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Hillsdale Business & Professional Association Welcome to the web page of HPBA, serving businesses and professionals of the Hillsdale Neighborhood in Portland, Oregon, since 1973.
More than 60 local businesses and professionals are members of the HBP. Our members meet monthly to discuss a wide range of issues ranging from parking to beautification to relations with nearby schools.
Often government officials address our group, informing us of civic developments affecting commercial life in Hillsdale. In return, we tell them issues of concern.
Hillsdale is a Metro-designated Town Center, which has agreed to accept higher residential building densities in order to take pressure off the Metro urban growth boundary. Because Hillsdale is served by nine bus routes, it is hoped that increased density and population won't contribute to traffic congestion.
In the mid-nineties, a group of active citizens, including many of our members, drafted a Town Center Plan that was accepted by the Portland City Council. Much of our efforts have been directed to realizing improvements outlined in the plan. Foremost among our success has been the establishment of a thriving Hillsdale Sunday Farmers Market. Others included new sidewalks and street trees.
In 2006, we were instrumental in preventing Portland Public Schools from closing Mary Rieke Elementary School, which is in our Town Center. Our nearby schools — Wilson High School, Robert Gray Middle School, and Mary Rieke Elementary School — are vital to our Town Center, our community and to our commercial success.
Monthly Meetings:
Meeting Date
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3rd Wednesday of the month
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Meeting Time
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8:30 a.m.
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Location
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Three Square Grill
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Events:
Customer Appreciation Blueberry Pancake Breakfast and Hillsdale Benefit Book Sale
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Sunday, July 26, 2009
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Holiday Sing and Market
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Early December
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