Centers may be locations for offices, schools and civic institutions. Centers range in size and intensity depending on how many people use its amenities. While the name may bring to mind the main drag of a small town, a main street can take many forms. Main streets serve the surrounding neighborhood's need for groceries, convenience shopping and services. Your local main street may have a video store, dentist, bakery, library, bank, service station and restaurant.
Main streets have good transit service and are convenient locations for apartments and town homes.
They typically connect centers to each other. Examples include Boones Ferry, Oleson and Canyon roads and McLoughlin and Powell boulevards. Retail services may be concentrated near the intersection of two corridors. About 25 town centers are spread throughout the region. They may be the downtowns of smaller cities such as King City, Forest Grove, Gladstone, Tualatin, Sherwood and Fairview.