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- ;.*** "* , • . •• V • v » • * • •• • ’•** . * ' * '• * * ». » • ■» Z Í Ú • \o h m ic \ \ l \ . \ u h i I h t 34 C om m itted to C u ltu ra l D iversi!) w >\ w.portlandobserv er.net * - - . » i \ h <>ust 25. 1999 •/ -■ .* • . ». ’»/• .. »s ft- •Z 'i er« » Î& 5 <??• SECTION (Ebe ^ o rtla n h ®baerucr Tenants Sought for New Mixed-Use Project ZlT n in nt u n i t o v i a le n i» a r The Disco Ball Once again it’s time to shake your booty, flash the polyester and stomp those platform shoes! Join the Lotus and ZlOOSunday, September 5thfor the biggest Outdoor disco party under the stars! The entire parking lot be hind the Lotus is transformed into a giant disco tech. Equipped with three full bars and Bar BQ food. “Satin Live Orchestra” will be performing live. The party starts in high gear at 9 PM, band starts at 10:30 PM. Off-Leash Areas Portland Parks & Recreation will be holding a public hearing on Off- Leash areas in Portland's Parks. The public hearings are to get input from members o f the community on this issue. The next two meetings will be on W ednesday, Septemer 15, 6:30- 8:30 Pm at the Portland Building, Room C and Saturday, September 18, 9 AM - Noon at W arner Pacific College, Egtvedt Room. For more information, please call 823-5457. Huckleberry Festival The Cascade Geographic Society will celebrate its 15th Annual Mt. Hood Huckleberry Festival & Barlow Trail Days, a free, family-oriented Festival. There is no admission and parking is free. The event will be at the Mt. Hood Village (65000 East U S. Highway 26, near the Village o f Brightwood) on A ugust 27, 28 and 29. There will be Native American storytelling, music, and much more! 4th Annual Menagerie Project Come one! Come all! Come on down! The Really BIG Dance Com pany presents the 4th Annual M enag erie Project (or Menagerie Quatre for all you fancy folks) August 2 6 ,2 7 ,2 8 and September 2,3, and 4 at 8 PM at Conduit Studio, 918 SW Yamhill, 4th floor. In years past, you've witnessed dueling belly dancers, wild animal revues, as well as "really big” dancing fruit.. .Tap dancers, pranksters, song stresses, and some really bad- (oops!) make that Really BIG magic! Call 503/236-9843. Hip Hop In the Park A g ro u p of c o n c e rn e d o r g a n iz a tio n s and a rtists have teamed together to host the first “ Hip Hop in the Park: Edutainm ent, Resis tance and C ulture,” to be held in Alberta Park A ugust 29 from 3 - 8 PM, an event w hich will focus on blending politics and hip hop to cre ate a statem ent that will speak to youth. A lberta Park is located at NE 22nd and Killingsworth. For more information, call Roderick Franklin at 503/817-9257. Conflict Resolution & Violence Prevention Oregon Peace Institute will offer a workshop on “The Use o f Art in I on- flict Resolution and V iolence Pre v e n tio n ” fa c ilita te d by R ebecca Singer, the Executive D irector o f Artrageous. on Thursday. September 23, 1999 from 6 : 3 0 - 9 PM at the First U nited M ethodist Church in Room 160,1838 SW Jefferson Street, Portland. Please register by calling OP1: 503/725-8292. A $10 donation would be appreciated. Tutoring Help Experience C orps is currently looking for older adults, 55 years o f age and older to tutor children and assist with other school needs in Port land, Parkrose and Beaverton elemen tary schools. No experience is neces sary, we provide training. Volunteers can receive a m onthly $200 tax-free stipendfor serving 15 hours or more a week. Contact Experience Corps at 249-0469 for details or to apply. s i B M lS S lt ) \ S : < iiiiiin iiiiilv < ili n il.il in ln i m u tim i " ill lie lib e n pi ini ile il tl.ili il l " n necks In tuí i I lie ee eut il ale. A- i* K ¡é». ?<*- * li 8 « 4t. f t’ " « V ó » £ & •4 ' Right now. there „ a ,acT„t W o d « o a r . loot lot at N Klillngsworth S t r ... and VancouveT Av«: Construction w,ll start" In November Nr. the thmwetor, atmetom with 40 middle-income housing units and 4,200 square feet of retail space. land D evelopm ent Com m ission and the ith land use approval and fi state, and state tax credits for affordable nancing in hand, developer housing developm ent. The structure, built Jane O lberding needs a few “ pretty businesses and residents to occupy her m uch according to code, with a few minor adjustm ents, has received city new building. approval and the support o f the Humboldt M cCuller C rossing, to be built on a N eighborhood A ssociation. O lberding vacant 27,000 square foot lot at North hopes to begin construction in November. K illingsw orth Street and V ancouver A v The biggest unmet need at this point is enue, will be a three-story structure with to find retail tenants, she says. "B ankers 40 m iddle income housing units and 4200 are still wary o f retail space,” she says, so square feet o f retail space. Funding for the it must be pre-leased before construction project includes assistance from the Port- W starts. “ It’s hard to get people to rent a com m ercial space that they can t even see. 1 do n ’t see a whole lot o f businesses like Starbuck’s rushing in from the out side to fill it up The cool part is that it gives people who live here a chance. Likew ise, she says, she expects most o f the tenants to be from the area. The b u ild ing will have two and three-bedroom apart m ents for people earning 60 percent or less o f m edian income. “Cityw ide landlords are hurting for ten- ants, but in this area housing is tight,” O lberding says. “It’s hard to find anything affordable, especially if it’s new .” R efer ring to her existing building on N ortheast M artin Luther King Jr. and W ygant Street she says, “All o f the folks there are from the neighborhood.” She hopes the architecture can complement “the beautiful older buildings in the area.” T he b u ild in g is n a m e d fo r Jo h n M c C u lle r, fo rm e r o w n e r o f F a rm e r Jo h n ’s R estaurant. Damon Stoudamire Delivers School Supplies To Blazers Boys And Girls Club Kids O n M on day, A ugust 23, 1999 P o r tla n d Trail Blazers point guard D a m o n Stoudam ire presented the Blazers Boys and G irls C lub k ids with school supplies. The pro gram is c a lle d “Books B e fore B a s kets”. In con junction with Fred M eyer D am on d e livers school su p p lie s to c h ild ren in need. Stoudamire p u rch ased $ 5 ,0 0 0 of sch ool sup p lie s to launch the cause. He has coordinated a school sup- d riv e Ply Fred w ith Meyer stores to co n tin u e the effort for other under- p r iv ile g e d c h ild r e n in Portland.