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Dream Team 2017

‘Aloha Tomorrow’ Team

envisions the future

A planning study is taking the community vision
of a walkable, vibrant area with residential and
commercial buildings, green spaces and public
transportation at 185th Avenue and Tualatin
Valley Highway a step closer to reality. Dyami Valentine, Senior Planner; Theresa Cherniak, Principal Planner; Suzanne Savin, Senior Planner; Kim Armstrong, Senior
Planner; Alexa Todd, GIS Analyst; Bonita Oswald, Senior Communications Specialist; and Erin Wardell, Principal Planner
The Aloha Tomorrow project started in
July 2016. Long Range Planning staff is
working with a $400,000 Metro Community
Planning and Development Grant to bring more feasible is a key component of
some recommendations from the Aloha- the Aloha Tomorrow recommendations.
Reedville Study and Livable Community Plan
to life. That three-year plan focused on what “We’re reviewing our Development Code
Aloha residents and business owners believe to make retail and housing projects more
will improve the quality of life and what is achievable as well as more pedestrian friendly,”
needed to address the impacts of growth. Savin said. “For example, in October 2017, the
Board (of County Commissioners) adopted
“The Aloha Tomorrow Project is focused on our recommendation for reductions in
supporting development in the Aloha Town Center parking requirements in town centers.”
at 185th and TV Highway and laying groundwork
for high-capacity public transportation on TV Housing is a primary consideration
Highway,” said Erin Wardell, Principal Planner in the town center planning.
in the Transportation Planning group.
“We’re committed to reducing the chances
Suzanne Savin, Senior Planner in the Community that residents will be displaced by development,”
Planning group, said evaluating County code to said Kim Armstrong, Senior Planner focused on
make residential and commercial development housing in the Community Planning group.

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