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P o r t la n d , O r e g o n
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PH O TO BV JONATHAN KIPP
Lesbian Community
Project packs up
for move across
the Willamette
by J onathan
K ipp
an important crossroads and
[ shift,” Kristan Aspen says about the
I changes the Lesbian Community
[ Project is facing. “Its a critical
P I moment but not the end of the
organization.”
LCP will move out of its current office
on East Burnside Street by the end of May.
Aspen says the 16-year-old organization
decided not to renew its lease because it
doesn’t have the funds to continue paying
the $660-a-month rent.
the YWCA in down
town Portland. Come late September,
though, the organization will have to move
again, because the building is closing down
for a major renovation.
LCP will continue its programs as
usual, Aspen says. The change will give
the organization an opportunity to
reassess, do some fund raising and see if a
base of support can be established.
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