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PDC Seeks Proposals For New Hotel/Residential
Development At RiverPlace
^C om pletion is expected in
summer 1999
The Portland Development
Commission (PDC) announced
the availability of a development
site in the RiverPlace Project for
a new hotel and residential de­
velopment project. A Request
for Proposals.(RFP) will be is­
sued for a mixed-use develop­
ment that will complement exist­
ing developm ent w ithin the
RiverPlace project area as well
as future residential and com­
mercial development proposed
for the North Macadam district
to the south. The 2.37 acre-site,
referred to as Parcel 1, lies north­
west of the PG&E Gas Transmis-
sion-Northwest headquarters and
is currently bounded by SW River
Parkway and the planned Water­
front Park extension currently un­
der construction. It is the site of
the former Pacific Power and
Light steam plant.
The Commission is seeking the
development of a full service 80
to 130 room hotel combined with
at least 150 condom inium s.
PDC’s minimum goal is that ten
percent of the units be afford­
able to households earning be­
tween 80% and 120% of median
family income, however, the
Commission encourages propos­
als which reach a goal of twenty
percent of units to be affordable
within this range.
The RiverPlace project was
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first begun nearly 20 years ago
when the Planning Commission
and City Council adopted PDC’s
South Waterfront Development
Program.
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Between the years of 1980 and
1983 the M arina basin was
dredged, utility relocation and
street construction work were
completed and the Waterfront
Park E xtension from the
Hawthorne Bridge to Montgom­
ery Street was underway.
Today the total RiverPlace de­
velopment provides 490 housing
units and p rovides jo b s in
220,000 sq. ft. of office, 29,000
sq. ft. of restaurants and retail,
Downtown Portland’s only ma­
rina and the first class Riverplace
Hotel.
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A year ago
19th
Annual
Black
Colleges
Conference
"Spotlights"
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P o rtla n d ’s Black C olleges
C om m ittee, Inc. w ill present
its 19th Annual Conference for
m iddle and high school stu ­
dents and parents on Saturday,
O ctober 17, 1998 from 8:30
am to 2:30 p.m. at Portland
Com m unity C ollege, Cascade
Cam pus Student C enter, 705
N. K illingsw orth St. R egistra­
tion is from 7:30 a.m. - 8:30
a.m. The them e o f this y e a r’s
conference is “ Black Colleges:
Centers o f A cadem ic E xcel­
len ce.” Ms. N neka P riestly , a
1998 grad u ate o f C la rk -A t­
lanta and alum ni o f P o rtla n d ’s
Grant High School will deliver
the opening address. Ms. Tara
Y .W illiam s, a 1997 graduate
of N orth C arolina A & T and a
m echanical engineer w ill de­
liver the luncheon keynote.
North C arolina A & T gradu­
ates the highest num ber o f A f­
rican A m erican Students with
engineering degrees than any
other school in the nation. This
past year the school graduated
5 A frican A m erican students
with Ph D .’s in engineering,
more than all o ther colleges
and u n iv e rs itie s co m b in ed .
X avier, H ow ard, Spelm an and
M orehouse, the n a tio n ’s top
four u n d e rg ra d u a te in s titu ­
tions responsible for sending
A frican A m ericans to m edical
school w ill be featured at this
conference. 85% o f A frican
Am erican doctors are Black
c o lle g e g r a d u a te s . Ife ta y o
M oore, a third year dental stu ­
dent at OHSU w ill present the
sp o tlig h t on X a v ie r, C indy
Fontenot o f NIKE w ill rep re ­
sent Spelman. Students will re­
ceive inform ation and m ate ri­
als in in te ra c tiv e w orkshop
sessions. P ortland alum ni of
Black C olleges representing
th e ir i n s t i tu t io n s in c lu d e
Tamisha Lewis (Tuskegee) and
current students attending Fort
V alley State and W ilberforce.
M orris B row n and H ow ard
U niversity w ill send re c ru it­
ers to this event. O ther c o l­
leges that w ill be represented
in c lu d e T e n n e s s e e S ta te ,
M orehouse, and Jackson State.
D u r in g th e c o n f e r e n c e
p a r t i c i p a n t s w ill h a v e an
o p p o r t u n i t y to a t t e n d 5
c o lle g e s p o tlig h t s e s ­
s io n s . E a c h s e s s i o n is 40
m i n u t e s . L u n c h is i n ­
c lu d e d .
S t u d e n ts w ho a re i n t e r ­
e s te d s h o u ld c o n ta c t t h e i r
sc h o o l c o u n s e lo r.
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