The neighbor behind Tualatin livability, a story the Historical Society is telling.
On Wednesday, October 7, the Tualatin Historical Society presents "Making History Today: The Man Behind Tualatin Livability," a 1-2 PM program at the Heritage Center profiling a resident whose years of advocacy have shaped the city around 22379 SW 107th Ave.
History is not only what happened a hundred years ago. Some of the most interesting local history is being made right now, at city council meetings, along neighborhood streets, and beside the Tualatin River. That is the idea behind the Tualatin Historical Society's October program, which puts a living resident at the center of the story.
The program profiles Brett Hamilton. The Society's description puts it plainly: "You might know him from the 'Save Tualatin Road' effort. But he is so much more. Meet Brett Hamilton who's spent years focusing on Tualatin livability."
The Story Behind the Program
Residents who help shape the city.
The Save Tualatin Road effort
Hamilton organized a grassroots neighborhood group, Save Tualatin Road, focused on traffic along Tualatin Road as Lam Research's large campus expansion added a new employee entrance and exit there. The group argued the road already carries heavy cut-through commuter traffic and pushed instead for using Leveton Drive, which was built for industrial traffic and sits closer to the company's existing driveway.
Years at the microphone
The advocacy has played out in public over years: written comments to the city starting in 2024, appearances at city council meetings, an appeal of the city's land-use decision filed in September 2025, and, in July 2025, a push for a roundabout at Tualatin Road during the city's Transportation System Plan update.
Livability as a constant
The Historical Society's framing matters: the traffic fight is just one chapter. Hamilton's longer, wider focus has been livability, the everyday quality of life that makes Tualatin a place people want to stay, and the program is a chance to hear that broader story from the person who lived it.
How to Attend
A Wednesday afternoon at the Heritage Center.
The program runs Wednesday, October 7, from 1 to 2 PM at the Tualatin Heritage Center, 8700 SW Sweek Dr, the hand-built 1926 church turned community museum next to the police station.
The Heritage Center is the natural home for a talk about how Tualatin got the way it is. It celebrates its centennial this year, and the full story of the building is worth reading before you go: volunteers raised its walls by hand in 1926, and neighbors saved it from demolition in 2006 by moving it to its current home.
Why It Matters
What this says about life in Tualatin.
For prospective residents, a program like this is quietly revealing. It shows a town where neighbors show up, where civic debate happens in public, and where a historical society thinks the people shaping today deserve a place in the record. That engaged, small-town character is exactly what draws families to neighborhoods near 22379 SW 107th Ave.
October is full of ways to meet that community, from the Giant Pumpkin Regatta and river restoration days to the volunteer traditions that keep the city humming. Stop by the Heritage Center on October 7, check the Society's event page for details, and see the livability story for yourself.
Join the Story
A neighborhood with a story to tell.
Living at 22379 SW 107th Ave puts you minutes from the Heritage Center, the Commons, and the community events that define Tualatin. Paul Knighton of MORE Realty can show you the neighborhood for yourself.
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