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Brown
calls special
session on
evictions
State lawmakers hope
to protect renters
By PETER WONG
Oregon Capital Bureau
Photos by Emily Lindblom/For The Astorian
Cargo is located on the corner of 11th Street and Marine Drive downtown.
A new look on 1 th Street downtown
Cargo, Imogen Gallery expand
By ETHAN MYERS
The Astorian
shift of two businesses downtown will off er both the
chance to operate with more space.
Cargo, which off ers crafts from all over the world,
moved across 11th Street into the empty space where
Bikes and Beyond was located. Imogen Gallery will
expand into Cargo’s old spot.
Cargo’s owners had wanted a larger store like their
other location in Portland, said Jim Defeo, the owner of
Astoria Coff eehouse and Bistro, which is just next door.
Defeo has collaborated with Cargo’s owners over the
years and helped persuade them to move across the street .
Cargo put an extensive amount of work to the inside
and outside of the building, and opened a few weeks ago.
Teri Sund, the owner of Imogen Gallery, said she had
considered an expansion for several years now.
The contemporary art gallery, which has been open for
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nearly a decade, will have about double the amount of
available space with the expansion .
“I have a lot of artists I work with that like to paint
large … Given that it’s a small space, I’ve always had
these restrictions,” Sund said. “I still like to hang the big
canvases, but they take up a lot of room, obviously, and
they need space to be able to be viewed appropriately.
“So I am looking at this opportunity to give better
viewing space to the artists that I’ve been working with
on a long-term basis.”
Defeo once off ered Sund the chance to have a pop-up
gallery in the location that is now Carruthers Restau-
rant. The opportunity for a more spacious exhibit opened
Sund’s eyes to what an expansion could off er.
“It was so amazing to have that kind of space, which
has big walls, high ceilings,” she said. “So I’ve always
wanted to have that — it’s more of a museum kind
of experience. That’s my hope and goal for this new
addition.”
As work is being done to the new section, Sund hopes
it will be completed in time for the Second Saturday Art
W alk in December.
Gov. Kate Brown has called a special
session of the state Legislature to extend
temporary protections against eviction for
tenants awaiting rental assistance during
the coronavirus pandemic.
The governor also said she wants law-
makers at the Dec. 13 session to approve
up to $190 million to replenish rental assis-
tance, until more federal money comes in,
and to help tenants make the transition
once that rental assistance ends next year.
More than 10,000 households have
passed the 60-day grace period that law-
makers set during the 2021 session to pre-
vent evictions if they have applied for
rental assistance. The “safe harbor” was
set at 90 days by action of boards in Mult-
nomah and Washington counties and the
Beaverton City Council.
The Oregon Department of Housing
and Community Services will stop accept-
ing new applications for rental assistance
at the end of the day on Wednesday . The
agency announced weeks ago that pend-
ing applications — an estimated 20,000
await review — would exhaust Oregon’s
$289 million allocation from the U.S.
Treasury for assistance. The department
has paid applications for about 22,000
households with the help of extra staff ,
an outside vendor and community action
agencies in counties.
Lawmakers set aside $200 million in
state funds for rental assistance during a
special session nearly one year ago. But all
See Special session, Page A3
Bonamici
forum puts
spotlight on
apprenticeships
Drive to get women
in high-skilled jobs
By PETER WONG
Oregon Capital Bureau
As the executive director of Ore-
gon Tradeswomen, Kelly Kupcak wants
to see other women — and people of
color — have the same opportunities for
apprenticeships that helped her raise two
sons as a heavy equipment operator.
She began with the International
Union of Operating Engineers in Ohio.
Her advocacy for women in such high-
skilled, high-paying jobs led her to her
job in Portland in 2017. Together with Pat
Daniels, who runs the Constructing Hope
pre apprenticeship program, she wants to
open the way for more people like her.
“I am living proof of what pre appren-
ticeship and registered apprenticeships
can do,” Kupcak said at an online forum
in November organized by U.S. Rep.
Suzanne Bonamici.
Cargo sells ornaments and other decorations.
See Forum, Page A3
A campaign for a roadside landmark
Jo’s Country Market
burned in October
By ABBEY McDONALD
The Astorian
CLATSKANIE — Jo’s Country
Market stood on a roadside for nearly
40 years, selling fruit and vegetables.
Yvonne Krause , then her chil-
dren , grew up with the little
wooden stand under a tin roof. She
worked there for three decades and
loved the sense of community the
market created.
She collaborated with local
farmers to bring in produce and
honey and took long drives to
meet with them. She eventually
bought the stand , and is still mak-
ing payments.
In October, she could only
watch as it all burned to the ground.
“It wasn’t just the building
itself, it was all the memories. I’ve
worked there longer than I hav-
en’t,” Krause said.
The stand, made from a
reclaimed barn, was well loved by
locals. The market partnered with
local farmers to bring in treats like
the iconic Hermiston melons, and
has been a part of the Astoria Sun-
day Market for around 20 years.
Now, the community is coming
together to raise money to rebuild
it.
See Landmark, Page A2
Yvonne Krause hopes to revive Jo’s Country Market.