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Page 14...’I he Portland Observer...October 7, 1992
NAMCO To Face City Council
by
E.T. OrroK,
S taff W riter
The National Association o f Mi
nority Contractors o f Oregon (NAMCO)
was granted an opportunity to speak
before the Portland City Council during
its October 30,1992 session. There was
no opposition to have the Minority Busi
ness Advocate Organization placed as
part of its regular agenda this coming
O ctober 14, 1992.
In a letter addressed to the council,
O.B. Hill, NAM COChairman, requested
that members be placed on the agenda to
discuss a number o f issues o f utmost
importance to Minority Business Enter
prises and to The African American
Community in general.
“The issues", Hill said, “are based
on decisions the council has made and
the negative im pact they are having
economically on small enterprise zone
based businesses.”
NAMCO has been highly critical o f
council decisions under M ayor Bud
C lark’s leadership. The m ayor and some
council members arc viewed as being
ignorant on issues dealing with con-
trading. Earlier this year the organiza
tion led a informational dem onstration at
the Holladay street im provement, Public
W orks Project, claim ing that the council
had allow ed an out of town contractor to
discrim inate against a local black con
tractor, H olefield Construction.
Amongst the topics to be discussed
by NAM CO members is the c ity ’s appli
cation to the Oregon Economic D evel
opm ent Departm ent to amend the bound
aries o f the north/northeasl Portland En
terprise Zone. This action was taken to
assist Pacific A ircraft m aintenance C or
poration (PAMCORP).
The city designated Economic D e
velopment A gency, The Portland D evel
opm ent Com m ission (PDC) used the
unemployment hardship criteria, which
em phasized jobs created in significant
numbers for N. E. Portland Enterprise
Zone Residents to convince the state to
approve the change in the boundaries.
W hat it also made possible was the clear
ing of obstacles to begin construction of
a 50 m illion dollar facility on Port o f
Portland property without any consider
ation or requirements for minority busi
ness participation.
The PAM CORP facility now under
construction will be a main focal point
of discussion. NAM CO contends that
efforts have been made to induce Howard
S. W right Construction Co., a Seattle
Firm, to work with its mem bership and
provide opportunities to enterprize zone
based contractors.
O ther items NAMCO members will
report on before the council are the
city’s first source hiring program , and
the status of two reports dealing with
providing assistance and equity in o p
portunity for African-American C on
tractors.
The council will be facing some
issues that few public officials w ant to
deal with, especially, tw o w eeks prior to
a major election. NAM CO representa
tives contend that a change in the coun
cil mem bership will probably mean a
change for the better for small busi
nesses.
We Salute
Minority
Business
Enterprises
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Attention MBEs:
Contact C-TRAN,
Clark County’s
Transit Agency
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For information on qualifying for Minority
Women-Owned Business Enterprise Con
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at (206) 696-4494 in Vancouver. Or write:
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Local Leaders to
Deliver Clothes
for Homeless
Kids to Portland
Shelter
A group of local leaders O ctober 7,
will help deliver a truckload of new and
used clothing for homeless children
that was donated recently by 5,000 area
residents.
The truck will arrive at 1:00p.m. at
the loading dock on the west side of the
Salvation Army warehouse at 1712 NE
Sandy Boulevard in Portland. Helping
to unload it will be City Com m issioner
Earl Blumenauer, Mark Anderson of
Babyland Diaper Service, Inc., and Mrs.
Major Bcltic Love of the Salvation
Army.
The clothing in the truck was col
lected in Septem ber by Babyland Dia
per Service from its 5,(XX) customers in
Oregon and W ashington, The truck
contains 30,(XX) items of clothing, six
times the original goal.
MBE/WBE
C-TRAN
P.O. Box 2529
Vancouver, WA 98668-2529
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