Category Archives: CPO 1

Who you gonna call? Dwindling community engagement with WashCo government

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Four meetings a year for four geographic districts countywide is Washington County’s plan for neighbors to interact with government. After shutting down the Community Participation Organizations (CPOs) this spring, the county is still working to define what comes next, but decisions have already been made to limit future engagement by moving to four meetings per area countywide, based on County Commissioner Districts, held quarterly, and focusing on countywide issues rather than local neighborhood concerns.

CPO News February 2026

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• CPO 1 February meeting: Annexation in our future?
• CPO 7 Community Meeting
• Development Application for Middle Housing on McDaniel
• Hearing for appeal of “cottage cluster” Middle Housing development by CPO 7 and neighbors
• Board approves new plan for community involvement

Community participation program—as we know it—likely to end soon

After a years-long decline in county support, Washington County’s once exemplary community involvement program (Community Participation Organizations—CPOs, and the Committee for Community Involvement—CCI) will end as neighbor-led organization if the Board of County Commissioners (BCC) proceeds as outlined in their December 2 work session.

CPO 1 News December 2025

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• No December CPO 1 meeting
• Cornell Road Recovery Open House
• County CPO program will be revised or eliminated

Development News February 2025

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• Cedar Hills apartments
• Peterkort Towne Square
• McDaniel middle housing
• Macy’s closing, zoning changing

CPO News June 2024

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• CPO 1 June meeting: Middle Housing Basics
• CPO 7 meeting
• Development News
• Neighborhood meetings

CPO 1 News

• CPO 1 May meeting: TriMet and Peterkort update
• CPO 7 meeting
• Development News
• April meeting notes
• Service Provider Updates

CPO 1 news April 2024

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• April CPO 1 meeting: What’s on the
May Ballo?
• April CPO 7 meeting
• Development news
• March 2024 CPO 1 Meeting Notes

CPO 1 March News

• CPO 1 March Program
• CPO 7 meeting
• Development Applications
• Neighborhood Meetings
• Peterkort Starbucks Phasing
• Washington County Advisory
Council on Racial Equity
• February Meeting Notes

CPO News February 2024

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• February CPO 1 meeting: All things library
• CPO 7 meeting: Middle Housing 
• Development Applications
• Neighborhood Meetings
• January Meeting Notes

CPO 1 News January 2024

• January CPO 1 meeting: Road project update; Sunset Station development
• Development applications approved
• December meeting notes
• CPO 1 updates
• Crosswalks & Other Safety Improvements in the UUA

Development News December 2023

• Two major developments present to Beaverton NAC
• Kirkland hotel lender seeks foreclosure
• Mountain View Ridge in Bethany