Community Corner
Farmers Market Week + Parks And Affordable Housing + Matt's BBQ
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Morning, Beaverton! Here's everything you need to know to get this Thursday started off right.
First, today's weather: Mostly cloudy throughout the day. High: 81 Low: 63.
Here are the top stories today in Beaverton:
- Nike is among five large companies (1,000 employees or more) that earned Fast Company's Best Workplaces for Innovators recognition. The list celebrates companies from around the world that stayed creative despite unprecedented times. (Fast Company)
- Restaurateurs have heard the call, Beaverton! Matt Vicedomini, owner of Matt's BBQ, says the number one spot customers requested a location was our humble `burb. The brisket-slinger is planning to open a second location at Breakside Brewery's cart pod as early as this fall. (OregonLive)
- A former Nike manager was sentenced for a fraud scheme this past week. Errol Andam, 47, pleaded guilty to diverting and embezzling nearly $1.5 million in Nike proceeds for his own use and unfairly awarding contracts to a childhood friend. The court ordered Andam to pay restitution and serve 31 months in federal prison. (KPTV.com)
- Bowerman Track Club runner Courtney Frerichs took the silver medal in women's steeplechase at the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday. (Twitter)
- Kelcie Grega reports on THPRD's plan to put more parks near affordable housing. The parks org is working on building community partnerships and waiving system development charges in order to support affordable housing projects. What will this effort look like? The splash pad near Cedar Grove Apartments on Cornell is an example of the type of project parks officials are envisioning. (Pamplin Media Group)
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Today in Beaverton
- Globetrotters: Art Edition! - Beaverton City Library gives kids in grades K-2 a chance to read stories about kids from around the world and celebrate artists from different cultures via Zoom. (2:00 PM)
- Celebrate Oregon Farmers Market Week at Aloha Community Farmers Market. Head to Farmington Market Place for fresh, local produce, artisan goods and live music! (3:00 PM - 7:00 PM)
- Pacific Wonderland Poets - Beaverton City Library welcomes adults to share in-progress, original poems and support fellow denizens of verse. (6:00 PM)
Beaverton Patch Notebook
- Beaverton School District is calling all volunteers to help sort and help families shop with the Clothes for Kids program, which provides school clothes for kids in need. (Twitter)
- Beaverton City Government offers a cool infographic to help you keep track of fridge leftovers and reduce food waste. (Facebook)
- Today just so happens to be one of the happiest days of the year: National IPA Day. What a great time to celebrate the region's quintessential brews at an awesome local brewery like Golden Valley Brewery near Bethany or The Lodge at Cascade Brewing.
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- Legacy Emanuel Pop-Up Donor Center (August 14)
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— Ash DeMello
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