8 • The Southwest Portland Post
NEWS
June 2011
Wilson softball team
clinches PIL title
On May 16, the Wilson High School
varsity softball team clinched the
Portland Interscholastic League (PIL)
5A girls’ softball league championship
at Rieke Field in Hillsdale. The Wilson
Trojans defeated the Franklin Quakers
in seven innings by a final score of 7 to
4 to bring home the title.
“The girls brought their best today
and stayed focused during the last
three games of conference play,” said
Anna Cullop, Wilson Head Coach. “I
am proud of all these young women.”
The Wilson team was in a three-way tie
for first place. They defeated Cleveland
on May 12th and Franklin on May 16th,
thereby securing the first seed in the
State 5A playoffs.
On Sunday, May 22nd, the Wilson
team will be recognized by the PIL
Athletic Department and the PIL Hall
of Fame at an awards presentation at
the Tiger Woods Center on the Nike
campus in Beaverton.
Front Row: Maddie Price, Molly
Michelotti, Courtney Vanlaningham,
Sophie Miller, Emily Reeves, Brooke
Rencher. Back Row: Assistant Coach
Stephanie Adams, Morgan Fritz, Madi
Lostra, Jessica West, Ashley Reeves,
Lauren Barmon, Eliza Gandee, Head
Coach Anna Cullop
(Story and photo courtesy of Karen
Miller)
Federal grant funds Hillsdale Terrace replacement
By Lee Perlman
The Southwest Portland Post
Last month the City received an
$18.5 million Hope VI Grant from the
federal Bureau of Housing and Com-
munity Development, allowing for
the replacement of Hillsdale Terrace.
The existing, 60-unit structure at
6775 SW 26th Ave. will be replaced by
a 122-units, Shelly Marchesi of Home
Forward (formerly the Housing Au-
thority of Portland) told The Post.
This will include seven units that
will be awarded to first-time home-
buyers who perform “sweat equity”
by helping to build the structures,
in cooperation with Habitat for Hu-
manity. Existing Terrace tenants will
be given first choice at this program.
Home Forward itself will con-
tribute $9 million toward the $47.3
million project. This is from the sale
e of single family homes in various
parts of the city. Other funds include
$5 million from the City of Portland,
$12.2 million in state tax credits, $1.5
Parker Realty, Inc.
million from Habitat, and $1 million
in grants.
Marchesi said the site of the existing
building is eroding, and there is a con-
stant problem with mold. “This is our
most difficult site to maintain, and it’s
horribly inaccessible for anyone with
physical constraints,” Marchesi said.
The new building will be built on
the old site plus three additional lots
recently purchased by the agency.
The part of the site nearest Southwest
Capitol Highway will undergo design
review, Home Forward Planning and
Design Director Julie Livingston said.
The agency hopes to break ground in
summer 2012, following relocation of
existing tenants, she said.
Portland City Commissioner Nick
Fish, who announced the grant at a
news conference last month, said,
“This is great news for the city. It will
improve the lives of tenants, provide
construction jobs, strengthen our
connections to the surrounding com-
munity, and continue Portland’s tra-
dition of green building. Congratula-
tions to our partner, Home Forward.”
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