Welcome to Engage Hillsboro!

The City of Hillsboro is a diverse community of more than 108,000 residents, and tens of thousands of employees and visitors who commute here and call Hillsboro home during the day. Our community members’ voices need to be heard and included in the City’s decision-making process.

Engage Hillsboro allows the City to reach a broader audience for a higher level of participation, more data, and more knowledge. You can provide input and feedback anytime and anywhere on your phone, tablet, or computer. This safe online space sets the stage for sustained participation and better results for the community.

By introducing you and other community members to multiple projects, Engage Hillsboro helps the City of Hillsboro hear from and respond to more people – and enables community members to see what others are saying.

How does Engage Hillsboro work?

Engage Hillsboro connects community members with online engagement tools to include and hear from many voices, and to help staff listen and respond to questions and concerns.

We want to ensure a wide range of community members with unique perspectives are participating in the engagement process. With Engage Hillsboro, you can:

  • Learn about current and upcoming projects
  • Provide comments and ask questions
  • Participate in discussions and hear you what neighbors are saying
  • Communicate with City staff
  • Complete surveys
  • Attend meetings and events
  • Pin comments and ideas to map locations

Traditionally, the City of Hillsboro has conducted project engagement during in-person community meetings or using online surveys. Engage Hillsboro is an innovative way for us listen to and include the voices of our community early in the planning phases to ensure we are listening to your unique perspectives and meeting your communication needs.

City Stipend Policies Support Community Participation

Community members, advisory group participants, and community-based organizations may be eligible to receive stipends when they support the City of Hillsboro in shaping more equitable policies & programs by sharing their time, lived experiences, and wisdom. Providing payment recognizes and honors the value and expertise that community members and community-based organizations provide.

By reducing financial barriers to participation, the City can engage diverse voices, reach communities who have previously been excluded, and advance racial equity.

Learn more about the City's community engagement stipends.

Levels of Engagement

The City of Hillsboro offers a variety of community engagement opportunities based on the nature of each project, including:

  • distributing information for awareness & to answer questions
  • listening to ideas & feedback
  • forming partnerships with individuals & organizations to ensure community voices are included early in the planning phases

Each project’s homepage identifies its level of engagement from among these:

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Inform: Provide the community with balanced and objective information and answers to assist in understanding problems, alternatives, opportunities, and/or solutions

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Consult: Obtain community feedback on processes, ideas, alternatives, and/or decisions

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Involve: Work directly with community members to ensure that community feedback influences the process and outcomes or decisions

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Collaborate: Partner with the community in aspects of the decision-making process, including the development of alternatives and the identification of a preferred solution

Engage Hillsboro's first year impact

Read more about the City of Hillsboro's first year on engage since its launch in summer 2022.

Who can I contact about Engage Hillsboro?

For each project, a unique group of City staff members are listening to the online discussion. You can find their contact info on each project’s home page.

You can also contact the staff listed on the Engage Hillsboro homepage for questions or comments are not specific to a project.

Watch a video about Engage Hillsboro

During the September 2022 debut of Community Conversations with Mayor Steve Callaway, the Mayor discussed Engage Hillsboro and the City’s prioritization of community engagement with:

  • Assistant City Manager Simone Brooks
  • Economic & Community Development Department Public Information Officer Lauren Scott
  • Public Works Department Public Information Officer Krista Snell