Beaverton Engangement Program Honored

A Beaverton program designed to help immigrants, refugees, and people of color get involved in the community and develop leadership skills is being honored for its work.

Beaverton Organizing and Leadership Development - or BOLD - won the 2016 Public Involvement Best Practices Award from the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) Cascade Chapter.

The 2016 Best Planning/Policy Making Project award was given to the City of Beaverton for BOLD's innovative approach to engaging historically underrepresented populations in city government.

"We're honored to receive this recognition from a highly respected organization like IAP2," said Mayor Denny Doyle. "We're very proud of the BOLD program and how it has helped us build bridges to our increasingly diverse population."