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CELEBRATING A DECADE street root^lB Education ♦ Dialogue ♦ Independence CCCCCC merger combines record number of C’s Mayor Sam Adams, who is in charge of bicycles, was not available for comment. Spokespeople for Clackamas Community n a startling and unprecedented move, College (CCC), Columbia River Crossing Central City Concern (CCC), the city’s (CRC), Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR) largest social-service provider, announced Monday that it would merge completely with and. the former Soviet Union (CCCP) said they had no immediate plans to join the merger. the Community Cycling Center (CCC) on Northeast Alberta. The merger will cut costs In other news: and reduce acronym-related confusion, • Street Access For Everyone (SAFE), the representatives of the organizations said. group that oversees enforcement of Portland’s Central City Concern has provided housing sit/lie ordinance, has faced criticism in the services and addiction treatment in Old Town/ past for allowing people to be cited under the Chinatown since 1979, when the area was law despite the lack of public benches characterized by poverty and crime. With downtown. To respond to detractors and development of the adjacent Pearl District in demonstrate their ongoing commitment to the 1990s, the area has gone more upscale. providing alternate places for people to sit and Now, many new downtown residents lie, the group has formed a subcommittee mistake the building with the “CCC” logo for called Seating Opportunities For All (SOFA). It another branch of the Community Cycling will meet the fifth Tuesday of every month at Center, which sells refurbished bicycles and runs a full-service repair shop in the Alberta 8 a.m. • As part of a city-sponsored effort to Arts District. encourage dialogue between diverse “It used to be just once or twice a year communities, two Northwest organizations someone showed up expecting you to fix the have formed a unique partnership: Portland’s chain on their rebuilt 1985 Italian racing bike,” said Eleanor Patton, a Central City Youth Alliance for Development Alternatives is Concern caseworker. “But now it’s pretty teaming up with a Washington group called much constant” the Yakima Aging with Dignity Association. Meanwhile, legions of low-income residents The two groups’ members will meet, share who were priced out of downtown moved to their experiences and concerns, then raise the Eastside — and many have walked into the public awareness of age-related issues in a Community Cycling Center hoping for medical series of town hall-style open forums. The first care and housing assistance, according to YADA-YADA community conversation will take volunteer mechanic Dave Sanderson. place April 31 at First Presbyterian Church Explaining misconceptions and redirecting downtown. For more information, see the Web frustrated clients was eating into both site for Portland’s citywide community-building organizations’ resources and staff time, their initiative, Sharing Makes Us Great (SMUG). directors said, so for efficiency’s sake they • The 2007 effort to rename Interstate decided to combine their operations. Starting Avenue after Mexican labor leader César in May, the Old Town and Alberta locations Chávez caused an uproar, but city planners are will each offer addiction treatment, supportive determined not to make the same mistakes housing, benefits assistance, bicycle sales and again. As they explore the possibility of maintenance, and workshops on cycle rechristening the same street in honor of Ml r 1 T?era^Tien>DonTJuixote7T!urcit^vnrconsuft' “Research has shown time and again that extensively with the Interstate Corridor Urban services are most effective when they’re Renewal Advisory Committee (ICURAC), the packaged together,” said City Commissioner Interstate People with Endless Complaints Nick Fish, who is in charge of housing and Advisory Committee (IPECAC), and the community development. “I know that Advisory Committee on Relations with CCCCCC will help hundreds of people get Oregon’s Neighbors, Youth and Minorities back on their feet - and right onto a sweet (ACRONYM). new set of wheels.” BY C. WADAMENE UNEMPLOYED WRITER Layoffs hit Street Root's copy editing staff of copy editors As the news pa pe r industry conti nues to reel from a downturn in revenues, even nonprofit papers are feeling the crunch. In an announcement this week, Street Roots says it will be laying off its entire staff of volunteer copy editors. The move marks the first such voluntary lay- offs in the organization's 10-year history. The cuts were made in an effort to reduce expenses and trim overhead, and comes at a time when people are increasingly relying on the printed page for their news and information. "The entire industry is feeling pressure to cut costs," says Managing Editor Joanne Zuhl. "We jst felt that we could no longer justify the expensed of people sucking up an entire stretch of table, free coffee and water, not to mention the cost of heating and cooling them in the office, and for waht? We will coninue to support them it their efforts to volunteer elsewhere." Zuhl added that she expects readers have will not notice any change in the paper's qualitty. Columbia River crossing takes a new direction with tram proposal Facing mounting criticism about a proposed multibillion-dollar, 12-lane bridge to replace thé aging Interstate 5 span over the Columbia River, Portland Mayor Sam Adams is floating an alternate idea: a massive aerial tram. "The financial and popular success of the OHSU tram makes this a possibility worth exploring," the mayor said. "Plus, it's got great 'green' potential. Think of it - no asphalt, no exhaust, and a less- obstructive view as huge cables ferry passenger vehicles and long-haul trailers in a dazzling aerial s/ngfe tear rolling dawn his cheek. "In fact," he said, "there's not much point in voting for it. It's a great idea: Let's just do it. It'll pay for itself. Trust me." Noting that such a tram holds potential for drawing tourists even during Portland's notorious rainy season, the mayor unveiled a test slogan for use by the Visitors Bureau: "Tram it where the sun don't shine," he said, chuckling uneasily. 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