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The “Standard Dairy” Project
REVIEW
Blazers Pass On
Corporate Name
The Portland Trail Blazers have de­
cided not to add a corporate name to its
new Rose Garden Arena, scheduled to
open in October. National ly, the going rate
for arena sponsorships is $ I m illionayear.
“ It just didn’t seem like the right thing to
do,” said Marshall Glickman. chief execu­
tive o f the Blazers.
Reno Puts Blame
On Koresh
Attorney General Janet Reno was the
last to testify at the Waco hearings last week,
tellingacongressional committee that blame
for the deaths o f more than 80 members o f |
the Branch Davidians rested solely with
their leader, David Koresh. “ He chose death
for the men and women who had entrusted
their lives to him. And he, David Koresh,
chose death for the innocent children o f |
Waco,” Reno testified.
Architectual sketch of the proposed “Standard Dairy Project". A view from NE Martin
Luther King, Jr. Boulevard looking northeast. A mixed use project, including
housing, restuarants, shops, and loft space.
NRA Membership
Plunges
The National Rifle Association lost
more than 10 percent o f its members this
year, roughly 300,000 people. The decline
follows attention the organization has re­
ceived from support o f assault rifles to its
fund-raising letter that called federal law
enforcement agents “jack-booted govern­
ment thugs.” Former President Bush can­
celed his NR A membership over the letter.
Democrats Report
Record Support
The Democratic National Committee
reports it has set a record in fundraising,
i with $20 million in contributions during
the first half o f the year, more money than
in any non-election year. Party Chairper­
son Don Fowler said the donations reflect
strong grassroots oppos ition to the Repub-
| lican congressional agenda.
Packwood
Hearings Closed
eveloper Bill Reed of WCR Co.
area.
has announced am bitious
The Standard Dairy was built more than
plans for the redevelopment
60 years ago and for many years provided
of the Standard Dairy site on Northeast
home milk delivery throughout north and
Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. between
northeast Portland. The two-acre site includes
Stanton and Graham.
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The new “ Standard D airy," scheduled
for completion in 1996, w ill include an inno­
vative mix o f shops, restaurants, offices, lofts
and apartments. The new commercial busi­
ness w ill help reinvigorate this section o f
M L K , while the apartments w ill bring high
quality, affordable new rental housing to the
an Art Deco “Creamery Building” on the
south side, to which Reed plans to add two
floors o f housing while raising the roof on the
adjoining warehouse building to convert it to
lofts. Reed will also build new two-story
townhouse apartments on Graham and
Stanton St., scaled to fit in with the neighbor­
hood.
The focal point of the Standard Dairy
will be a new pedestrian plaza on the corner
ofGraham St., which will provide a place for
outdoor dining on King Blvd. and street-
level entries for new shops and restaurants.
Inside, the ground floor plan revolves around
a dramatic, two-story high atrium restaurant
space, lit from above by skylights. Retail,
restaurant and office space in the totals more
than 10,000 square feet. The buildings will
have a numberofterrace and balconies which
will bring a sense o f greenery to the area.
The project includes a total of67 units of
housing ranging from affordable studio apart­
ments accessible by elevator, up to large,
two-story “rooftop townhouses" that will have
commanding views o f the downtown skyline
13 lofts in the project will provide resi­
dents with an opportunity to live and work in
the same units.
The Standard Dairy site is one o f the
largest sites on M L K under single ownership,
making it one of the first and easiest to be
redeveloped. Reed has arranged for 80 per-
Rider Advocates Call
911 To Save A Life
T
wo area residents, employed as rider advocates
on Tri Met buses, are being honored for their role
in saving the life of a northeast Portland woman.
Robert Coleman o f the Woodlawn neighborhood and David
Young o f the Piedmont neighborhood were presented Humanitar­
ian Awards last week from the Northeast Coalition o f Neighbor­
hoods.
Republicans on the Senate ethics com-
I mittee voted last week not to hold public
hearings into the misconduct allegations
against Sen. Bob Packwood, but they
agreed to release all relevant evidence
gathered during the two and a half year
| investigation.
Coleman and Young were on a Tri-M et bus along the down­
town Portland I ransit M all when they observed a group o f people
gathered around Patricia Ann W ells in a bus shelter. They imme­
diately got off the bus and determined that W ells was having a
medical emergency.
Using their radio communication devices, they contacted Tri-
Met dispatchers who summoned medical assistance via 9 1 1.
"W e commend Robert and David for their quick thinking and
Bomb Called
rapid response that helped save a life,” said Ben Priestley, execu­
tive director o f the Northeast Coalition o f Neighborhoods. “ This
“A Terrible Thing”
effort
illustrates Rider Advocates’s important role on Tri-M et and
“ The use o f atomic weapons on
in
the
community.”
I Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a terrible thing I
Rider Advocates, who live in 13 coalition neighborhoods o f
to do,” says Aaron Novick, a retired profes­
north
and northeast Portland, offer personalized customer service
sor at the University o f Oregon. As a young
and
address
safety concerns for Tri-Met passengers.
scientist, Novick participated in the Man­
The
advocates
were created last year after a series o f violent
hattan Project, the super-secret research ef-
episodes
on
area
buses.
1 fort that led to the creation o f the atomic
I bomb. “ I ’d rather they had first given the
| Japanese a chance to surrender,” he said.
Women Wage Assault On Alcohol Abuse
Portland Leads
In Recycling
refuse in 1994. Officials have set a goal to
reach 50 percent recycling by the end o f |
| the decade. In July, the city began collect­
ing plastic screw-top bottles in its curbside­
recycling program.
EDITORIAL
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rug and alcohol abuse by
B rid g es said Im ani has p revio usly
women continue to be the
worked to “ address c ritic a l needs o f
single-most damaging con­
women in reco very,” but has suffered
tributor to the econom ic, family,
recent budget reductions and staff chang­
medical and spiritual ill-health of
Portland’s African-American com­
Im a n i, w h ich m eans “ fa it h ” in
munity, according to Carol Bridges of
S w a h ili, was founded in 1990 to provide
the Imani Women's Support Project.
c u lt u r a lly - re le v a n t and co m m u n ity-
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Port landers are recyc I i ng, near ly twice
I as much refuse, by weight, as their counter­
parts across the nation. A Metro regional
government survey shows the Portland tri-
| county region recycled 41 percent o f its
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celebrated bV a host ° f endearing fans, including Dr. Walter
Reynolds (center), and h,s fnends Nick and Tom (to his left and right).
es.
B rid g e s,th e c h a iro fth e Im ani board,
announced M onday a re-directio n o f the
g ro u p ’ s role to drug prevention among
low -incom e women.
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based support and services to women
and their children in inner norih and
northeast Portland.
E a rlie r this year, Shafia M onroe,
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resigned as executive director o f Im ani,
but she continues to pursue grants for
the organization, B ridg es said
“ We are all sorry to see Shafia step
dow n,” B ridges said. “ She almost sin ­
gle-handedly grew this org an izatio n .”
B ridges said the board decided to
focus its resources on substance abuse,
after conducting a com prehensive as­
sessment and s e lf exam ination this sum ­
mer
With support from the B lack Untied
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Fund and several com m unity leaders,
Im ani hired a management consultant
and is conducting strategic planning with
current and former board members and
other group representatives.
“ O ur direction, strategy and tactics
w ill be in place by early Septem ber,”
B ridg es said.
Area residents interested in p a rtic i­
pating with the planning effort are asked
to contact the Im ani W om en's Support
Project, Inc. at 284-3965.
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