The Bethany region of unincorporated Washington County is a rapidly growing community. It is situated near Beaverton and is north of Highway 26. Major employers in the region include Nike, Intel, Columbia Sportswear, and Tektronix.

Many people moving to the Bethany area are unsure of how their government and services work because the area has Portland addresses but they don’t live in the City of Portland. So, I created this website to provide links to all of the disparate resources in the area.

If you have feedback or questions email brandon@bethanygovernment.org

Washington County Government Representation

• Board of Commissioners, District 2
• Community Participation Organization Townhalls

Washington County Newsletters

• Board of Commissioners Meetings
• Land Use and Transportation Newsletter
• Land Use and Transportation Ordinance Newsletter

School and Recreation Services

• Beaverton School District
• Tualatin Hills Park and Recreation District
• Bethany Library

Law Enforcement

Washington County Sheriff

• Washington County Sheriff website
• Bethany is an Enhanced Patrol District
• +15036290111 - non emergency dispatch

Utility Service Providers

Electric - PGE (Portland General Electric)

• portlandgeneral.com
• 1.800.542.8818

Gas - Northwest Natural Gas

• nwnatural.com
• 1.800.422.4012

Garbage

• Lookup your Garbage Provider using Washington County’s Tool

Water - Tualatin Water Valley District

• tvwd.org
• 1.503.848.3000

Sewer/Storm Water - Clean Water Services

• cleanwaterservices.org

Why isn’t Bethany a City?

• Will neighbors found a new city in urban Washington County?
• Bethany Coalition seeks a voice in planning
• Urban Needs, Rural Government

Local News

• Cedar Mill News
• Beaverton Valley Times
• Patch Beaverton News

Protecting our Community

An unfortunate side effect of being in an unincorporated area is the community has fairly poorly designed land use laws. This has led to some very unfortunate community planning decisions that the community is trying to fix:

• An approved gas station which will store 40,000 gallons of gasoline 80ft from the Rock Creek trail and wetland feeding Bethany Lake by developer Bob Barman - Sign the petition
• Unlike many cities in the area we have no tree protection code to encourage and protect space to keep large trees during a development. The Treekeepers of Washington County are working to fix that.