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I f the giant is awarded, construc­
tion could begin by 2003. However,
Colum bo adds that the program is
"highly com petitive," and m any cities
that have applied, such as Seattle, failed
to receive funding the first tim e they
tried.‘‘The advice w e’ve been given is
if that happens, we should keep plan­
ning and gear up for the next opportu­
nity,” she says.
HAP has already had meetings wi th
the Portland Bureau ofParks, the Port­
land S chool D istrict, P ortsm outh
Neighborhood Association, Peninsula
Community DevelopinentCorporation
and its own tenant council to discuss
the project and see how it could meet
each group’s needs.
“W e’ve had meetings about this
almost w eekly, and we ’ re very exc i ted
about it,” Susan Franks, president o f
the C olum bia Villa-Tamarack Tenant
Council, and a resident since 1989, told
the Portland Observer. “E veryone’s
excited about moving into a new build­
ings, but also about the new services
w e could get - a small libraiy, a child
care center, senior assisted living, and
a grocery store - w hich is a big if.’”
The new services, and a new street
system, w ould help the villa integrate
better into the w ider neighborhood
and “put a stop to the idea that w e ’re
a little isolatedcom m unityofour own,”
Franks says. First constructed in 1941
as housing for shipyard workers, the
Villa was later expanded and its struc­
tures placed on perm anent founda­
tions. H ow ever, Colum bo says, “It’s
now nearing the end o f its useful life.”
Franks agrees, saying that build­
ings are “constantly needing repairs.”
U nder HOPE VI, however, “It’s not
enough ju st to repair the buildings,”
Colum bo says. “You m ust also do
com m unity revitalization.” The end
result should not fit “the stereotypical
image ofacres oflow -incom e housing
that’s gone into disrepair.”
That, unfortunately, is precisely the
image m any Portlanders have o f Co­
lumbia Villa: a crim e-ridden dumping
ground forpoorpeople. One long-time
Portland resident told the Portland
Observer, “You couldn ’ t pay m e to live
there.”
Helping people buy or sell
Real Estate!
It conflicts with one o f the prime
goals o f the program : to turn the project
into a true m ixed-income com m unity
According to this concept, people
could com e in as low-incom e tenants
and work their way up to home ow ner­
ship within the same community.
M ixed-income developments are a
new phenom enon for Portland.
A lbina Com er, at Northeast Martin
Luther King Jr Boulevard and San
Rafael Street, was conceived as one,
but financing for market rate housing
failed to materialize. Rosemont C om ­
mons in the Piedmont neighborhood,
now under construction, is planned as
a m ixed-income project, and so is the
Union Station Housing Project.
In the latter, developers hope that
expensive “ view" units on upper sto­
ries will subsidize low income housing
lower down. Lisa Hom e, director o f
Peninsula Com munity Development
Coiporation, says the idea has worked
in other HOPE VI projects in A tlanta
and Dallas. “You couldn ’ t tell by look­
ing which housing was the low-in­
com e,” she says. “It reflects w hat we
have here on the Peninsula now.”
As for the stigma o f crime problems.
Home, whose office has been in Co­
lumbia V illa since 1995, says, “That
goes away if you spend any amount o f
time here.” Franks agrees, saying that
m ajor crime problems w ere dealt with
long ago. Partially handicapped, she
says, “I’ve never had a problem ,” even
at night.
Although m uch site work remains
to be done, plans so far call for the
housing to be spread over the grounds,
interspersed with green space, in struc­
tures ranging from three stories and
eight units to detached homes. “We
don ’ t want it to seem asifitallcam eo u t
o f the same cookie cutter, Columbo
says. The potential use o f urban re­
newal funds for the project created
controversy and aroused suspicion
by other neighborhoods.
Someobservers feared that the Villa
could becom e a "m oney pit” for funds
that other groups covet.
Columbo says that such fears are
unfounded, and that the funds would
be used five or ten years from now,
after the construction o fa new light rai 1
line and other com m unity priorities.
