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Renovations Expected To Reduce
Crime And Enhance Livability
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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
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4837 N.E. M.L. King Blvd.
Portland, Oregon 97211
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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
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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
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PORTLAND OBSERVER
Office: (503) 288-0033
Fax #: (503) 288-0015
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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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A Lifetyme Of Memories
Photography By Duane
2808 NE Martin Luther King Blvd
Portland, Oregon 97211
Duane Lewis, President
Call: 503/284-8268, orPager 833-8838
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now to every homeowner and
business owners. T h a t’s
business owner is just about as plain. Make tbe
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play...or in tbe case of saving energy...pay.
T\rte: September 2b, 1993
Openina ceremony: 2:00-2:30
tfouserour; 2:30-p. 00
Place: 914 X 6
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a terrifically popular program .
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financing improvements to tbe home...are an
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