Street roots., August 03, 2012, Page 6, Image 6

Street roots
Aug. 3 2012
Vendor
settles into
new home
The Dream
By Michone Nettles
Hands reaching out for acknowledgment
Food, perhaps.
The season is upon us that reflects
past and present.
I was lying in bed half asleep
when they came
I was taken out into space
and shown the whole thing
After death.
Not ready to go
For it’s just not time!
The dream so real, almost unbelievable
In real time.
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fter making his way across the
country — through Portland, Maine
and Colorado, living out for nearly
nine years, Jim Dienes has begun to find
some solitude here in downtown Portland.
The Street Roots vendor now has a place
to call home.
Jim spent four months in bed #31 at
Doreen’s Place at the Bud Clark Commons.
Jim spoke with the volunteers and
employees at Doreen’s Place and they were
able to get him another bed in the shelter
without the often months-long waiting
process.
From there, he began the process of
partnering with a caseworker and finding
permanent housing, qualifying for Social
Security insurance, filling out applications
and staying on waiting lists.
After three months of residing at
Transition Projects’ Doreen’s Place shelter,
Jim moved in to the Hamilton West
apartments in SW Portland in early July.
Transition Projects helped him with his
application fee, security deposit and
background check, and they are pro-rating
his rent for the next year. He just received
a furniture delivery from the Teen
Challenge program and with that, officially
feels moved in.
While Jim says that Transition Projects
made him do a lot of initial legwork to find
his own place, he is incredibly happy with
the experience he had with them. “I give
them 150 percent for all that they’ve
done.”
“I love that I’m inside,” Jim says, and,
with a chuckle, compares the size of his
studio apartment to, “about eight door
fronts.”
There is a community of friends that
lives in Hamilton West, many from his time
in the Transition Projects shelter. One
friend gave him a 19 inch color TV, and
another lets him borrow his can opener
from time to time.
The opening paragraphs on our
interview with Grace Potter (July 20)
incorrectly combined events. Grace Potter
performed in April 2011 with Kenny
Chesney. In December of 2010 she played
the VH1 Diva Salute the Troops benefit.
Also, this year she turned 29, not 30 as
previously reported.
Please report any errors to our managing
editor, Joanne Zuhl, at 503-228-5657, or
write to joanne@streetroots.org
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