December 2013
NEWS
The Southwest Portland Post • 3
COMMUNITY LIFE
By Don Snedecor
The Southwest Portland Post
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Officials including rabbis, a state senator, community leaders and store man-
agers join in the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the grand opening, Nov. 6, of the
new Safeway supermarket on Southwest Barbur Boulevard and Capitol Hill
Road. (Photo courtesy of Rico Teylan, Safeway)
Winter arts and crafts sale: Hand-
crafted items for sale include ceram-
ics, weaving, jewelry, prints, paintings,
wood-working and photography cre-
ated by more than 40 instructors and
talented students of the Multnomah
Arts Center, 7688 SW Capitol Hwy, in
Multnomah Village. Great for holiday
gifts! December 5-6, 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
December 7, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. For
more information call 503-823-2787 or
visit www.MultnomahArtsCenter.org.
Samurai! Book Group: Thursday,
December 5, 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. In conjunc-
tion with Samurai! Armor from the Ann
and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Collection
at the Portland Art Museum, read The
Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi.
After you register, pick up a copy of the
book at the reference desk. Participants
will receive a ticket for free admission
to the exhibition during select times.
Registration required; register online, in the
Hillsdale Library (1525 SW Sunset Blvd)
or by calling 503-988-5234.
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St. Luke Lutheran Church approves $7 million expansion plan
By Melinda Hasting
The Southwest Portland Post
St. Luke Lutheran Church on 6835
SW 46th Avenue will move forward
on the first phase of a $7 million plan
to expand and upgrade its existing
campus.
The church, which celebrates its 70th
anniversary this year, offers a variety of
ministry programs to the community,
including services to children, youth
and senior citizens.
Members voted to approve the mas-
ter plan last December though the vote
was not unanimous, according to the
church’s website.
According to the church, 296 mem-
bers voted on measures to approve
the master plan and the capital cam-
paign. More than 80 percent of the
voters approved the master plan and
75 percent voted in favor of the capital
campaign, which is separate from the
church’s annual operating budget.
The site plan includes more than
$640,000 of costs related to the vaca-
tion of Southwest Florida Street and
46th Avenue. The City of Portland will
require the church to make improve-
ments to the roads in exchange for
obtaining exclusive access.
St. Luke Church owns property on
the street and the acquisition of control
over the roads will not impact home-
owners in the neighborhood.
In order to build a parking lot on
the northeast section of the property,
a home owned by the church on Ver-
mont Street will be demolished. Road
improvements will also be made. This
line item in the budget is estimated to
be just over $500,000.
The church owns another building in
the northwest portion of their property
that houses active retail. The budget
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indicates that the retail businesses and
its parking lot will not be impacted by
the master plan.
A spokeswoman for the church at-
tended the November meeting of the
Maplewood Neighborhood Associa-
tion and reiterated that the church had
no plans to interrupt the retail activities
in the commercial building.
She also stressed that the improve-
ments approved are only the first phase
in a longer-term plan. More than $4.7
million in building components will
need to be raised after the initial site
preparation is complete. The project,
when completed, is budgeted to cost
just over $7 million.
In order to prepare the site for new
construction, additional demolition,
excavation, and grading will occur in
addition to more parking space. The
site preparation is budgeted at nearly
$1.2 million.
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