First Meeting TOMORROW!

The First Meeting of the Robinwood Business District is Tomorrow, August 27, 4:30pm at the Robinwood Community Center, 3706 Cedaroak Drive.

(Old Card, the first meeting was rescheduled)

If you are a local business owner, even home-based business owners, please join us!

HWY 43/ Willamette Falls Drive Vision

The City has created a website dedicated to the Willamette Falls vision initiative.

Follow the LINK and check it out.

Walmart in Robinwood?

Here it comes...

Walmart is Coming to Robinwood!

Tiffany Moffatt, spokeswoman for the retail giant, confirmed Tuesday morning the
company will pursue remodeling the former Wild Oats grocery store off Boones
Ferry Road in Lake Oswego along with a former grocery store in the Robinwood
Shopping Center on Highway 43 in West Linn.

What does it mean to this Community and the future of economic development in Robinwood and West Linn?

Bale'ing Out Of Vacant Real Estate...

After two years, residents of Robinwood are still waiting to see what is to become of the old anchor space at Robinwood Center, formerly known as Bale's. Char Berkham had a great suggestion...

Chuck's Produce in Vancouver, Washington demonstrates one successful alternative model. Not only would something like this fulfill a local need, it would be a retail destination for a broader secondary and tertiary market area.

What can we do to make this kind of business, our business?

What is to become of the Kasch's site...

Now that Les Scwab has cancelled its plans to built a new Tire Center in Robinwood at the old Kasch's site, we are pressed with the challenge and the opportunity to help influence what could happen there. Some suggestions include a new Nursery, a Farmer's market, Kayak shop, a small retail cottage industry, or the seed of new mixed-use development. The latest business Survey conducted by the City's Economic Development Committee suggests the need for affordable office space, improved pedestrian circulation, denser business activity zones with more interaction and public contact, businesses that cater to local needs, and more local employment opportunity.

What can we do there to make someone's business our business?

A West Linn Business District in the Making...

Announcing the formation of the Robinwood Business District, the City of West Linn's first official Business District. We're expecting to schedule our first planning and strategy meeting soon. If you have found this page because you are trying to learn more about this effort, contact me directly at tboes@gmail.com and keep watching this website for updates and information. We're currently seeking interest and participation from a strong cross section of the Neighborhood businesses, including office, retail, and home-based.

Please help us build better economic foundations in West Linn as we help to make your business, our business.