Category Archives: Parks

Community-led PCC Nature Project Receives Grant from Metro Council

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A Metro Grant is helping to improve trail accessibility, provide space for gathering and art, and support first food gardens at the Rock Creek Campus

THPRD June News June 2024

• Thank You to our Community!
• Pride Month at THPRD
• Annual Summer Kick-Off Concert Returns
• THRPD outdoor pools are opening!
• Ridgewood Park Dog Run
• La Raíz Park Opens
• Teen Volunteers Wanted
• Park Maintenance
• June Events near Cedar Mill from THPRD
• June Events near Cedar Mill from Hillsboro Parks & Recreation

Park News May 2024

• THPRD May News
• May Events near Cedar Mill from THPRD
• May Events near Cedar Mill from Hillsboro Parks and Recreation

Park News April 2024

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• Local Levy Option Update
• Climate Action Plan
• Save the Date for THPRD Summer Registration
• Youth Volunteers Needed!
• We’re Looking for Junior Lifeguards
• Summer Camp Preview
• Jackie Husen Park Community Garden
• Bilingual volunteers to help with registration
• Spring Native Plant Sale 
• Eid al-Fitr Celebration!
• THPRD invites you to Día de los Niños/Book Day

CMCC raising funds to replant trees

We were all shocked and saddened when we saw the devastation to our beautiful, forested parks, in addition to the damage to peoples’ homes and yards. Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation Department (THPRD) crews worked hard to remove hazard trees and clear trails like the one in the Bluffs Park leading to Bonny Slope Elementary.

One of our neighbors suggested that we might want to help THPRD in the replanting effort that will take place this fall. We reached out to THPRD to make sure we could do this and were given a go-ahead. Funds can be deposited to the Cedar Mill Community Club (CMCC) account at Sunset Credit Union, or you can donate here with our GoFundMe project. Funds will be held until plans are in place for renovating the natural areas.

Garden News January 2024

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• Wetland cleanup and planting!
• Treekeepers of Washington County programs
• Washington County Master Gardener programs
• Plant and Sip Workshop
• Cedar Mill Garden Club
• Field to Market workshops for small farmers
• Sheet mulching for weed suppression or lawn removal
• Let’s plant trees in Cedar Mill
• Climate Changes: Plant Hardiness Zone Update
• Organic Orcharding Workshop Series

Park News December 2023

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• “Recreational Immunity” and park safety
• Join the Metro Nature in Neighborhoods grants review team!
• THPRD News
• Dog Run construction beginning at Ridgewood Park
• December Events near Cedar Mill from THPRD

Park News November 2023

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• THPRD Events & Volunteer opportunities
• Winter Registration is coming soon!
• Budget Update
• Annual Holiday Gift Card Drive
• Climate Action Plan
• Future Park at SW Pointer Rd in West Slope Area
• NEW Dog Run Coming to Ridgewood Park
• FREE Fall Fitness in the Park is Happening!
• Hillsboro Parks & Recreation Events

Cider Festival in September: logo contest, vendors wanted

It’s time for the event to have its own logo! We’re gathering a prize package and calling for entries. It’s open to everyone—graphic designers, students, artists—and you may enter multiple designs. One way we would like to use it is for reusable cider cups that we’ll sell in advance, so we’re on a short deadline.

Park News July 2023

thprd anahuaca market

• Fitness in the Park
• Rec Mobile & Nature Mobile
• July THPRD Events
• THPRD Budget Update
• Roadwork Impacts HMT Campus
• Bronson Creek Greenway
• Pickleball Lines

History News June 2023

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• Heritage Fruit Tree Saplings Available from Friends of the Young House
• Washington County Museum reopens June 24

Park News June 2023

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• THPRD Park News
• THPRD’s newest Talking Walls Project celebrates Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage

Park News May 2023

• May is National Water Safety Month!
• Splash Pads Open on Memorial Day Weekend
• Community Events
• Glow in the Park at Hansen Ridge Park
• Nature Family Fun Night
• Restore the Natural Areas of The Bluffs Park
• Youth Volunteers Needed for Summer
• Tualatin Hills Nature Park trail repairs
• Apply for a Paid Internship with Diversify!

Park News April 2023

• THPRD Summer registration—save the date!
• 25th Anniversary of the Nature Center and Park
• Park Development Updates
• District Events
• Volunteer Opportunities
• Nature in Neighborhoods community choice grants Idea Generating Workshops

Park News March 2023

• Spring Break camps and activities
• Volunteer opportunities
• What’s open, what’s not, and why
• Park development updates
• Spring Native Plant Sale
• Holi Celebration
• Summer registration opens soon
• Comprehensive Plan Update complete
• Swim Instructor shortage