Educational Lecture
April 8, 2010
Hillsboro: The Crossroads Then and Now
Friday, April 30th at 1:30 p.m.
On Friday, April 30th, at 1:30 p.m., in the Party Room Kimberli Fitzgerald and Debbie Raber, authors of the book Image of America Hillsboro, will share fascinating historical facts about the city of Hillsboro.
Their presentation will include a Pop Quiz – How much do you know about Hillsboro? The two authors will give an overview of Washington County and Hillsboro history. For those who would like to share a piece of history, they will instruct the audience on how to list a site on the Hillsboro Cultural Resource Inventory. As preservationists, Kimberli and Debbie will explain what each of us can do to promote historic preservation in Hillsboro.
Hillsboro resident Kimberli Fitzgerald has been an independent professional historic preservation consultant since 2004. A former planner for Yamhill County, she completed her masters degree in City Planning, with a Certificate in Historic Preservation, at the University of Pennsylvania in 1994, and returned to Oregon. Kimberli has served on the Hillsboro Planning Commission, the Transportation Advisory Committee, the Citizen Involvement Advisory Committee, and the Hillsboro 2020 Vision Implementation Committee.
A fourth-generation native Oregonian, Debbie Raber completed her masters degree in Agricultural and Resource Economics from Oregon State. Debbie has worked for the City of Hillsboro as a planner for over 30 years, on different projects including the master plans for Orenco Station, Tuality Hospital, Jones Farm, and Hillsboro Airport.
Free and open to the public.
