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- r ¿ ; r. * m o KHMN3MMK 4X» 3H i;r<KBilS < T he P ortland O bserver » J anuary 10, 1996 P age A3 (Elfc Jarlian i» (Dbseruer Meyer Memorial Rust Awards $100,000 Grant To Host Development The trustees o f the Meyer Memo rial Trust have awarded a $100,000 grant to HOST Development, Inc., according to HOST Executive Di rector Howard Nolte. Since its found ing in 1989. HOST (Home Owner ship a Street at a Time), a private, nonprofit corporation, has built and delivered 36 homes to Portland’s low-and moderate-income families. HOST will utilize the Meyer Me morial Trust grant toward its work to improve people’s lives and neigh borhoods by providing families a chance to achieve the great Ameri can Dream o f home ownership. HOST currently has twenty homes underway in the Woodlawn neigh borhood. Construction on a separate subdivision creating an additional fifteen affordable homes is planned for the same time period in the Ports mouth neighborhood. Additional funding for the projects will be pro vided by Portland area banks. “Rising home prices in Portland have created a crisis in the affordable housing market,” Nolte said "We are trying to build and deliver as many homes as possible while this closing windowofopportunity is still open. The Trust’s award is a wonder ful beginning to our goal o f raising $ 3 .1 million for our newest develop- ment sites in North and Northeast Portland ” “ W'e look upon this grant as a mutual investment on the part o f HOST Development and the Trust, and we urge (HOST) to think o f us as (its) partner in this venture,” said Charles S. Rooks, Executive Direc tor of the Meyer Memorial Trust. Meyer Memorial Trust was estab lished in 1978 through the bequest o f retail store proprietor Fred G. Meyer. With current assets o f more than $300 million, the Trust is the largest foundation in the Northwest. The Trust itself is not affiliated with Fred Meyer, Inc. Computers Used To Create Housing Plans If you learn it, you will use it I hat s the case for home designers and builders, who are turning to the computer for assistance in creating housing plans. Some firms are using computer- aided design programs and are doing most o f their residential building plans on the screen. “Our office is 100 percent com puterized,” said Rob Padgett o f Cameron and Associates, residential designers. One o f the results has been downsizing the staff and still main taining the same level o f output. Padgett says the biggest advan tage is the time it saves. “It eliminates dimensional mis takes and math errors,” he said, “and it allows us to perform square-foot- age calculations that are more accu rate.” Often, aclient will decidehe wants to make a room a foot longer, add a porch or make other revisions to the existing plan, Padgett noted. The computermakes the changes quickly and easily, and a set o f blueprints is just the push o f a button away. Padgett uses the Data CAD pro gram for his work. Two o f his de signs were used in the Street o f Dreams home show last year. “We do work for approximately 200 builders, including two produc tion builders, Peachtree Residential Properties and Sharp Properties,” he said. Michael W. Garrell, owner and residential designer with Garrell As- sociates, says the majority o f his com pany’s work has been transferred from a draftsman’s table to the com puter screen. “Our projects range from little pool houses to large custom homes from $500,000 to $ I million. Build ers like it because it’s easier and cleaner to change," he said. “About two-th irds ofour designers and drafts men use the Auto CAD program.” Greg Marquis, owner o f Greg Marquis and Associates, a design firm, is using the program for draft ing house plans, too. He has spent hours learning the program Padgett as a frequent consultant. While the computer is the new draftsman’s tool, Marquis said, “ it’s only as good as the data you put in it.” Affordable Housing: By Design Or By Defaulf? m l ) l NCAN W vNDHAM N ECD C, a no n -p ro fit housing developm ent co rp o ratio n , d e v e l ops affo rd ab le housing that c o n forms with the dom inant a rc h i tectural styles in the N orth N orth east P ortland com m unity. Through a netw ork o f com m u nity p artn ers, including The City o f P ortland, M ultnom ah C ounty, and com m unity m inded a rc h i tects, bankers, and c o n tracto rs, NECDC is able to o ffer solidly built hom es w ith d istin c tiv e fea tures at very reasonable prices. For instance, a three bedroom . 1,280 sq. ft. house w ith I 1/2 bathes, front and back porches, appliances, and com plete se c u ri ty sy ste m can be p u rc h a s e d through N ECD C for a $1,000. dow npaym ent, and a p p ro x im a te ly $415. (p rin c ip le & interest) in m onthly paym ents. NECDC is able to build q u a l ity hom es at affo rd a b le prices due to several factors. develoner o f thp l C The developer the new I U.S Bank building in downtown Eugene hopes to continue its city center revi talization work with a $12 million residential and commercial project. Seattle-based Lorig A ssociates wants to replace the city-owned park ing lots at Chamelton Street and Broadway with a 192-unit apartment complex and 12,000 square feet o f ground-floor retail and office space, according to a proposal the firm has submitted to Eugene urban planners. Underneath the structure would be two levels o f city-owned parking for about 740 cars. The proposal would greatly ex pand the downtown’s housing stock — something city-center advocates say would help revive the district The rents would be upscale — $698 a month for a one-bedroom unit, for example — and Lorig is asking for a 10-year tax break prob ably worth in excess o f $100,000 a year trx to the firm The Lorig team will discuss its plans at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at Lane Community C ollege’s Downtown Center. The City Council is expected to consider the matter at its Jan. 3 1 “ What we came up with for a concept is very forward thinking,” Keller said Monday. “ I’m convinced it’ll be a very positive part o f down town and the adjoining neighbor hood, Keller is on a 14-person com mittee charged with developing a comprehensive plan for the west end o f downtown. The so-called Charnelton-Broad- way blocks, the site o f the annual Eugene Celebration, are among the few remaining undeveloped parcels in the city center. The city’s past efforts to cultivate the four quarter block tracts have drawn little interest from developers. However, the city decided to more aggressively pursue development last — I_.‘ I- year, n as . - new offices buildings for U.S. Bank and the U.S. Bankruptcy Court filled in the west side o f the city center. Also, softw are firm Symantec Corp, rapidly expanded its o p e ra tio n s ju st east o f the Charnelton-Broadway site. In November, the city requested proposals from developers and park- ing garage architects. Service Speedy Service Friendly Call For Quote III MODERN iti» ‘‘1st Class Guarantee" George A. Hendrix MBA, GRI, Broker Q heating oils Best Cash Prices 104 NE Russel Portland. OR 97212 282-5111 It's the source of your nightmares, unreasonable fears, upsets and any insecurity. th e III MENTII Wlffl! by I,. Ron Hubbard 2 A-ZEBRA rmls E s p e c ia lly p o w e r Singles & Seniors, I can help you! B9- K n o w le d g e Get rid of your reactive mind. 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