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m o re long drives to o u r s u b u rb a n sto re s.
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B u t w hat a b o u t n o n -C o s tc o c u sto m e rs?
W o u ld th e y c a re o n e way o r th e o th e r ? P ro h a h ly n o t.
I fn til th e y rea d th e foil o w in g .
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A NEW COSTCO =
LESS TRAFFIC?
S tr a n g e n u t tru e .
By e lim in a tin g th e trip s
th a t P o rtlan d b u sin e sse s
a n d fam ilies m u st now
m ak e to get to o u tly in g
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would a ttr a c t o th e r m ega reta ile rs. E v en tu ally , th ey fear, th is co u ld
force o ld er in d u stria l firm s o u t an d tu r n
th e area in to a c o m m e rc ia l zo n e.
We u n d e r s t a n d t h e i r c o n c e r n h u t
i t ’s ju s t n o t j u s t i f i e d . T o r o n e t h i n g ,
t h e r e a re no m ore s ite s w ith in t h is
c e n t r a l a re a b ig e n o u g h to h a n d le
a d d i t i o n a l la rg e r e t a il e r s lik e u s . ( We k n o w ,
w e ’ve s p e n t six y e a rs lo o k in g f o r o t h e r s .)
o card-carrying C o stco lovers, th e idea of a co n v en ien t
new sto re rig h t n e a r d o w n to w n P o rtla n d is p ro b ­
ably a slam d u n k . P o r th o u s a n d s , i t ’d m ean no
WHY A DOWNTOWN COSTCO
SHOULD MAKE SENSE
TO YOU EVEN IF YOU NEVER
SHOP AT COSTCO.
C o stc o s, over 6 0 0 ,0 0 0
m iles of driv in g w ould be
saved each mon t h . r h a t ’s
a lo t o f tra ffic , a lo t o f
a ir p o llu tio n .
S o does th a t m ea n
loads of new c o n g e stio n
in an d a ro u n d th e new
N W sto re lo c a tio n ?
A c tu a ll y, no. S u re , th e re
w ould he som e in crease
in traffic h u t extensive
stu d ies d one by th e n a tio n a lly respected traffic e n g in e erin g firm of
K itte lso n & A ssociates show i t ’d only a ttra c t a b o u t 2 3 0 cars an h o u r
in to C o stco , o r ju st 3 .8 p e r m in u te . A n d t h a t ’s at peak tim es.
(W h ic h , as an y C o stc o sh o p p e r know s, is in th e a fte r n o o n o r w eek­
e n d s, sin ce we d o n t even o pen til
10 a .m . S o we wou ld n ’t add to th e N s
• Helps nearly 100 local companies who supply Costco
THE CITY COUNCIL WILL
DECIDE ON APRIL 19.
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• Saves/Restores historic U.S. Steel warehouse
• City and State agree road system can safely handle traffic
• Majority of businesses and residents support it
| • Only practical site available in city. If not here, where?
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d red firm s lo c a te d in th is in d u s tr ia l are a, o n ly a sm all n u m b e r
hav e g o n e o n rec o rd as o b je c tin g . C le a r ly, th e m a jo rity feel th e
p lu ses o u tw e ig h a n y n e g a tiv e s. 2 8 0 firm s (in c lu d in g Ja m e s R iv er
ON THE SUBJECT OF DOLLARS.
Paper, L in c o ln & A lle n B in d e ry a n d B in g h a m C o n s tr u c tio n )
h av e alre ad y re g iste re d th e ir s u p p o rt. B u t it s a la n d u se issu e so,
if y o u ’re n o t a C o stc o shopper, you m ay figure C o stc o c a n ’t
in th e en d , th e o n ly d e c isio n m a k e rs w ho c o u n t a re th e five C ity
save you an y m oney. You ’d h e ri g h t. B u t as a P o rtla n d er, you m ig h t
C o u n c il m e m b e rs. W h ic h is w here y o u c o m e in .
he in te re s te d to know th a t a new C o stc o w areh o u se w ould p u m p
lo ts o f do llars hack in to th e area.
If you agree th a t a C o stco n e a r th e core o f P o rtlan d m akes sense,
even if y o u ’re n o t c u rre n tly a C o stco m em ber, we’d sure ap p reciate
P irst, w ith over 1 / 5 new well paying, in n er-c ity jobs, hired
y o u r help. L et y o u r feelings he know n ( 7 ,2 0 0 already have). C all. O r
th ro u g h P o rtla n d ’s innovative Jo h N e t p rogram . A n d , because C o stco
w illb e renovating tile h isto ric U .S . S te el w arehouse, we ll e arn som e
w rite a letter, if you re n o t q u ite th a t m o tiv ated , at least c u t o u t th is
$ 1 .9 m illion in property tax a b a te m e n ts over th e next 15 y e ars./ \llo f
n o te a n d se n d o r fax it to th e m .
udiich we intend to give bach to the local com m unity.
