DON SLACK  is Oregon City's 2010 CITIZEN OF THE YEAR

Oregon City is a community that has worked hard to build a reputation for innovation, good planning, a unified vision, and good leadership. We are now reaping some rewards for that painstaking and challenging work. So, here is my annual round-up of Good News!

Take Care of Oregon Day, which coincided with Oregon City’s Earth Day annual clean-up, brought over 140 people of all ages together for a common goal: to contribute sweat equity toward keeping Oregon City clean, beautiful and safe. Our prominent public spaces are now litter-free, weedfree, and hosting many freshly planted native species. Thank you!

The biggest city event of 2009 is the opening of your new city hall! Long anticipated, the move to 625 Center Street achieves multiple community goals. For starters, we preserved and recycled an old building, the former McLean Medical Clinic. The site is centrally located and will serve as another catalyst to Downtown and 7th Street revitalization.

Oregon City has been named a Preserve America Community by First Lady Michele Obama!  This prestigious designation has been applied to only five other cities in Oregon.

On February 16th, 2010, Mayor Alice Norris delivered the 2010 State of the City. It was her final State of the City address as Mayor and those in attendance were again treated to an eloquent and entertaining presentation.

If Wall Street crashes, does Main Street follow? Not necessarily.
—Ben Bernanke

Despite grim economic forecasts,  your City is continuing to complete projects that provide continuing local employment and solutions for long-standing problems.

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The Cities of Oregon City and West Linn will remember the events of September 11, 2001 at approximately 9:00am with the closure of the Arch Bridge between the two cities, a ceremonial flower and wreath toss, music, and short speeches by the mayors.