6 • The Southwest Portland Post
NEWS
March 2013
Gray’s Landing at South
Waterfront
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Vancouver.
“I had a three-burner stove, and only
one of them worked,” she told the Post.
“The oven didn’t work at all. You could
hear your neighbor in the next unit;
there was no privacy at all. You had
to sign in guests, and there was a limit
on the number of visitors allowed per
month. The managers would come in at
least twice a month to inspect.”
Shuler secured a unit in Gray’s Land-
ing through the Veterans Administra-
tion. “This is a hundred times better,”
she said. “I love the neighborhood. I
take my dog Abigail outside to potty
at 3 a.m., and I feel totally safe. They
have cooking classes, computer lab and
happy hour.”
Others share Shuler’s affection for the
building. According to Recko, when a
trailer was installed to receive applica-
tions for tenancy, people camped in
front of it overnight to be sure of meet-
ing the quota.
The building was completely rented
long before it was complete, half of the
rooms were occupied as of mid-Febru-
ary and, Recko said, tenants are moving
in at the rate of three or four a day.
A drawback for the building, and
all of the South Waterfront, is a lack of
retail services. On the other hand, the
final stop on the Portland Streetcar is
Southwest Corridor Plan
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portation issues, and the need for new
infrastructure.
“We like the rural character, but our
arterials and collectors need to be com-
plete streets with transit service,” one
respondent wrote. Several people also
called for the enforcement of both exist-
ing and future public plans and policies.
MAPLEWOOD NOTEBOOK
Riad Sahli and Laura Recko of REACH Community Development show off the courtyard
at Gray's Landing. (Post photo by Lee Perlman)
15 feet from the front door. In exchange
for providing operators with an easily
accessible break room, TriMet gives all
Gray’s Landing staff and tenants an-
nual passes for $15 a year.
(The normal cost is $100). Tenants
can get the passes by attending a half-
hour class. They are within walking
distance of the tram to the Oregon
Health and Sciences University and the
nearby Veterans Hospital. They are also
within a half mile of the planned MAX
Light Rail line to Milwaukie, under
construction and scheduled to open in
two years.
REACH is not a social service agency,
Recko says, but they do have staff on
site that address tenants’ needs (“social
service light,” Recko says), and a repre-
sentative from the Veterans Administra-
tion on premises.
How does this community fit in
with its affluent neighbors? Recko
says that REACH has done outreach
to the managements of the Mirabella,
the Matisse across the street, and the
Southwest Charter School immediately
to the south.
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Barbur Concept Plan (BCP) to the Port-
land City Council.
BCP, a subset of the Southwest Cor-
ridor Plan [which extends along High-
way 99W from Portland to Sherwood],
provides a long-term vision for Barbur
Boulevard, detailing transportation
investments, potential storm water up-
grades and changes to land use policy
and zoning.
The next step would be for the City
Council to vote on a resolution to
adopt the BCP. The resolution was not
on the online future agenda list as of
press time. The City Council’s regular
weekly meetings are at 9:30 am Wednes-
days in Council Chambers, Portland
City Hall, 1221 S.W. Fourth Ave.
To view a draft of the BCP, visit www.
portlandoregon.gov/bps/55269.
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