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Saturday Boulevard Stroll
Training Programs Link Residents
To New Postal Service Jobs
The Postal Service announced the
selection of Lloyd Center as the site
lor a new Remote Encoding Center.
However, efforts to link residents to
the expected 5(X) new jobs began a
number of weeks ago.
Working in cooperation with the
Urban League, The Private Industry
Council, Steps to Success and the NE
Workforce Center, Portland Devel
opment Commission coordinated
four, two-week classes at Steps to
Success and the NE Workforce Cen
ter to help residents of the Enterprise
Zone prepare for the Postal Service
applicant test. Eligibility for jobs at
the center is strictly based on test
results. The higher an applicant’s
score the better chance they have of
obtaining one ot the $ 1 1 per hour
jobs at the new encoding center.
Utilizing a Special Purpose Grant,
earmarked tor N/NE Enterprise Zone
residents and offered through the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban
Development, PDC provided fund
ing tor the trainers and for leasing
personal computers for the training
session.
Most of the 108 residents attending
the training sessions were from the
Enterprise Zone and all were from N/
NE Portland. The attendees tcxik typ
ing and keyboard drills in a simulated
testing environment and brushed up
on workplace expectation in the train
ing sessions.
In addition, PCX? and the Private
Industry Council also held orientation
sessions for other Portland residents
interested in taking the test and apply
ing for jobs at the center
Most of the graduates of the train
ing went on to take the applicant test
and are now anxiously awaiting the
results. PDC will work with other com
munity partners in providing employ
ee retention services as required after
the hiring process is complete.
The Postal Service previously an
nounced that Portland was the selected
city for the new center but did not name
the exact location.
“I am very pleased that the Postal
Service chose Lloyd Center,” said
Mayor Vera Katz. “The siting there
will help Portland continue focusing
jobs in the central city. The location
is well-served by mass transit and will
help revitalize surrounding neighbor
hoods. this is a wonderful opportu
nity to help assure that up to 5(X) new
quality jobs are available for unem
ployed
and
underem ployed
Portlanders.”
CB Commercial represented both
parties in the lease of the Lloyd Cen
ter site. The facility is scheduled to
open this summer.
Remote Encoding Centers process
mail with unreadable addresses. Au
tomated machines at mail prixessing
centers in the Western United States
will send the unreadable mail elec
tronically via telephone lines to the
Portland Center. The actual letters
remain in the mail processing plants
while operators at the Remote En
coding center type addesses and ZIP
Code information into a computer.
The data is returned to mail process
ing centers, again via phone lines, so
that a bar code can be printed on each
piece of mail.
PDC Selects Development
Team For Housing Project
The Portland Development Com
mission, in conjunction with Tri-
Met, today announced the selection
of a development team for a 135-
unit housing project near Civic Sta
dium.
The development team consists
of SF Property Investments, LLC/
Harsch Investm ent Corporation,
SERA A rc h ite c ts, W estw ood
Swinerton Construction and KPFF
Consulting Engineers. The triangu
lar-shaped, half block site, owned
by Tri-Met is located between SW
17th and SW 18th, and SW Morrison
and SW Yamhill in the Goose Hol
low neighborhood, and is adjacent
on two sides to the new Light Rail
station platforms.
‘The team was selected because
they shared Tri-Met and PEXZ’s vi
sion of a high-quality, housing
project, adjacent to light rail, that
enhances both the neighborhood and
the use of light rail,” said PCX? Chair
man Carl Talton. The housing will be
mixed with active ground floor uses.
Construction, slated to begin De
cember of 1996, will take nine to 12
months. The Commission staff have
begun negotiations on a Memoran
dum of Understanding that will out
line the mutual expectations of the
Commission and the development
team.
A Disposition and Development
Agreement will be executed before
the land is transferred to the develop
er and construction begins.
“Building this project will be ex
tremely challenging. But we’re con
fident that with everyone pulling to-
gether-the city, the state, Tri-Met,
PDC and ourselves - we can make it
happen,” stated Jordan D. Schnitzer,
head o f the developm ent team.
“W e’re excited about the potential
to not only create a national model
that integrates light rail, housing
and retailing services but, more im
portantly, to be a part of the solution
that is critical to addressing the seri
ous shortage of adequate, afford
able housing in our community.”
