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Newspaper Page TextNeWS April 2009 THE COUNTRY STORE The Southwest Portland Post • 5 Stormwater swales being installed around Multnomah Village (Continued from page 4) brand stuff for $3 to $4 an item,” she said. “It would be $12 to $20 new.” Clothes are neatly organized by age; children especially like the play area in front of the store. Hanlon gives 30 to 35 percent store credit in exchange for merchandise. A corner of handmade items sells on consignment. Hoot-N- Annie is located at 7850 SW Barbur Blvd., Suite C, (503) 548-4668, www. Hoot-n-Annie.com. Katelyn’s Closet Keep your eye out for playpens, strollers and bright children’s clothes as you head east from Multnomah Vil- lage along Southwest Capitol Highway. Once inside, the three-room store has something for all ages including chil- dren’s, women’s, maternity and a small men’s section. Carrie Sadorus started the business 11 years ago and named it after her daughter. Later, she brought in her sis- ter Julie Fillinger as partner. “It’s been a lot of fun,” Sadorus said. “We have the best support from the neighbors. There was a lady just here. Her daughter is 11. She’s been coming in since her daughter was eight months old.” Sadorus finds business increasing both with people buying and selling. Clothes sell for one-third to one-half the price of new. Prices varied according to make and design. Most dresses and jeans priced in the mid-teens but a rack of designer jeans went for up to $60. (They cost more than $100 new). Cotton blouses cost $8 to $15. The inventory included bags and exercise clothes. For extra discounts, try the half off (Continued on page 6) By Don Snedecor The Southwest Portland Post Ask the powers that be at the City of Portland’s Bureau of Environmental Services and they will tell you that Multnomah Village is in the headwaters of Tryon and Vermont creeks. More than 20 acres of paved streets, roofs and parking lots cover the commercial core and nearby neighborhood. Rain that falls on these impervious services picks up urban pollutants and flows quickly to streams, where pollut- ants and fast-flowing water degrade aquatic habitat. BES recently installed a 600-square- foot stormwater swale on the corner of Southwest Troy Street and 35 th Avenue at a cost of $18,000. It’s the first of four “green street” projects (designed to pro- tect streams) planned for Multnomah Village this year. The Troy Street swale will treat more than 200,000 gallons of stormwater runoff annually from 9300 square feet of impervious surface. Next on the green street list is a stormwater swale on the south side of Capitol Highway in front of the Multnomah Arts Center. The swale will replace nearly 400 square feet of asphalt and treat more than 160,000 gallons of stormwater runoff annually from 7,000 square feet of impervious areas. Construction is expected sometime this spring at a cost of $13,500. The Lucky Lab green street will re- place over 300 square feet of asphalt with a vegetated stormwater swale on the west side of Southwest 32 nd Avenue at Capitol Highway (next to the Lucky $5 Off! Your Neighborhood Restaurant & Bar Since 1982 buy one lunch or dinner entree and two beverages and receive up to $5 off the second entree of equal or lesser value Expires 5/4/09 11830 Kerr Parkway Lake Oswego 503-246-7153 Home of the World Famous Wilted Spinich Salad Labrador Public House). The swale will treat more than 300,000 gallons of stormwater runoff annually from 14,500 square feet of impervious surface. This project is expected to be built sometime this spring at a cost of $27,000. The Raindrop Walk green street will be a vegetated curb extension built on the south side of Capitol Highway between 35th and 36th avenues. This project will treat more than 170,000 gallons of stormwater runoff annually from 7500 square feet of impervious surface. Currently in design mode, the project is expected to be built in the fall of this year at a cost of $115,000. For more information about the Multnomah Village green streets con- tact Leonard Gard at 503-823-4592 or Leonard@swni.org, or visit www.port- landonline.com/bes/tryoncreek.