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Comments (22)
Wait, you didn't say it right: For now the term "linchpins" will be repurposed.
Posted by Bill Mcdonald | January 26, 2010 12:59 PM
...that's $250 million in initial fantasy budget, Beavertonians!
Posted by dyspeptic | January 26, 2010 1:00 PM
Catalyst: It is when a family man uses Super Bowl Sunday as an excuse to buy a giant TV, on credit. (Golf clubs are out of the question.)
Posted by pdxnag | January 26, 2010 1:36 PM
Um, wasn't the Round supposed to be a "catalyst" project?
Posted by Snards | January 26, 2010 2:04 PM
I thought the light rail was the catalyst project
Posted by Anthony | January 26, 2010 2:26 PM
Neither the light rai nor The Round were catalysts.
One ony gets a catalyst in Beaverton if "The Don", and his padrones, provide it.
The new site for the "Beavers" (not on Biggi's property) will be the catalyst.
Have fun, Beaverton!
Posted by Nonny Mouse | January 26, 2010 2:34 PM
Would Saltzman's "repurposing" of SoWhat $ for Neil's electric train set be a "catalytic converter"?
Posted by cc | January 26, 2010 2:34 PM
Maybe a catalyst project is a project that provides the catalyst for another catalyst project.
Posted by Bill McDonald | January 26, 2010 2:36 PM
One generations catalyst project usually ends up becoming the next generations blight which then ends up being the impetus for a new catalyst project.
Posted by tom | January 26, 2010 2:50 PM
Catalyst projects linchpin revitalized creative New Urbanism development concepts in cutting edge stakeholder dialogues.
(Recall, Jack officially verbed linchpin the other day. I'm going to go shower now, I feel so dirty.)
Posted by George Anonymuncule Seldes | January 26, 2010 3:42 PM
I think Bill M. hit the nail on the head.
Posted by Snards | January 26, 2010 3:48 PM
I'll show you my catalyst project if you show me your development area.
Nobody's said anything about a structural erection yet, have they?
Posted by godfry | January 26, 2010 3:51 PM
With "The Don" in charge, maybe Beaverton can start its own Sopranos episode. As supporting staff "The Don" has former PDC staff member Elaine Howard working for Tashman Johnson, the primary contractor as a consultant. Hmmm, I can hardly wait for the next guest appearance by a PERS retiree who use to work for PDC or City of Portland Planning Department.
This is like a poorly scripted late night movie that just keeps getting repeated over and over and over - just at a new time and location (oops, I meant channel).
You can review the complete report at City of Beaverton wedsite, "City Council Agenda, January 25, 2010." The City paid Tashman Johnson $75,000 for their 39 page report or $1,923 per page - not bad for "gravy."
Posted by jerry | January 26, 2010 4:02 PM
Mazziotti and Tashman - familiar names what?
Posted by Larry Norton | January 26, 2010 4:06 PM
All this time I thought they were "lynchpins".
Posted by Allan L. | January 26, 2010 4:21 PM
Beaverton should take a look at the SoWhat district in Portland -- The Don's last triumph. Fireman Randy hired a consulting firm for a slogan for that one. They came back with "From Catalyst to Catastrophe."
Posted by Jack Bog | January 26, 2010 4:27 PM
catalyst...sounds sorta like a laxative product...
Posted by portland native | January 26, 2010 4:49 PM
. . . this is all making me feel catatonic.
Posted by umpire | January 26, 2010 6:09 PM
I still recall my college chemistry prof's demonstration of a catalyst in front of an 800-seat lecture hall audience - it ended up with a big, spectacular fire that he just had to back away from it and let it burn itself out. I was close enough to have to back off as well.
Maybe that's what "catalyst project" is intended to mean here - we see a big fire in the end.
Posted by John Rettig | January 26, 2010 6:47 PM
There might be a silver-lining for Portland in this. Think of all the PDC staff that may be leaving for Beaverton....follow The Don.
Posted by Lee | January 26, 2010 8:01 PM
Finally, the area needs a public amenity along with pedestrian and bicycle improvements to encourage residential redevelopment.
Really? We have two MAX stations. Isnt that enough "public amenities"? All the roads have bike lanes. And the Round already has a 4-story parking garage. Does it really need more?
There's already acres of apartment complexes in that area. Of the "affordable" type. I live there. I should know. So, what then? Is this Beaverton's Pearl District now?
Gentrification in downtown Beaverton?
Posted by Jon | January 26, 2010 9:18 PM
Yes, they'll give you Gentrification, and a little hard surface pocket park as a bonus. Have fun.
Posted by lw | January 26, 2010 9:43 PM