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Article: High-Tech District Pays Off for Tualatin, Ore.
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- The Oregonian (Portland, OR)
- Article date:
- October 2, 2003
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Byline: Dana Tims
Oct. 2--TUALATIN, Ore.--It's little wonder why, nearly two decades ago, critics questioned the basic sanity of the Tualatin City Council for courting high-tech firms by creating a special urban renewal district in an area that featured little besides scrubby shrubs and sprawling tracts of dirt.
High-tech wreck seemed more like it.
Yet today, despite two deep national recessions and the recent and highly publicized tailspin of the high-tech industry, the move is looking more and more like sheer genius.
Anchoring the 377-acre special district is Novellus, a leading manufacturer of semiconductor equipment that employs ...