Past Steps of the Veterans Memorial planning process

2019 through 2020 planning focused on engaging the community to create a vision for the memorial. During that  time information was gathered from community events, focus groups, and a Stakeholder Advisory Committee (SAC) to determine the (5) core project themes and select the preferred site. The community determined “who” the memorial should honor and defined the desired objectives of each core theme.

For questions on this project, please email Kyla Cesca at kcesca@tualatin.gov, the Office Coordinator for the Parks and Recreation Department. 

Consideration of Veterans Memorial Report Approval 

City Council accepted and approved the Veterans Memorial Concept Planning & Site Selection Report on Monday, September 14, 2020 .

Stakeholder Advisory Committee

Members of the stakeholder group include diverse community representatives from Veterans of Foreign Wars, Forward Assist, American Legion, Tualatin Arts Advisory Committee, Tualatin Parks Advisory Community, Tualatin Commercial Citizens Involvement Organization, a student youth representative, several unaffiliated veterans who live and/or work in Tualatin, and the Mayor.

Thank You Committee Members for your time, commitment and passion. The advisory committee included Matt Antis, Buck Braden, Mayor Frank Bubenik, Christopher Friz, Brandon Gill, Brett Hamilton, John Knippers, Joe Lipscomb, Greg Meiling, Dale Potts, Christen Sacco, Elena Stripling, Cole Vessey, Anthony Warren, and Tricia Wilson. Parks & Recreation staff members were Ross Hoover, Parks & Recreation Director, Rich Mueller, Parks Planning & Development Manager and Kyla Cesca, Office Coordinator. Project consultants included Jessel Champoux, Project Manager and Jenny Anderson, Landscape Designer.