 million.
Miller M. Duris was an American politician in the state of Oregon. A native Oregonian,he served as mayor of Hillsboro,Oregon,and as chairman of the Washington County Board of Commissioners in the 1970s and 1980s. He served in the United States Navy and worked for nearly 30 years at Tektronix.