"We couldn’t be more excited
about the selection of a leading Port
land developer to build on this site,’
said Tuck Wilson, Director of Tri-
M et’s Westside light rail project.
"The Goose Hollow neighborhood
envisioned this result a couple of
years ago, and now we’re almost
there.”
The C ivic S tadium housing
project is aitlttrig the first of eight
projects in various stages of devel
opment that Tri-Met is promoting
adjacent to transit stations on the
Westside line.
A poster created from a drawing by
local artist Athena Hampton will be
unveiled during the "First Saturday
Stroll along the Boulevard" in June.
The poster will be seen for the first
time in Portland at S te e n 's
CoffeeHouse on Saturday, June I, from
4-6 p.ni.
H am pton’s painting,
titled
"Survivalists," was originally created
in an effort to assist JASA House (Just
A Sister Away), a non-profit agency in
Houston, Texas, providing a ssista n ce
lor victims of domestic violence. She
read about the organization in a mag
azine article and was touched by their
efforts. The article prompted her to
contact the agency and resulted in her
creating a painting which she donated
to help them raise funds.
Indeed, last February, Hampton ac
tually traveled to Houston to see her
painting unveiled at the fund-raising
dinner, auction and dance “I feel,”
says Hampton, "that women are natu
ral-bom survivors. What I’ve done is
minor compared to what some of these
women have accomplished. It’s im
perative that we support organizations
like JASA House since none of us can
predict when we might need similar
assistance.”
JASA house of Texas, Inc. was
founded in 1994 to offer housing and
other economic security to victims of
abuse or homelessness. It is one of
the few programs in Houston offer
ing up to two years of on-site, transi
tional housing to women and chil
dren.
A self taught artist, Hampton’s style
is best described as works that are
moving, vibrant and thought-provok
ing. Her specialty is acrylic paintings
and fabric collages. “Survivalists" is
done in acrylics and vividly depicts the
strength and energy of her subjects.
Since her trip, Hampton transferred
the image to a 20x25 poster. It sells for
$20 and is available by mail order;
send check or money order, including
$3 for shipping, to 6426 NE Rodney
Street, Portland, OR. 97211. A per
centage ot each sale will be donated to
JASA House. For additional informa
tion, contact Hampton at (503) 286-
8843.
Steen's CoffeeHouse is located at
2603 NE Martin Luther King Jr Bou
levard, at the corner of Russell.
Workplace Violence Preperatlon
The City of Portland, Office of
Emergency management, is hosting
a conference on “Violence in the
Workplace," Tuesday, June 4, 8 a.m.
to 4 p.ni., at the Oregon Convention
Center. The conference will address
issues such as emergency procedures,
risk management, emergency systems
and equipment, and employee safety
and preparedness.
Keynote speaker. Dr. Chris Hatch
er, will address "Beyond the Warning
Signs, Responding to Workplace Vio
lence." Dr. Hatcher is a member of the
Hostage Negotiation Team of the San
Francisco Police Depl., and serves as
a consultant in violent crime and kid
nap investigation to the FBI. Addition
al speakers include Mark Warrington,
a recognized leader in industrial secu
rity and employee personal safety, and
Jung Mattman - national expert on
occupational violence.
“ The recent KOIN Tower inci
dent has locused our need to insure
that oui workplaces are prepared for
violence and terrorism,” said George
Houston, Chief of the Fire Bureau's
Ottice ot Emergency Management
and Planning. "This conference is
intended to raise awareness of effec
tive safety and security programs,
and provide resources to building
owners and managers, tenants and
employees.
For information, call (503) 233-1224.
Rones ha Marie Hayes
Girl, May 14, 1996
Mother: Ikesha M. Granville
Father: Ronald L. Haves
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Jamal I N.L, Kingham
Roy, Born May 9 th, 1996
Father: Jamall Lewis Kingham
Mather: Lashay Antionitte Hardaway
Phil Keisling presents
Rosemary Daniel a
plaque for her
outstanding community
involvement. Daniel is
Principal of Brooklyn
School.
Madeline Suzanne Parra
Girl, Born April 27th, 1996
Father: Darren L. Parra
Mother: ShawnaJ. Parra
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