Beginning this month, the Southwest Corridor Plan launches the collaborative planning effort to create livable and sustainable communities along the Barbur Boulevard/Highway 99W corridor connecting Portland and Sherwood. The kickoff begins with an open house Wednesday, Sept. 28 at the Tigard Library. The City of Tigard will update residents on the Tigard High Capacity Transit Land Use Plan, and the City of Portland will give information on the Barbur Concept Plan. Both local land use plans are components of the Southwest Corridor Plan.
In addition to the open house, Metro and its partners will be participating in a variety of community events throughout October. Look for Southwest Corridor Plan informational booths at Sherwood’s Great Onion Festival, Tualatin’s West Coast Giant Pumpkin Regatta and at farmers’ markets in Southwest Portland and Tigard. Project staff will share project information and ask residents what they value about their communities, challenges they would like to see addressed, their vision for the future of the area, and what they would like included in the plan as it moves forward.
Early October is also when the project steering committee will meet for the first time, giving these elected and appointed officials from the project partner jurisdictions the chance to discuss their aspirations and set the goals for the Southwest Corridor Plan. The meeting will also allow the steering committee to begin to review information collected during a series of focus and discussion groups that occurred August through September.
Focus and discussion group participants included residents and commuters who live or travel in the corridor and experts in the areas of equity, environment, safety and security, alternative transportation and freight movement. Discussions were designed to get a general perspective of valued aspects within each community along the corridor, the types of improvements participants would like to see, and the best way to keep residents informed as the plan moves forward. Future outreach will build on these discussions to explore specific challenges and opportunities in the corridor and aid in the development of the Southwest Corridor Plan priority goals.
The Southwest Corridor Plan is a partnership between the cities of King City, Portland, Sherwood, Tigard, and Tualatin, Clackamas and Multnomah counties, ODOT, TriMet and Metro. For more information visit www.swcorridorplan.org.
You’re invited
Residents can get involved by visiting the Southwest Corridor Plan booth at the following community kickoff events.
Tigard Open House
6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Sept. 28, 2011
Tigard Library,
13500 SW Hall Blvd., Tigard
PSU Farmers’ Market
8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Oct. 8, 2011
SW Park Avenue and Harrison Street, Portland
25th Annual Great Onion Festival
9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Oct. 8, 2011
Archer Glen Elementary School,
16155 SW Sunset Blvd., Sherwood
Tigard Area Farmers’ Market
9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Oct. 16, 2011
11831 SW Pacific Hwy, Tigard
8th Annual West Coast Giant Pumpkin Regatta
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Oct. 22, 2011
Tualatin Commons
8325 Nyberg St., Tualatin