J u n e 15, 1 98 8 , P o r tla n d O b s e r v e r , P a g e 7
Institute Honors Leaders
larence O. Smith, president.
In addition to four days of panel
Essence Communications
sessions and executive presenta­
(ECI), and Vernon Jarrett, column­ tions, the conference will pay
ist, Chicago Sun Times are among
trib u te to special in d u stry
a prestigious group of industry
achievements during its Awards
leaders to receive special awards
Luncheon Monday, June 27,1988.
at the American Health and Beau­
Awards will be presented in
ty Aids Institute (AHBAI) Sixth
seven categories. Recipients
Annual Mid-Year Conference.
have been selected based on
their significant contributions to
the ethnic HBA industry, which
reports an estimated $2.7 billion
in sales.
The “ Proud Lady" award,
AHBAI's highest honor, will be
presented to both Essence Com­
munications Inc., and newspaper
columnist Vernon Jarrett.
ECI is a privately-owned firm
with publishing, television and
direct marketing interests tar­
geted to today's Black women. Its
m onthly publication, Essence,
boasts a readership of over 3 mil­
lion and its weekly halfhour tele­
vision program is now seen on 67
network affiliate and independent
stations nationwide.
C
Vernon Jarrett is widely con­
sidered one of the country’s
formest newspaper columnists
and television commentators on
race relations, politics and urban
affairs. He is a columnist for the
Chicago Sun-Times and is a
twice-weekly political commen­
tator on the afternoon news for
WLS-TV, an ABC-owned televi­
sion station in Chicago. Jarrett
also is the producer and host for
the WLS-TV weekly program
Vernon
Jarrett — Face
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Other AHBAI Awards will be
presented in the following cate­
gories: Associate Member of the
Year, Distributor of the Year,
Beauty & Barber Supplier of the
Year, Retailer of the Year, Beauty
School of the Year, and Com­
municator of the Year.
PORTLAND OBSERVER
"The Eyes and Ears of the Com m unity"
2 8 8 -0 0 3 3
Vernon Jarrett
Koch Proposes
‘Enterprise Zone’
City Commissioner Bob Koch,
supported by Commissioner Mike
Lindberg, successfully amended
the newly updated, city Economic
Development Policy earlier this
month. The amendment requires
that all city bureaus including the
Portland Development Commis­
sion (PDC) prioritize the N/NE
Enterprise Zone area for revitaliza­
tion and economic development
projects. Koch, who lives in Sabin
neighborhood in NE Portland,
said during his election campaign
he would work for the revitaliza­
tion of North/Northeast Portland.
In an interview, Koch stated that
his work in this area has been r
ongoing.
To qualify for zone designation
cities must meet certain criteria.
Some criteria for zone resident in­
clude: (1) per capita income must
be 80 percent of the per capita in­
come of the state, (2) persons hav­
ing incomes below the poverty
level is at least twice as great as
those persons having incomes
below the poverty level for the
state, or (3) the unemployment
rate is at least twice as great as
the unemployment rate of the
state. (Senate Bill 545) The Port­
land Enterprize Zone is charact­
erized by having: (1) the highest
concentrated crime rate in the ci­
ty, (2) the highest unemployment
rate in the city, and (3) almost half
(43.7%) of all vacant and boarded-
up housing in the entire city is in
this area that contains only a fifth
(19.3%) of the city’s housing. The
focus of Commissioner Koch's
plan is the revitalization of the
Enterprise Zone, and the plan's
concept is to allow an elected of­
ficial to assume a lead role and
lead responsibility to ensure the
coordination and allocation of
public and private resources.
Commissioner Koch’s plan dif­
fers from other plan’s by calling
for a lead commissioner and by
the major role the community will
play. The community’s role, said
Koch, is to provide the "vision"
for the plan. “ The vision from the
community is critical to the suc­
cess of the plan,” said Koch.
Koch’s proposed Enterprise Zone
development plan allows all in­
terested residents, community
and neighborhood associations,
business, religious and civic orga­
nizations the chance to work to­
gether to define the type of en­
vironment they want to have for
their community. The plan has
been given to political, business,
religious and community leaders.
“ We in city hall can help to devel­
op a vision for the community but
the community must define that
vision” said Koch. He said that he
w ill m eet w ith c o m m u n ity
organizations to explain and dis­
cuss the proposal. To receive a
copy of the plan call 248-4151 or
write Bob Koch, City Hall 1220
S.W. 5th Ave., Portland, Oregon
97204.
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