Easy checkout. Good selection. Great parking. Nice location easy to get to. Easy drive from my…read morehouse

Miss Holly is the best story teller for the one years olds class! Our kids and all the other kids…read morewere actively engaged the entire time and "no rules" like other toddler library story times. She doesn't need them because the children absolutely love her!

The staff here is welcoming, patient and always helpful. I can usually find a book I want, and if…read moreit's not here, it's delivered from another library in the district within a couple days. The library is closed on Sundays and Mondays, but Silverton is a small town and staffing is undoubtedly an issue.

Enjoyable atmosphere, helpful and friendly staff, peaceful setting inside & out, easy-to-find…read moresections; basically my favorite place. Thank you.

From the outside, it looks a little bit like a fairytale cottage. In particular, the wrought iron…read moresign in English and German surrounded by flowers looks like the start of a wonderful story. Even inside this small city library there are wood carvings on the shelves and a distinctly cozy feel. But being a small community library, it doesn't have all the bells and whistles I'm used to seeing in the surrounding areas. The hours vary daily and the library is closed on Sunday and Monday. And unfortunately for me, they do not participate in the Oregon Library Passport Program. So no lending materials to those that don't live in the community. I am sure city residents will give it a higher rating, but for a visitor the services are a bit limited. Visiting on a quiet day, I had a nice interaction with the librarian and there are materials about Mt. Angel available in the vestibule.

I went looking for a book which had disappeared off their shelves, and both the head librarian and…read moreher assistant went the extra mile trying to help me. On a return visit I was not as impressed with staff civility. The building itself was handsome and well-designed, with exposed hammer beams and excellent ergonomics, a tribute to city management. Dead quiet when I was there. The fiction holdings seem conventional, newish. For fine journals they have "The Economist" and "The New Yorker". The nonfiction holdings looked strong for a small library and the new nonfiction books demonstrated a remarkable breadth of intellectual interests, and my admiration was only increased by a return visit. Many people nationwide have dreams of moving to Oregon towns and they might well entertain thoughts about what the neighbors will be like. What I have seen on the nonfiction shelves would indicate there are penetrating thinkers in this community. In the foyer there is a small bulletin board and shelving for a wide range of brochures explaining local services, attractions, etc. Would give five stars, but for it being a smallish library and a staff I don't have the measure of yet.

Modern facility doubles as a tactical command center during emergency events and is even protected…read moreby bullet-proof glass. The police department does a great job at community outreach. I highly recommend their Citizen's Police Academy and CERT classes open to the public (with registration). The facility itself is very impressive with all-electronic-keyed doors throughout. It also houses YCOM the area's 911 dispatch service. The chief, officers and staff are always at lots of community events and the dedication of their volunteers rivals that of any non-profit in town.

Let's see, where's the Yelp for Monmouth, home of Western Oregon University?…read more Gosh, given I'm a bored retiree, a combined legal/intelligence and military professional, with my three fancy degrees, what could I say about the peeps on Jackson street. First and foremost, I hope and pray to the peacock angel Lucifer (having a temporal personage in Dick Cheney) that we never get a new police station in Monmouth. Great for Highway 99, delightful to have a secure area to seize and hold evidence (cars , vans, even mobile homes like the one(s) where I currently reside in Yolk County. And I can't say I recall meeting any of them lately, and being a collegiate drug dealer in the Eugene Corvallis corridor, it's best to keep up appearances in one group of peeps, and overall send conflicting signals. Don't know anything about the VIlle, and aside from the times Monmouth local peeps bogarted my stash and snatch locally I still has Benevolent Tenancies Towards the fuzz. At the same time, I'm tired of the man keepin' me down! I'm H James Tharp, local Monmouth/Independence oddball sports personality, and I approve of this Yelp review. And you can put that in your pipe and smoke it , by golly.

I discovered the Community at the Marquis Tualatin because I am part of a group that used to meet…read morethere. I really liked the space and what it has to offer for "non-residents" like myself. I obtained a gym membership. (I get a discount through my health insurance and chose the Marquis Community over other gyms that offer more classes but do not have a salt-water pool). I was initially very excited about the salt-water pool and gym. However... The Marquis does not list their fitness classes or pool schedule on-line. I went to their website and looked for information. I filled out a "Contact Us" form. (It went no where. Perhaps a glitch but this has happened to me a few times.) The definition of a "senior" or "uniquely-abled person" is we may have limitations. How do I know which services, classes, gym schedule, pool schedule I wish to access if I cannot locate the information? I should not have to get a ride to the Marquis in order to obtain a schedule or program information in order to plan my day, week, month. On the positive side, the salt-water pool is amazing. The gym has some nice equipment and is clean. The locker room is accessible. The rest of the Marquis (fireplace, puzzle/books in the lobby, coffee bar, seated areas) is a pleasant place to spend time. I just wish I had a schedule! Please post on-line, create a link for up-to-date schedules, anything that would make your community more welcoming to those of us that do not live there.

