4 • The Southwest Portland Post
NeWS BRIeFS
New business group
organized
South Portland Neighborhood Asso-
ciation president Ken Love announced
that the area will soon have a new
neighborhood business association. A
kickoff meeting in February drew 30
participants, he said. “This may be-
come the largest business association
in southwest,” he said. Ross Island
Grocery owner Jennifer Daneluk, who
attended the session, said, “This area
is one of the last to form a business as-
sociation. It’s really exciting.”
Southwest neighborhood coali-
tion to hold candidates fair
Southwest Neighborhoods, Inc. will
hold a candidates fair beginning at 7
p.m. April 29 at the Multnomah Arts
Center, 7688 S.W. Capitol Highway.
SWNI has invited all candidates for
NeWS
mayor and two soon-to-be-vacated City
Council seats. Mayor Tom Potter has
declined to run for re-election, Com-
missioner Erik Sten is resigning, and
Commissioner Sam Adams is stepping
down in order to run for mayor. Come
hear and question the candidates you
will select with your votes
April 2008
spokesperson Tracy Stepp.
The agency pitched in to provide the
balance of the payments for the light
Watershed tower now includes
backlit “Hillsdale” sign
and a human-and-dog drinking foun-
tain in front of the facility, at a total cost
of $60,000.
The Hillsdale com-
munity raised some
$21,000 to help back-
light the "Hillsdale"
sign on the Watershed
building. (Post photo
by Don Snedecor)
The Watershed tower is now shin-
ing thanks to the community around
it. Plans for the four-story, 51 unit af-
fordable senior housing project always
included backlighting for a sign at the
top of its tower.
However, rising construction costs
forced Community Partners for Af-
fordable Housing, the project’s parent
organization, to cut this feature from the
budget. At this point the Hillsdale Alli-
ance, Business Association and Neigh-
borhood Association “really stepped up
to the plate” and raised $21,000 for the
light, according to Community Partners
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