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Plans for an arts and culture center in Hillsboro were made in the city's Hillsboro 2020 Vision. [3] This community plan was finalized in 2000 and designed to improve the livability of the city located in the Portland metropolitan area. [3] Hillsboro purchased the property from the church for $1.325 million in November 2000. [1] [4]
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 .
The city solicited ideas for the redevelopment of the building in early 2007. [14] [15] While under city ownership the space was briefly used as storage for the Hillsboro Farmers’ Market and faced possible demolition as estimates for the cost to renovate the structure continually increased. [16] The Venetian's main neon sign at night
Shute Park is a municipal park in the city of Hillsboro, Oregon, United States.Acquired in 1906, the 13-acre (53,000 m 2) 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.
Hillsboro Symphony Orchestra (HSO) is an amateur orchestra based in Hillsboro in the Portland metropolitan area of the U.S. state of Oregon. Founded in 2001, the non-profit group has 86 musicians and is led by conductor Jeff Hornick. They perform three concerts per year at Hillsboro's Hidden Creek Community Center.
Hillsboro (/ ˈ h ɪ l z b ər oʊ / ⓘ HILZ-burr-oh) is a city in the U.S. state of Oregon and is the county seat of Washington County. [7] 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.
While the Shute Park facility was under renovation, the city began plans to build a second aquatic center for the city. [20] In January 2006, the city announced plans to build a center at Northeast 53rd Avenue where they had purchased 41 acres (17 ha), including a storage building once used by Soloflex . [ 20 ]
The first library in Hillsboro opened on December 9, 1914, when the Carnegie City Library was dedicated. [3] This was one of 2,500 plus libraries built by money donated by Andrew Carnegie around the world, and the only public one in Washington County, Oregon (the Carnegie Library at Pacific University was a private, academic library). [4]