Nice people, nice facility for over 55. Nice little coffee shop and a big room for meetings. Nice…read morepool and hot tub.

The teen Ohana Night has been a fantastic experience for my middle schooler who was looking for…read moreconnection after moving from the Eastside. We are homeschoolers, so this was great.

My organization has used Hidden Creek for several years now, and when we started working with them,…read morethey were adjustable and easy to work with. However, we had our annual event this year at Hidden Creek and the experience was extremely frustrating and unacceptable. First of all, they're very strict about anyone even entering the building before the time designated as the starting time. I don't expect them to open the doors of the banquet hall before the starting period that we paid for, but they wouldn't even let us in the building. They would not let us bring any of our materials into the building, and they told us we were not allowed to even unload our materials outside of the door so that once the door to the building opened, things would be unpacked and ready to set up. I was told it was a safety matter, but the materials we unpacked were not in front of the door, but well to the side of the entrance. They enforce those rules very strictly and in a manner that is not particularly friendly. Earlier this year, we held a different event at Hidden Creek, in other words different than the annual event I'm writing about, and they wouldn't even let us look into the room we had rented until the time began that we had paid for. They said that the room was down a hall we hadn't paid to enter, so we were not allowed to look in the room. The facility itself is beautiful, light, spacious, and well appointed. But that does not make up for their overly stringent regulations. For example, in the event I planned, we had to add some speakers to our program, so I asked if I could extend our time by half an hour so we could clean up in time. But they would not allow us to add time, even though I had made that request well before the day of the event. It was not a last-minute request, and, as indicated, I was aware there would an extra charge for an extra half-hour. So I thought we'll just clean up faster (which we did). But unfortunately, our caterers, who were P.F. Chang's, were very late in setting up the lunch, in fact, 45 minutes late, so we had to start our program late. But even with all of that, we worked very fast and managed to finish the cleanup by just half an hour after the time had expired for us to be there. They had no other event after us, and so we did not inconvenience them. Further, there is no indication on the papers that I signed before the event that there was a late fee if we exceeded the time we were in the room. All the paperwork says is that there's a $250 damage fee. But there was no damage to the hall. I'm not arguing that there should have been no fee for leaving the venue late, I just feel that when the total price for each hour is $150, and we reserved the hall for five hours, that it is exorbitant to charge $250. I requested a reduced fee, especially because our lateness was due to our caterer being so late, which PF Chang's recognized and compensated us for, but I got a solid No. They said the contract stipulates a late fee, but as indicated above, that is not true, it stipulates a damage fee. The director of events at Hidden Creek is lovely to work with. She has always done everything possible to make our experience a good one. And I do not hold her responsible for the stringency of the regulations. I am merely saying that the whole issue of charging so much money for being there 30 minutes extra to clean up, especially when the reason our event went late is because our cater was late, is unconscionable. I recommend selecting a different venue for your event unless you want to jump through numerous hoops only to be dissappointed, frustrated and overcharged in the end.

We came here on a Sunday morning and had no trouble parking. And we walked around the pond and a…read morecouple of the trails and saw a snake and some birds and had a nice time.

Brought my kids here for a Sunday Funday adventure. There was a nice mix of shaded areas and sunny…read moreplaces to watch for birds and see all different kinds of flowers. I'm not from around these parts and I saw my first filbert tree! Also saw a bald eagle, which was pretty cool. The pathways are a mix of barkchips and gravel, mostly flat. They interconnect in a couple of places so you can wander them all or take shortcuts if you've got whiny children with you who keep asking when it's time to go home. The visitor center was closed, so no opinion on that but the staff had started an animal sighting checklist/tally on the whiteboard outside. It looks like you can rent out its adjacent event center for parties, and there's a cool view from that shaded patio space. This place is really not too far south of downtown Hillsboro. The entrance off the highway is clearly marked.

The nice folks at the City offices are very helpful about letting you know what you need to do and…read morewhere you need to go to accomplish what you want. (At least, if you want something basic like turning water service on/off; I haven't had to deal with them for anything more complex.) But having to hand in a physical form, and when starting service go in during business hours and show id, is inconvenient. (The "go in during business hours and show id" is a nasty shock to get, if you're close to closing but also have to work.) It's a pity that, unlike the other utilities, they can't handle service over the phone...but they are friendly, helpful, and the transaction is completed fairly quickly, at least.