1990 president Dave Strauss
from Costco, with wife Naomi |
EVENTS:
Annual Tualatin/Tigard Chamber trade show at Tigard High school; 4th annual Banquet.
IMPORTANT ISSUES:
From an article in the newsletter “Lawsuits filed with The Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) have set back the construction of the Western Beltway, also known as the Westside Bypass. City officials are concerned because there willl be no relief for Tualatin Sherwood Road, Boones Ferry Road, Tualatin Road or other local access streets, as our population continues to grow by a projected 850-1000 residents per year. Please send letters to the editor of the Times and the Observer.”
Ed Casey (top) Dave Strass and Alan Peterson (right) put up the chamber sign |
MISCELLANEOUS:
• Retail Council formed and meeting monthly
• Business Before Hours (now Networking AM) increased to twice per month
• 36 new members in 1989, no record of how many dropped.
• Voting record of state legislators Tom Brian and Paul Philips detailed on the front page of the newsletter
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POLITICAL:
Chamber board takes position on everything from Washington County LibraryLevy to the Trojan Nuclear Power Plant, Ballot Measure 5,  packaging recycling requirements, work in lieu of welfare, safety belt requirements and a school choice system.
IMPORTANT ISSUES:
Village Square Development now called Tualatin Commons. Chamber offers assistance to help the city. We don’t want to see it sold to developers, we want control over what will be there.
MISCELLANEOUS:
• Chamber begins accepting VISA.
• First golf tournament played at Meriweather in Hillsboro. 35pp, 20 people played.
• Newsletter increases from 4 to 6 to 8 pages and is now produced by Russ Dubbels from Du’Bells Marketing.
• 71 new members in 1990, bringing membership to 280
• Tualatin population recap:
1970—972 residents
1980—7,700 residents
1990—12,160 residents
1990 home: the old Tualatin Fire
Station—no, there wasn’t a pole |
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Tualatin Chamber of Commerce