Hillsboro Wayfinding Project

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Residents and visitors alike can find their way around the City of Hillsboro thanks to our wayfinding signage, welcome gateways, and information kiosks that reflect the great things growing in Hillsboro. Our wayfinding system was developed with public input and extensive planning.

The overall Hillsboro wayfinding program features multiple creative, beautiful and functional wayfinding elements including welcome gateways, vehicular and pedestrian directional signs, artistic banners, information kiosks, and parking identification. Goals for Hillsboro's wayfinding are to create a sense that you’ve arrived to an amazing City, to build identity and pride, and to help locals and visitors navigate and discover Hillsboro’s history, parks, culture and businesses. Some wayfinding elements have been installed, and there will be multiple phases of installation around the community over the next number of years (see more details below). Hillsboro Wayfinding image

View the full design package. Please note that artwork included in the design is illustrative only and art in the final pieces will represent the various diverse areas of Hillsboro.

Background

Background on the Hillsboro Wayfinding Program

Hillsboro is a vibrant and diverse community. We take pride in our agricultural heritage and values as we continue to work together to plant seeds for livability, cultivate and nurture innovation, and grow great things. To support this, the City is working with community partners to create a wayfinding system that conveys “you have arrived to an amazing community!” We want to ensure this system reflects the great things that are growing in Hillsboro, generates community pride, helps locals and visitors navigate and discover our history, culture, parks, resources and businesses – and makes Hillsboro a place people want to live, work, visit, play and stay!

The current directional signage in Hillsboro is a jumbled and confusing array of sign types, colors and configurations – see visual on the right. Our goal is to transition to a strategic, trustworthy and consistent city-wide system over the next number of years.

Hillsboro’s Wayfinding Vision

Project Status and Timeline

Completed

Wayfinding designs created with community input and reflecting Hillsboro’s unique areas
Installed welcome banners:
- Downtown Hillsboro
- Welcome gateway in South Hillsboro
Installed information kiosks:
- Downtown Hillsboro
- Orenco Station Jerry Willey Plaza
- Shute Park Campus
- Tanasbourne area

Happening in 2021

Installing new parking and pedestrian directional signs in the Downtown, Orenco, and Tanasbourne areas

Future Plans

Continue to install welcome gateways, directional signs for drivers, and various South Hillsboro wayfinding elements.

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