06/2016 Mayor's Corner June 2016
With June comes sunshine and schools letting out for the summer. Both of these attract
more people to the streets and paths of Tigard. Please be courteous and drive extra
cautiously during this time.
I would like to congratulate this year's winners of the "If I Were Mayor" student
contest. Mason Thomas and Lindsay Drango won the local contest and move forward to
represent Tigard in the statewide contest. Keep your fingers crossed and view the winning
submissions.
Most of you do not know what kind of lobbying the city does. We have been to Salem to
propose our state agenda, and in April I was in Washington, DC to promote our federal
agenda. Both agendas include requests for support for transportation funding, economic
development infrastructure and brownfield clean-up grants.
The city recently learned that it has been awarded a $400,000 grant from the U.S. EPA for a
brownfield clean-up of two parcels in downtown Tigard. Last year we were awarded over
$1.5 million in federal, state and regional grants. I hope the other applications we have
submitted are just as prosperous.
Art Walk on Main Street was a huge success, but if you have not been downtown lately,
please stop by to support our local businesses.
My June quote of the month is by Dr. Seuss, "Be who you are and say what you feel
because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."