CPO9 News for January

Help Plan 2009
Monday January 12, 2009

While there is no general meeting in January, you are invited to attend the  CPO 9 Steering Committee meeting on Monday, January 12,  7:00 pm - 9:00 pm at Public Services Building Room 105, 155 N. First Ave.  Hillsboro.  (Between Main and Lincoln Streests.  Please use the back (west) doors, and park in the lot west of the railroad tracks.   This is your chance to help shape activities for CPO 9 in 2009.

Steering Committee Agenda

• Develop goals for 2009

• Two important goals already identified for 2009:

•  Increase citizen participation in CPO 9
•  Develop a closer relationship with City of Hillsboro (possibly move our monthly meetings to the Civic Center)

• Revise CPO 9 bylaws to be proposed for review, discussion and adoption by CPO 9 membership

·         Finalize a list of  2009 CPO 9 meeting topics

1st Annual CPO 9 Walkabout is a Success!
Friday January 02, 2009
Saturday, September 27, 2008 - The 1st Annual Hillsboro / Orenco Walkabout was a great success. Creator and organizer of the event, CPO 9 Secretary Linda Haworth, kept the scope small for the first year - a wise stretegy. Already folks have asked about how to be a participating location in next year's Walkabout.

Linda displayed her glass art, shared photos and examples of her public art projects, and provided an opportunity for Walkabout participants to create their own glass mosiac art. The Wagnell family demonstrated stamp design and carving and talked about letterboxing. Recycling experts Aymie Reynolds and Heather Robinson provided recycled materials for budding artists to assemble into works of art. Tim Gabriel demonstrated blacksmithing, and Joyce Gabriel shared her paintings.

At Robert Lewis' wheelwright shop at the Orenco Mercantile, kids crawled in and out of the reproduction stagecoach, while adults admired the craftsmanship of the wagon wheels. A parade formed and celebrated the neighborhood's heritage.

Link to Walkabout flyer:
http://extension.oregonstate.edu/washington/cpo/newsletters/cpo9/documents/Walkabout2008.pdf

Link to Hillsboro Argus article: http://www.oregonlive.com/living/argus/index.ssf?/base/lifestyle/122245143283350.xml&coll=6



 

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Welcome to Friends of CPO9

The Hillsboro / Orenco Citizens Participation Organization (CPO 9) provides an opportunity for citizen involvement in local land use and livability issues. It is supported by Washington County and coordinated by the OSU Extension Service. CPO 9 publishes a monthly newsletter and holds regular meetings on the second Monday of every month.

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