Historical Beaverton Newspapers 1923-present

The library has a collection of microfilm of the historical Beaverton Newspapers.
As it turns out not all of them are listed in our catalog. This blog is to inform you of the holdings we do have, and the titles over time:

Beaverton Review
12/25/1923 to 4-18-1941

Beaverton Enterprise
3/17/1927 to 1-26-1951

Beaverton Valley News
2-2-1951 to 5/24/1962

Beaverton Valley Times
1963- present

One other cool feature is the abity to scan microfilm into pdf and then have it as a file on your portable storage device, aka thumb drive.

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Beaverton Cares Awareness Program

The Beaverton Cares Awareness Program was developed by the Mayor's Neighborhood Program to raise awareness of the resources available to those in need and to identify ways that members of the community could help their neighbors. The website has an extensive listing of resources available in Beaverton for those who are struggling to make ends meet. Included in the list is information on food pantries, discount drug cards, housing, utility bill assistance and much more. Also included on the website are opportunities for those who would like to volunteer or donate their time or goods to local organizations who assist those in need. Shopping locally can also give a boost to our business community, keeping jobs within our area and helping our local economy. A definite win-win situation!

City Chicks

The Beaverton City Council recently passed an ordinance allowing residents to have chickens in their backyards. The Library has a growing collection of titles on raising chickens in an urban setting. Selecting specific breeds, feeding, caring for and housing information can be found in the titles that we own. The majority of these can be found in 636.6 in the non-fiction section of the collection on the second floor.

Beaverton Population 1958-2008

Hello
This is one of those things that seems like it would be easy to find, but it is not, so here it is, for your convenience.

Beaverton Population estimates are special statistics from the Portland State University Population Research Center (PSU PRC). They estimate population of Oregon Counties and Incorporated Cities between Census years --the in-between years, because Census is only tabulated once every 10 years. This year, the US Census will be doing 2010 Census, which if tabulated thoroughly, will really help communities.

In the wayback machine, we thank PSU PRC for the following data:

Beaverton
1958 4,500
1959 5,030
1960 5,937
1961 6,449
1962 8,623
1963 9,421
1964 10,512
1965 11,400
1966 12,300
1967 12,800
1968 16,350
1969 18,100
1970 18,577
1971 19,580
1972 20,200
1973 21,460
1974 22,100
1975 22,150
1976 23,300
1977 no figures available
1978 26,600
1979 28,100
1980 30,900
1981 32,890
1982 33,640
1983 33,050
1984 33,450
1985 33,950
1986 35,025
1987 36,235
1988 40,515
1989 44,265
1990 53,500
1991 57,290
1992 58,785
1993 60,000
1994 61,085
1995 61,720
1996 63,145
1997 66,225
1998 68,050
1999 68,010
2000 77,050
2001 77,170
2002 77,990
2003 79,010
2004 79,350
2005 83,095
2006 84,270
2007 85,560
2008 86,205

Food and Beverage Marketing

Food and Beverage Market Place

The Portland-Beaverton area ranks #10 in yearly supermarket sales per capita, #14 in square feet per store. In manufacturers' shipments to the rest of the United States, Oregon comes in at #13 for Confectionary, #3 for frozen food, #11 in vegetable canning, #15 in milk and butter, #18 for bread #9 for crackers, and #18 for seasoning and dressings.

At Beaverton City Library we get questions from people who need to find lists of companies that manufacture ingredients, food-making machinery, packaging & bottling supplies, as well as services like brokers and distributors. Existing food manufacturers may want to examine their bottom lines and see if there are more competitive suppliers for any supplies or ingredients. Planning your factory is easier when you can look at other companies' profiles to gain a benchmark idea of their square footage, brands, sales, and status.

Recruiters can select names of individuals in very specific fields. Grocers and other individuals may wish to expand certain lines of wines or teas and are having trouble finding a direct line or email address to the right person. Searching the internet for this will be alot of wading through companies that might not even be legit.

Generic lists of companies generated with Reference USA are okay, but details are much better in the 3 volume set. For example a description of what a company does in RefUSA may say "seasonings" whereas this set says "meat marinades." This level of detail saves you time and energy before making a call. The Food and Beverage Market Place 3 volume set has endless possibilities of helping Portland-Beaverton area food professionals and entrepreneurs.

Statistics are from Progressive Grocer Market Guide Book, & Gale Manufacturing & Distribution USA 2009