04/2016 Mayor's Corner April 2016
Spring is finally here and it brings a number of new and exciting changes.
The best harbinger of spring is the opening of baseball season! Celebrate by attending
Opening Day for Tigard Little League at Tigard High School (9000 SW Durham Road) on
Saturday, April 2, at 9 a.m.
Go out to lunch. If you find yourself in the neighborhood of City Hall on Wednesdays
between 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. this month, consider buying lunch from Tigard's Table, a
food cart rotation that demonstrates the city's updated food truck/cart policy. Maybe this
new program could work at your place of business?
Budget season is here. I encourage residents to attend one, or all, of Tigard's Budget
Committee hearings on Wednesday, April 20, at 6:30 p.m., in the Public Works Auditorium
(8777 SW Burnham St.) and then on consecutive Monday nights: April 25, May 2 and if
needed, May 9.
My next "Fireside Chat with the Mayor" is on April 7, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., at
Symposium Coffee (12345 SW Main St.).
My April quote of the month is by Anne Bradstreet, "If we had no winter, the spring would
not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so
welcome."