f V "• A* VW>-s > -» r e ♦< t' • ’•<> e* 4 W ♦*♦>*♦*•>* r» /•<< <♦>•«% « •*■*-*• •*"« P age B 5 1HE PORTLAND O BSERV ER • SEPTEM BER 1 5 , 1 9 9 3 J ¿4 . J |2 f "K j . i l W ■ ' % k j « <*»■■•<. • I W $ a r Uatth (©bserüer Ô HARDEN’S Renovations Expected To Reduce Crime And Enhance Livability Ô INTERIORS SPECIALTIES At the corner of NE Cully Blvd and Emerson Street, there was a ground breaking ceremony and news conference that kicked off the renova tions of four apartm ents in the Cully N eighborhood, w hich have been plagued with drug dealing and other street related crimes. The apartm ent buildings, the Galaxy A partm ents w hich has 108 units; the Townhouse Manor Apartments with 27 units; the Cully Apartments with 18 units and the W endorf A partm ents w ith 25 units, w ill also undergo a name change and will be known as the Villa de Clara Vista Apartments. The four apartment complexes are located close to one another, in the area ofN E Cully Blvd and Killingsworth Street. The theme for this news conference was Human Investment, Decent Housing & Good Education, Create a Better Residential • Commercial • Group Homes Floor Covering William Harden 4837 N.E. M.L. King Blvd. Portland, Oregon 97211 503/284-1324 NAMCO Ô Ô lad’s heating 011 oils 5a Best Cash Prices Speedy Service Friendly Call for Quctel 104 NE Russell Portland, OR 97212 282-5111 h i a . M . i v / i v i d ik u i u ii a oÜRBESt S A L E O f , ® Community for a Better Future. The properties will be renovated with proceeds from a $2.5 million Rental Rehabilitation Loan from the Portland Development Commission, with additional funding provided by the Federal Home Loan Bank and Multnomah County ’s Weatherization Program and the Pacific Power W ash ington Program. In addition, the State o f Oregon Housing and Community Services D epartm ent provided a $100,000 H ousing D evelopm ent Grant and a $2.9 million allocation of low income housing tax credits. The tax credit allocation, will enable Ha cienda to expand the scope o f the project to include a Head Start build ing and a social and health services facility. On July 1, 1993, the Hacienda Community Development Corpora -1 St Michael’s Lutheran Pre-School AIR CONDITIONED COMFORT ■ » ■ a B S i-s a s s S -g Top r.ralnieatnersota^ NE Christian Pre-School Has Openings For Youngsters 3 and 4 years old 9 to 11:30 AM NE 29th and Dekum EXCEPTIONAL VALUE! Beautifully tailored in fancy fabrics. Lifetime quality s495 Sofa & Loveseat! Sac.?* L 1^1 jR tion, a Hispanic operated non-profit organization, assumed control o f the long-troubled apartments and on July 7, they entered into a community policing partnership agreement, with the Cully Association of Neighbor hoods, aim ed at reducing crim e throughout the neighborhood The dev elopment plan, which is similar to those at the Columbia Villa, Iris Court and Rose City Village Apart ments, calls for bringing in a variety of se n ices, many sponsored by M ult nomah County, to include an employ ment resource center, health services, housing assistance and educational assistance programs The plan also provides for the position of a Hispanic issues counselor to prov ide assistance to tenants, o f which over 50% are Spanish speaking, who will assist with problems due to cultural differ Notice Of Available Funding: Washington County HOME Program The W ashington County Depart ment of Housing Serv ices (DHS) an nounces the availability of $348,400 inFY 1992 HOME program funds for the construction , acquisition, and rehabilitation o f affordable rental housing and for programs to assist low-income first-time homebuyers in W ashington County. Public agencies, nonprofit organizations, and for-profit entities are eligible to apply for W ash ington County HOME assistance, which will be made available to se lected project sponsors in the form of Call: 282-0000 r T PORTLAND OBSERVER Office: (503) 288-0033 Fax #: (503) 288-0015 .. ences. “We are pleased to have been part o f the community policing agree ment and grateful for the support we have received from M u ltn o m ah County, the City of Portland and the community,” said Baltazar F. Ortiz, president of Hacienda Community Development Corporation. “T here has been a great amount of work by many people that has helped our group gain control of the properties so that we can join with others to combat crime in this neighborhood. Although equal access to housing and hum an resources are important, equal access to quality education is another vital element in order to reduce the crim i nal activity in Portland. Hispanic stu dents have the highest dropout rate in this state (15%) and the highest drop out rate in Portland (20%), “ said Ortiz. deferred-payment, low-interest loans. O rganizations interested in a p plying for H O M E funds m u st su b m it a preapplication to D H S no later than Friday, O ctober 15,1993, in order to be considered for fu n d ing. T o o b tain app licatio n m a te ri als and other H O M E S pro g ram inform ation, co n tact T odd A dkins a t (5 0 3 ) 6 9 3 -4 7 7 7 o r w rite to: W ashington C ounty D epartm ent o f H ousing Services, 111 N .E . L in coln S treet, #200-L , H illsboro, O R 97124. 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