W ith well o v e r 5 0 , 0 0 0
c u r r e n t C o s tc o s h o p -
T h e re a re also so m e 1 0 0 P o rtla n d sm all
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b u sin e sse s t h a t sell to C o stc o . T h e y ’ll sh a re
p e rs in th e c e n tr a l
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in th e su ccess o f e x p an d e d sales a t th e new
P o r tla n d a re a , i t ’s
w a reh o u se.
su c h a w aste h av in g
A n d , w hile i t ’s n o t widely k n o w n ,
th e m d riv e o u t to
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th e su b u rb s a n d
C o stc o a n d its em ployees are stro n g
su p p o rte rs of ch ild ren a n d e d u c a tio n a l
b a ck . Iro n ic a lly ,
t h e m a j o r it y o f o u r c u s t o m e r s a re
pro g ram s. P ike T h e M au rice L ucas S p o rts
In v ita tio n a l, D o e rn b e c h e r C h ild r e n ’s H o s­
sm a 11 h u s in e s s e s a n d th e m a j o r it y o f th o s e a re lo c a te d in o r
n e a r th e c e n tra l city. W h e re t h e r e ’s still n o C o s tc o to serv e th e m .
pital, S e lf E n h a n c e m e n t Inc. a n d C ities in
S ch o o ls. You n e e d n ’t shop at C o stc o to a p p reciate th a t.
N a tu ra lly , we expect to p ro sp e r fro m th e d o w n to w n sto re to o .
T h a t ’ s why we w a n t to
SO WHY THIS AD?
I-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------1 lo c a te th e r e . I t ’s good
b u s in e s s . B u t, in th e
W ith so m uch going
DEAR HONORABLE CITY COMMISSIONER:
process, it 11 also b e n e fit
for a new C ostco, how
P le a s e v o te in fa v o r o f a n e w C o s tc o s to re fo r P o r tl a n d ’s C e n tr a l C ity . I enthusiastically
support C o stco and believe it woidd benefit tb e m ajority of Portland businesses and re s id e n ts .
o ts o f o th e r b u sin e sse s,
could anybody he ag ain st
v e n d o rs a n d fa m ilie s in
it? Well, if you h a v en ’t
W h a t ’s m o r e ,_____________________________ _____________________________________________
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a n d a ro u n t 1 P o rtl a n d .
heard, th ere are som e who
A ltogether, i t ’s so m e­
worry th a t a C ostco on th is
th in g we tl h a te to see a
site —even th o u g h it s at
Sincerely,
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relativ ely sm all n u m b e r
th e very edge of th e N W
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o f d e tra c to rs sq u a sh .
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m o rn in g weekday traffic c ru n c h .) CO5TCO>
T h e o th e r good news is th e
ideal lo c a tio n at N W Yeon and
N ic o la i, sm ack at th e base of a n
u n d erutilized p o rtio n of th e 1-405 free­
way. Iraffic could be easily a n d safely
accommodated; an o p in io n th a t b oth th e
P ortland B ureau of Tralfic M an ag e m en t
an d O re g o n D ept. of T ran sp o rta tio n share.
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T ru th is, O D O T says a fte r C o stco is th ro u g h
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m a k in g $ 1 m illio n in im p ro v e m e n ts o n Y eon, it ’ll a c tu a lly w ind
u p im p ro v in g tra ffic flow a n d sa fety.
A n d co n sid er S e a ttle and S a n Jose. W e’ve o p en ed sto re s in b o th
cities, in very sim ilar in d u stria l d istricts. N o t o n e large reta ile r has
followed. S till, a f ew in d u stria l landow ners an d som e well m ea n in g
resid en ts in N W n eig h b o rh o o d s (who a re n ’t aw are o f o r d o n ’t believe
sta te a n d city traffic appraisals) are ra th e r a d a m a n tly a g ain st a new
cen tral city C o stco .
WHY A PORTLAND COSTCO MAKES SENSE-
if th ere were o th e r
THE CONDENSED VERSION:
efficient lo catio n s conve­
• Brings 175 good inner-city jobs and new revenues to Portland
n ien t to P ortland we’d
• Cost savings for 50,000+ city residents & small businesses
sure pursue th em . T h ere
• Eliminates 600,000+ miles of traffic monthly
just a re n ’t. S o it all com es
• Traffic impact less than feared (actually makes NW Yeon safer)
• No Govt, subsidies (in fact, returns $1.9 million to community)
down to five votes.
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