We All Contribute to Community Safety
When we live within an active senior 55+ community association like King City, Summerfield and Highlands, the potential to solve the kinds of problems...
What’s a Golf Ball Worth?
Along the seventh hole of the King City golf course sits an ever-changing collection of golf balls placed under a “FREE” sign in front...
In My Opinion: September 2020
Tigard Life welcomes Letters to the Editor on various topics affecting Tigard. Letters should be limited to 500 words and emailed to mike@tigardlife.com.
Upon learning...
COVID-19 Forces Cancellation of 2020 Tigard Senior EXPO
Tigard Senior EXPO has become the Amazon of local senior services.
Many seniors don’t know how to navigate the internet to find such resources as...
How to Lock-In a Low-Interest Rate
Despite the ongoing uncertainty of the coronavirus, the real estate market is holding steady. Total existing-home sales jumped 20.7% from May 2020, and sales...
King City Resident Gives Away Over 700 Homemade Masks
Masks are everywhere. It’s a fact nowadays. Whether you head to a supermarket or a restaurant; with the occurrence of COVID-19, the need for...
The New Importance of ‘Close to Home’
Ellie Emery never expected to spend her summer at Cook Park. Yet, a few weeks from the end of summer, Cook Park is where...
Tigard Breaks Ground on Affordable Housing Development
Ground has been broken – but, this time, without the ceremonial shovels.
Tigard Mayor Jason Snider and development partners joined together on July 15 in...
Family Auto Repair: For the Community
In 2017, Jonathon Peloquin and his family packed up and moved to the green and lush Pacific Northwest. They had visited close family friends...
New Public Safety Commission to Start Selecting Members
The city aims to start selecting community members this month for a new commission that will be tasked with reviewing public safety issues in...
Social Games with a Safe Twist and You are Invited!
Keeping any type of social interaction during this time has been a challenge for the average social butterfly. Who would have thought that a...
Tigard Essential Needs Donation Drive
Tigard CERT and the City of Tigard will hold their second donation drive on Sept. 26, 2020 at the Tigard Public Works building to...
Rosh Hashanah Celebration in the COVID-19 Era
For centuries, Jews have celebrated Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, by gathering as a community for services in synagogues around the world, praying...
2020 Tigard Chamber of Commerce Scholarship Recipients
The Tigard Chamber of Commerce (TCC) is pleased to announce the 2020 recipients of the Tigard Shining Stars Scholarship Awards. The scholarships are made...
Leadership Tigard: Your Backstage Pass to Community and Opportunity
The Tigard Chamber of Commerce is seeking curious, collaborative, constructive, compassionate and connected adults who are: business owners, government, non-profit, or academic professionals and...
New Stores ‘Pop-Up’ at Bridgeport Village
Outdoor, Open-Air Center
To every shopper, family, fashionista and foodie-lover… we are excited to welcome you back safely, thoughtfully and responsibly. “One of the...
Spiritual Corner: Energy Forecast for September 2020
Overall Energy
For September, I see some challenges regarding “connections” that you may need to make peace with and potentially even walk away from. There...
Three Tigard Suspects nabbed on $50,000 Drug Bust
On Wednesday, August 5, 2020, Washington County Sheriff’s Office Westside Interagency Narcotics (WIN) investigators executed a search warrant at the Williamsburg Townhomes at 12265 SW Hall...
Tigard Cobbler Calls it Quits, Looks to Pass on Legacy
Don Myers has been living the dream for the past 35 years, and now he hopes that it will become someone else’s dream.
Myers has...
Tigard WWII Veteran Turns 100
A World War II veteran and Tigard resident for some 70 years, Paul Herberholz marked his 100th birthday on June 25. To celebrate, his...