S eptember 28, 1994 • T he P ortland O bserver
P age C 12
NTERPRiSE D evelopment
INORITY
Julia s, The Ultimate
Collection
Julia’s is all about hand-crafted,
beautiful and unique gilts. And the
unusual and well-priced are this
store’s specialty.
Julia Gail Pollock has been in
business seven years at 1016 S.W.
Morrison in Downtown Portland.
She owned her own antique busi
ness for 13 years before opening up
her own store.
Julia makes every effort to make
her store a positive experience for
shoppers and those w ho just want to
browse.
'“Come in and enjoy yourself,
she said. “I try to make it like a
home?'
Many of her arts and crafts rep
resent ethnic cultures from all over
the world. Everything from Chinese
porcelain tojewelry to Peruvian icons
on canvas
“I’m doing this isout of love, it’s
just fun,” she said.
There’s only one Julia’s, it s a
Trade Career
Classes Open
Many Oregon Tradeswomen
Network members got their start in
the trades through B-FIT (Building
Futures in Industry and Trades).
This is a pre-apprenticeship
training program for women who
want to have careers in the building
and construction trades.
The six-month program provides
hands-on experience in many basic-
skills, as well as trade math, job
search and interviewing skills.
Classes are held at the Rock
Creek Campus of Portland Commu
nity College.
Fall term classes started Sept.
19. Some scholarships are available.
Call 244-6 111, extension 7432,
if you have any questions or to sched
ule an information session. As the B-
FIT motto says, “We can do it!”
Julia Gail Pollock
store w ith individual touches, a wel
come departure from chain stores.
"I look for things that are inter
esting and if it makes me smile I
know it’s right for the store,” she
said.
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Greg Farmer, U S. Department
of Commerce under Secretary for the
U S. Travel and Tourism Agency
meets with Roy Jay of Portland, Or
egon to voice his support for more
minority economic empowerment in
the multi billion dollar convention
and tourism industry.
“1 am very impressed with cities
such as Portland and New Orleans
which has established separate fund
ing for minority marketing efforts",
said Farmer.
Farmer, a Clinton administra
tion appointee was a speaker at the
African American Travel and Tour
ism Association convention held in
New Orleans in September. Jay, a
native Oregonian, heads the Oregon
Convention and Visitor Services
Network, was recently elected na
tional vice president of ATTA.
Over 600 attended the event
including mayors, government offi
cials, representatives from conven
tion and visitor bureaus, hotels, air
lines and other tourism related in-
Greg Farmer (left) meets with Roy Jay of Portland
dustries. Black conventions and tour
ism represent nearly $30 billion an
nually and growing, according to
industry experts.
Oregon convention and Visitor
Services, a minority owned firm, is
contracted by MERC/METRO to
enhance minority convention and
tourism marketing efforts in conjunc
tion with the Portland Oregon Visi
tors Association and various Port
land area hotels.
Commercial Broadcast Ownership
The percentage of commercial
broadcast stations owned by minori
ties rose in 1994 - but only to a
slightly higher level than it was in
1992, according to the National Tele
communication and Information
Administration’s (NTIA) Minority
Telecommunications Development
Program survey, 1994 Analysis and
Compilation by State of Minority-
Owned Commercial Broadcast Sta
tions. The annual survey, shows that
while the percentage of stations
owned by minorities increased by -
- .2% from 2.7 % in 1993 to 2.9% in
1994 - that slight increase repre
sents only a .1% increase over the
J 992 level of 2.8%.
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The total number of commercial
broadcast stations owned by African
Americans declined by 7, from 200
stations in 1993 to 193 stations in
1994. An increase in Hispanic own
ership of stations from 94 in 1993 to
120 in 1994 accounted for most of
the .2% overall gain. Asian-Ameri
can ownership increased by 2 sta
tions, from 3 in 1993 to 5 in 1994.
Native American ownership re
mained steady at 5 stations, the same
level it has been since 1992.
"While the modest increase re
flected in this year's survey is good
news, it is troubling that minority
ownership of broadcast stations has
not increased significantly during the
last decade,” said Larry Irving, assis
tant secretary for Communications
and Information and NTIA Admin
istrator. “This trend continues de-
spite the fact that minorities now
comprise more than 24 percent of the
U.S. population and are becoming an
increasingly significant part ot the
nation’s demographic and economic
profile.”
“As we continue to deploy a
national information infrastructure
(Nil) we must also seek to ensure
equal opportunity at the most funda
mental levels of the nation's infor
mation superhighways, including
broadcast station ownership,” Mr.
Irving said.
NTIA will continue to monitor
and review minority ownership to
determine what regulatory and eco-
, nomic reforms may be appropriate to
help increase levels of minority own
ership.
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Clinton Administration Official Impressed
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Convention And Tourism Marketing
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FAX 288-4521
Phone (503) 231-0313
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