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November 24, 1999
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city
zones in on
neighborhood
revitalization
activities
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A Soul-Filled Messiah
Keith Lockhart and
the Boston Pops
Esplanade Orchestra
make a Portland stop
on their nine-city
Fidelity Investments
Holiday Pops Tour at
the Rose Garden Dec.
4th at 8:00 pm.
Tw o perform ances o f “A S oul-F illed
M essiah,” a soulful tribute to H andel’s
M essiah w ill be scheduled for Sunday,
N ovem ber 28 at Lincoln Perform ance Hall
on the PSU cam pus, and M onday, Nov. 29
at H illsdale C om m unity Church, 6948 SW
Capitol Hwy. Both perform ances begin at
7:30 PM. Tickets are $ 15 general admission,
$ 10 seniors and PSU faculty/staff, $8 PSU
students. Call 503/725-3307.
African Images
African Images, by African watercolor artist
K erstin G eier, w ill be on d isplay at
Reflections, 446 K illingsw orth, Portland,
Oregon 503/288-6942, from N ovem ber 15
through December 15. Whether in America,
journeying across the N am ibia D esert or
clim bing the Inca Trail in Peru, K erstin
(Castine) G eier’s positive outlook on life
has led her on an enchanting journey
w hich reflected in her artwork. She has
w orked her w ay around the w orld with a
sketch pad in one hand and a cam era in the
photo
by
M ichael
L utch
other.
Holiday Concert
T he V ancouver S ym phony’s “H oliday
C oncert” w ill be at 2:30 PM Saturday,
Decem ber 11 and 7 PM Sunday, December
12. F eatured on the program will be
bassoonist Juan de G om ar perform ing
M ozart’s BassoonConcerto. T heorchestra
will also perform Britten ’ s Men ofGoodw ill:
V ariations on a C hristm as C arol for
Orchestra and Symphony No. 2 by Sibelius.
For m ore inform ation, please contact the
Sym phony office at 360/735-7278.
In Situ Portland
F ueled by a lo n g -sta n d in g d esire to
in crease o p p o rtu n ities for tem porary
outdoor art installations in Portland, the
Regional A rts & C ulture Council (RACC)
announces in situ PO R TLA N D , a three-
year pilot program . In situ PO R T LA N D is
designed to bring challenging tem porary
artw orks into the public realm to serve as
ca ta ly sts for d ialo g u e ab o u t art and
com m unity issues. T hree $7,500 projects
w ill be funded annually. A rtists and artist
team s are invited to subm it proposals by
M o n d a y , D e c e m b e r 6. F o r m o re
inform ation, contact K ristin C alhoun,
Public A rt M anager at 503/823-5401.
NCNM Natural Health
Clinics
T he N ational C ollege o f N aturopathic
Medicine is now offering its “20/20” college
student healthcare package to all Portland
area college students. N ow , students can
go to N CN M ’ s three prim ary locations for
only $20 a visit, and get a 20% discount on
all natural m edicinary purchases during
teaching visits. For m ore inform ation, call
503/499-4343, e x t 1116.
Red Hot Mamas
On December 2nd, from 5:30PM to 7:30 PM,
the Red Hot M am as, w ho recently heated
up Tim es Square, w ith the unveiling o f the
first ever m enopause billboard, “The N ew
Face o f M enopause,” will be bringing a
“hot flash” to Portland. PRIM E PLU S/R ed
H o t M a m a s, th e n a t i o n ’s la rg e s t
m enopausal m anagem ent ed ucational
organization are jum p-starting a chapter in
P o rtla n d v ia an in f o rm a tio n a l an d
educational forum at the YW CA ofG reater
Portland, sponsored by H ealthy W om an,
soy m enopause supplem ent. The event
will be at the Y W CA o f G reater Portland,
located at 1111 SW 10"' A venue.
Nobel Prize Winner
Burton Richter, co-recipient o f the 1976
N obel Prize in physics for his discovery o f
particles com posed o f the "charm quark,”
will delivera free, public lecture titled “High-
Energy Physics: A Personal A ssessm ent.”
Intended for a general, but scientifically
inclined, audience, the lecture will take
place at 4 PM on W ednesday, Dec. 1, in
Room lO O ofW illam etteH all, 1371E. 13*
Ave. on the U niversity ofO regon campus.
Call 541/346-4766.
Lelly Cabinets
issunce Court
W podlaw n
ctuil Building
IIP O il Expansion
Kclnil Building
W alnut Park Lnundronial
laugh Vet, C lin ic
k illin g s w o rth C ourt
Verno
YW CA
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T. Brandon Office/Rctail
k K eluil C c n lc r
P io iiis ia Specialty Foods
K u livi Building
A frican Village
C urrie Building
— Roslyn's Garden C a t
»s & Girls Club
Roslyn's Studio/R
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Sabin CDC M il
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IX l)C I lousing
K im Building
¡(■Inzer Building
cr Mixed Use
s Retail Store
il Renovation
Comm. Bldg.