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Jefferson D avis D aw son
A funeral was held at 10 a.m . T uesday. A pril 3 ,2 0 0 1 , in K illingsw orth
L ittle C hapel o f the C him es for Jefferson D avis D aw son, w ho died M arch
2 6 a t age 70. Mr. D aw son was b om Oct. 2 7 ,1930, in Texarkana, Texas, and
was raised in Portland. He served in the U S. Navy and then in the U.S. Army.
H e w as a repairm an in the Portland shipyards and a w iper fo rth e U.S. Arm y
C orps o f Engineers. S urvivors include his m other, V irger; sister, Leona
G atson; and brother, Jessie. Interm ent w as at W illam ette N ational C em ­
etery.
Olive Bell Manning
A funeral was held at 11 a.m .F riday,M arch30,2001,inC aldw ell’sC olonial
Chapel forO live Bell M anning, who died on M arch 27 at age 77. Mrs. M anning
w as b o m Sept. 2 6 ,1 9 2 3 , in San A ntonio. She received an associate degree
from M aryallen L aw son C ollege in the early 1940s and graduated from
Southern U niversity. She m oved to Portland in 1943 and earned a bach elo r’s
degree in education from W arner Paci fic C ollege and a m aster’s degree from
Portland S tate U niversity. She w as an early childhood education teacher and
specialist for the P ortland Public Schools, retiring in the m id-1980s. In the
1970s, she hosted an educational TV’ program , “H ead S tart.” In 1942, she
m arried L evi M. M anning; h e died in 1983.
S urvivors include h er sons, E ugene V., R ickie L. and D eW ayne L.;
daughters, M artina M. M anning, Sonya I. M anning, Sheree J. M anning and
A ndrena Y. M orris; 12 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
Interm ent w as at R ose C ity C em etery. R em em brances to O live M anning
E ndow m ent Fund. A rrangem ents by C ald w ell’s.
The Rev. Arthur Gray May
A funeral w as held at 11 a.m. Friday, M arch 30, 2001, in N ew H ope
M issionary B aptist C hurch in Portland for the Rev. A rthur G ray M ay, w ho
died M arch 23 at age 68. T he Rev. M ay w as on b o m Aug. 2, 1932, in
M yrtlew ood, Ala. H e served in the U.S. A ir Force during the K orean W ar.
H e m oved to Portland in 1961 from O m aha, N eb ., and w as a supervisor for
the U.S. P ostal Service, retiring in 1986. H e w as an associate m inister at his
church. In 1961, he m arried R osa L. W ebster.
Survivors include his w ife; daughters, T ina Streeter, Jeanine M orales-
M ay and K aren; sons, L arry K. and B enjam in A.; sister, A lice M itchell;
b ro th er,B .J.;a n d fivegrandchildren. Interm ent w as at W illam etteN ational
Cem etery. A rrangem ents w ere by Killingsw orth Little Chapel o f the Chimes.
Willa Mae Chambers-Grissom
A funeral w as held at 11:30 a.m. M onday, A pril 2 ,2 001, in N orth B aptist
C hurch in Portland for W illa M ae C ham bers-G rissom , w ho died M arch 29
atage 8 3 .M rs.C ham bers-G rissom w as bom Dec. 19,1917, in Edgefield, S.C.
H er m aiden nam e w as H ollow ay. She m oved to Portland in the 1950s and
w as a n u rse’s aide for several nursing hom es, retiring around 1975. In 1940,
sh e m arried A rth u rC h am b ers;h ed ied in 1952. In 1955,she m arried Clifford
G rissom J r.; h e died in 1962.
Survivors include her sons, Jam es A. C ham bers Jr., D onald D. Cham bers,
W esley W . C ham bers an d R ichard C ham bers; daughters, A nna L. C h am ­
bers, A rtie M. C hristm as and D eborah K abia; brothers, R obert H ollow ay
and O scar H ollow ay; sisters, R osaB elle H ollow ay, Peggy Craw ford, Jenny
Black, N ellie Bradwell and K athy Kendricks; 15 grandchildren; and lOgreat-
grandchildren.
Interm ent w as at W illam ette N ational Cem etery. A rrangem ents w ere
m ade by C aldw ell ’ s.
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M r. F air d ied M arch 28. M r. F air w as b o m Feb. 19,1932 in M ound B ayou,
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