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Beaverton is…
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Beaverton Overview
One of 100 "best places to live” (Money Magazine)
Safest city in the Pacific Northwest
The best place to raise kids in Oregon (BusinessWeek)
“Smarter City” energy leader (Natural Resources Defense Council)
One of the top 25 suburbs for retirement (Forbes)
Bronze Award Bicycle Friendly Community (League of American Bicyclists)
• 2nd largest city in Washington County
• 6th largest city in Oregon
Oregon’s largest cities (in order):Portland, Eugene, Salem, Gresham, Hillsboro & Beaverton
Beaverton Overview
City Limits
19.6 square miles
• Population: 91,935• Ethnicity:
72.2% White
16.5% Hispanic/Latino/Other
12% Asian Asian Indian – 2.2%
Korean – 1.8%
Vietnamese – 1.4%
Japanese 1.2%
Chinese - 1.0%
Filipino – 1.0%
Other Asian – 1.7%(American Community Survey)
1 out of 4 people living in Beaverton were born outside the
U.S.
6
28% speak a language other
than English
Beaverton: Who Are We?
• Median age – 34.5
• 0-19: 26%
• 25-44: 32%
• 65+: 9.9%
• College degree – 43%
• Median household income – $56,123
• Unemployment rate* – 6.9% *(US Bureau of Labor & Statistics, 3/2014)
Beaverton: Who Are We?
• Residential Community• 60% Residential
• Business Community• 21% Commercial/MU
• 8.4% Industrial
• 10.2% Other
• A substantial portion of the region’s flex space
• Small business community
Beaverton: What’s Here?
Major Beaverton Area Companies
Nike Expansion Plans
Beaverton Downtown Association
Mayor’s Business Tours
45°Central
Progress Ridge Town
Center
Peterkort Station
Community
Timberland Town Center
Development
City of Beaverton Government
People of Beaverton
Mayor
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City Staff
City Council
5 members
Mayor is the
chief executive Council sets policy
Mayor Denny Doyle• Mayor since January 2009
• 14 years on City Council
• Background: business,
arts, government volunteer,
sports coach, husband,
father and grandfather
Cate Arnold Betty Bode Mark FaginPresident
Ian King Marc San Soucie
Beaverton City Council