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<£l|c JJortkinh difosrrwr I ■ ■5 ijfîarilauî» (Pli gemer 2 Runners From Around The Country Raise Money For Local Charity t. Hood was not representatives from organizations a familiar sight that help build affordable housing for many of the in Oregon. The donations they raised ru n n ers that came from all over the country, charged down Central City Concern is a Port- western flank in the recent Hood to land nonprofit that develops, owns ast. But that didn’t keep runners and manages affordable housing, m the Making Cents For Housing They have 13 buildings that house im from Maryland, as well as those up to 1,094 men, women and chil- >m Oregon, from making time or dren, said Richard Harris, Executive nts in Oregon. Director of Central City Concern, The Making Cents For Housing “We’ve partnered with all of these unplaced 216of 861 finishing teams people many timesoverthe years to lile they raised over $30,000 for create affordable housing, but :ntral City Concern, a Portland non- they’ve really outdone themselves ofit, and St. Vincent de Paul Society this time, They didn’t have to do Lane County, Inc. The team was this; it wasn’t in their job descnp- ganized by the Enterprise Social tion. All of there team members are vestment Corporation and included just great...and fast, too! M I A 4^ ’BP f» JiO E h Br JK, k i A IÜ ë F í PURHAM Housing our Families' Kim Black is joined by Jasmine Kimmions, Lonisha Boise Neighborhood To Receive Multi-Year Fundi - > * h e Bureau of Hous ’ ing and Community Development has se lected Housing Our Families and signifi- orters and partners of the ’hborhood to receive multi- ng and technical assistance :e the commercial district of Mississippi Corridor, into shooDinu area that it was L Housing Our Families the Boise Neighborhood Association, Albina Youth Opportunity School Inc., Boise/ Eliot School, Self Enhancement Inc., Sunlan Lighting, Inc., Q-Tech Inter- national, Inc., Fellowship MB Chruch, House Of Prayer For All Nations, New Hope MB Church, Portland Community Design, State Farm In- surance have all come together to plan and implement projects and ac- tivities that will help community resi- dents collectively improve the physi- cal, economical and social infrastruc- tore through and improv All of th. ndor extern mumtyresi sons to gel shared in t n0* ? et s s T?e t ’riS’ for the No Initiative ebration Bli tember 27. y CONSTRUCTION " dcvclopmcnt CDUUARD T. DURHAM, JR. (503) 319-0821 FAX 283-2977 317 N6 KIllING SW O RTH ST. PORTLAND, OR€GON 97211 ; ! |f | IPS* ; We're c o m m itte d to th e g lo b a l en v iro n m e n t. That's w h y w e're searching fo r w ays to ta k e a d v a n ta g e o f re n e w a b le resources like o u r fu tu re w in d p ro je c t in Carbon County, W yoming. When this 6 9 -tu rb in e w in d project becomes o p e ra tio n a l a t th e end o f 1998 o r the b eg in n in g o f 1999, i t w ill be th e largest in th e West o u ts id e o f C a lifo rn ia . A t its cap acity, i t w ill p o w e r as m a n y as 2 5 , 0 0 0 h o m e s . R e n e w a b le resources like w in d a re im p o rta n t because th e y a re clean a n d n a tu ra lly re p le n ish ed a f t e r b e in g used to g e n e ra te ■ electricity. And that's n o t only good news fo r the people in o u r a r e a , it's g o o d n e w s f o r th e e n tir e p la n e t . # r Visit Pacifit Power s website at http://www.pacificorp.com PACIFIC PO W ER
