| Welcome to Hillsboro, Oregon where history and new urbanism come together to create a vibrant, fast-growing community and a rising real estate market. One of the oldest communities in Oregon, Hillsboro has experienced dramatic change with the arrival of high-technology companies and an expanding population from nearby Portland. Yet for all its change, Hillsboro remains a friendly place with a small-town character. It continues to value its traditions and cherish its slower pace. Residents of Hillsboro love parades and community revivals, high school sports teams and summer picnics. It has fine schools and churches, quiet streets and parks. Urban planners call this “livability”, local condominuim residents simply call it “home.”
Only 20 minutes west of the big city amenities of Portland, Hillsboro offers a variety of parks, fairs, historical places and rural beauty that can appeal to any potential condominium owner's taste. Its downtown area is a unique blend of old and new buildings. The historic Washington County Courthouse, with its stately sequoia trees, is across the street from the modern Civic Center, which was designed to be a people-friendly gathering area. The Civic Center, which is part of Hillsboro's vision for its community's future, incorporates environmentally friendly construction and design with many beautiful artistic features, both inside and outside. Local residents enjoy the Hillsboro Saturday Farmers' Market held May through October on the streets around the Courthouse and Civic Center.
You're thinking of buying a condo in order to be close to high tech employment? Hillsboro is one of Oregon's centers of high technology. Most of Hillsboro's commercial industry is done in park-like industrial campus settings designed to blend in with the countryside. While farming and timber remain economic anchors for the area, the leading industry is semiconductor manufacturing. Intel Corporation and other high-technology leaders have, in turn, attracted supplier and service companies, providing opportunities for career and community growth. Their committment to a green future is evident everywhere.
Another reason to choose Hillsboro real estate is that it's located in the middle of the warm temperate Tualatin Valley equidistant between the Cascade Range and the Pacific Ocean. Condo residents here have access to the spectacular wind sailing in the Columbia River Gorge, the year-round skiing on Mt. Hood. All of this with the breathtaking Oregon beaches only about an hour away.
Being close to Portland means that Hillsboro residents can enjoy all of the urban fun, such as the Rose Festival, the Mt. Hood Jazz Festival, the Portland Trailblazers in the Rose Garden Arena, and many other attractions. Trimet's MAX light rail system makes traveling to and from Portland easy. Board the train in downtown Hillsboro, and the line goes through Beaverton to downtown Portland.
There are several country wineries to visit in the Hillsboro area. Oak Knoll Winery specializes in Pinot noir, Pinot gris, and Niagara wines, as well as Frambosia, a raspberry dessert wine.
The historic Old Scotch Church, organized in 1873 by twelve Scottish settlers from Aberdeenshire, Scotland, is one of the oldest continuously used churches in Oregon. The eight sided steeple is architecturally unique, and the church is one of the most photographed in Oregon.
Hillsboro, where yesterday and tomorrow, historic churches and high-tech industry, small town charm and busy shopping centers all come together, is a great place to visit and live.
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