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gant Housing
Kupkie A ulii
cCoy Village
Project Activities
ts Expansion
L ' i h i i M in is trie s
(■"urn's W elding
MLK Jr. Blvd. Pre-development
Assistance Grants Provided
urinal) B uilding
■inmereiul Bldg,
Storefront Grant Design and
Construction Funding
ns H ardw are
g Renovation
Business Loan Program
Loan Commitments Made
Laundrom at
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Beech School
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Housing Loans
Other Development Projects
MLK Blvd. Action Committee-Initial
Focus Areas for Street Improvement!
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M arks Building
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Project
Project
Bold lettering = Projects underway oi
completed since 1996
Gray lettering ■ Projects completed
before 1996
Rental and Homeowner
Housing Repair Activity
(since 1993)
In the King neighborhood, the largest property
ow ner on N ortheast M artin Luther King Jr.
Boulevard today is the Portland Development
Commission.
P D C ’s holdings today include:
♦The form er K ing Food M art at N ortheast
Frem ont Street.
*The“Willie Banks” property,a 10,000 square
foot lot at N ortheast Beech Street.
♦The “ Robinson” property, a 20,000 square
foot lot w ith a brick-front house immediately
north o f the Banks Property.
♦The form er W eim er Hardw are property at
3942 N.E. M artin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Here
PDC has recen tly issued a R equest for
Proposal, calling on potential developers to
subm it plans for the redevelopm ent o f the
site.
♦The “Johnson” building, on the northwest
com er o f the intersection w ith Northeast
Alberta Street, and hom e to Living Color.
♦The 5131 Building.
“W e have been in an acquisition mode for the
last two years,” P D C ’s M ichael M cElwee
says. “W e hold the sites in trust to m eet
objectives.” T hese include securing private
developers for the properties with the aim o f
“jo b c r e a tio n an d sm a ll b u s in e s s
developm ent.”
PDC also w orks with the com munity on
“visioning processes” to determine what kinds
o f redevelopm ent it should seek. The King
N eighborhood A ssociation is going through
su ch a p ro c e ss for the 5131 B uilding.
A ccording to K ing’s Kent Siebold, “W hat
we ’ d like to see are things that would revitalize
the neighborhood, and services that we don’t
have in the com m unity now.” The list includes
a new grocery store, a bakery, a small-scale
theater, other retail shops and professional
offices. King would also like to see an effective
buffer betw een the noise, activity and traffic
the new uses w ould generate, and adjacent
hom es on N ortheast G arfield Street.
King will hold its next visioning meeting for
the site from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Dec. 6 at the
N ortheast Precinct C om m unity Room. 449
N.E. Em erson St.
The PDC board will do som e visioning o f its
ow n in January to better define its own
objectives for the area. Among other things,
it can be expected to deal with the issue o f
gentrification and econom ic displacement
caused by its activities.
“That is a concern,” M cElwee concedes. “It’s
the downside to revitalization. W e can control
developm ent, or at least guide it to some
extent, by w riting the land resale costs down
o r s p e c if y in g p a r tic u la r th in g s from
developers.”
Land acquisition is a small part o f PDC s
activities in the area, and through various
assistance program s they have had a hand in
m ost new developm ent on the avenue in the
last ten years.
O ne pending project concerns the Bynum
fam ily’s efforts to build five two-bedroom
apartm ents atop the com m ercial strip they
own north o f N ortheast Fremont Street. The
building is currently hom e to Q Nails, D.S. P.
Clothing, Phat Gear, and Top o f the Line Hair
Design. “The phase w e’re in right now is
seeking funds for a feasibility study,” Eddie
B ynum says. “ W e ’re trying to provide
h o u s in g a n d k e e p m in o rity -o w n e d
businesses on the boulevard." This, and
another mall near Northeast Shaver Street are
“almost like small incubators for new business
ow ners," M cElw ee says.
These efforts are intended to com plem ent the
new street scap e im provem ents on the
boulevard. U nfortunately for the Bynums,
that project will not place new on-street parking
next to their property. “A m edian is never a
good thing," Bynum says. “I t’s som ething
you have to live with. O n a positive note, the
city cam e in and clean ed th is area up
imm ensely. T hey put in street lights every 50
feet. I definitely w ant to say it’s positive."
City Council is scheduled to consider the
Sizzler condem nation on Dec. 1 at City Hall.