4 • The Southwest Portland Post
BUSINESS
March 2018
Unitus Community Credit Union opens in Multnomah Village
THE COUNTRY STORE
By Erik Vidstrand
The Southwest Portland Post
The first business has opened
on the ground floor of the new
four-story apartment building in
Multnomah Village. Unitus Com-
munity Credit Union clicked on its
lights in early February.
“ We ’r e h a p p y t o b e h e r e i n
Multnomah Village,” said Matthew
Bauman, branch manager. “We feel
lucky to serve our members.
“Help us celebrate the opening of
our tenth Unitus branch on March
14. There will be hors d’oeuvres
and drinks.”
Unitus will be giving away 40 gift
cards, each worth up to $100. There
will be a play section for children.
“In addition, someone will win
our grand prize pot o’ gold worth
$1,000,” said Bauman referring to
shamrock entry raffles which are in
village shops and can be submitted
to the credit union.
Unitus has gone through a few
changes since it incorporated as
the Oregon Telephone Employees
Credit Union in 1937. Their core
principle of “People Helping Peo-
ple” has never changed.
Unitus serves 90,000 members in
the Pacific Northwest and employs
more than 250 individuals. Bauman
said that two of their five employees
live in the village and walk to work.
Throughout the year, Unitus em-
ployees collectively volunteer over
1,300 hours each year participat-
ing in various community events
including building homes, mentor-
ing at-risk youth, making meals for
shelters, and assisting at holiday
toy drives.
What about the other businesses
scheduled to open in the Multnomah
Village Apartments? According
to Matt Griffith, Spielmans Ba-
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gels will be opening
in March. Little Big
Burger and Blue Star
Donuts will be open-
ing sometime in the
future.
Unitus Commu-
nity Credit Union is
located at 7717 SW
Capitol Highway and
is open from Mon-
day through Friday, 9
a.m. to 6 p.m., exclud-
ing holidays. Unitus
has scheduled an open Unitus Community Credit Union staff include Charles
house for March 14 Torres, Matthew Bauman, Austin Anderson, Jeff Scott, and
Nicole Yancy. (Post photo by Erik Vidstrand)
from 4—7 p.m.
Portland Police consider moving Central Precinct
to former Sears Armory site
By Erik Vidstrand
The Southwest Portland Post
The Portland Police Bureau’s bud-
get request for fiscal year 2018-2019
seeks $1.7 million in one-time funding
to renovate the former Jerome F. Sears
U.S. Army Reserve Center for use as a
police precinct.
Located at Southwest 25th Avenue
and Multnomah Boulevard, the city
acquired the Sears property in Sep-
tember 2012 from the Department of
Defense with the provision that the
building primarily be used for emer-
gency management services.
From November 2015 through May
2016, the city set up a temporary wom-
en’s homeless shelter in the building.
Police officials would move Central
Precinct from downtown, leaving
the city core without a major police
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According to city spokesperson,
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currently located on the ground floor
of the downtown Justice Center, is
extremely overcrowded and lacks
community meeting space.
“The building is not up to seismic
code and affords scarce parking for
police vehicles or officers’ personal
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