(Elje “Portland (Dbserucr March 05. 2003 pa Kenton Mulls Forced Property Acquisitions North Portland neighborhood may accept condemnation to lure business developments ______ T h i P ortland O bserv er The merits and demerits o f con demning property for public use the acquisition o f land against the ow ner's will — is being considered for parts o f the Interstate Urban Renewal District in north Portland. The Kenton Neighborhood As sociation will voice its opinion on the issue at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, .MaFCh , 2 a ‘ ? e Ken* " J F:retKXUC Community Center, 8105 N. Bran don Ave. Last month, a proposal to permit condemnation in thedistncf sOver- look neighborhood was defeated by a vote o f 75 to 41. Condemnation was also rejected when the district was established for the construction o f a Max light rail line in 2000. . . C° “ ity aUlV1S,S such “ Harold Williams, Pauline Bradford and Gary Hampton argued against it — citing the use o f eminent do main to dislocate thousands o f people for the 1-5 freew ay. Memo rial Coliseum and the proposed ex pansion o f Emanuel Hospital. The Kenton proposal would al low co n d em n atio n w ithin the Kenton Downtown Plan District, 30 R egularly shaped area follow, ing parts o f North Denver and In terstate avenues and Willis, Ar gyle and Hunt streets. Unlike Overlook, which specifi cally forbade condemnation o f resi dences, the Kenton proposal would allow seizure o f some residential properties. Larry M illsof the Kenton neigh borhood calls condem nation "a necessary tool” to help the Port- necessary tool" to help the Port land Development Com m ission acquire under-utilized property, to encourage development and revi talize the area. Without it, he said, "If there are property ow ners w ho w ant to charge speculative prices and en gage in gouging, it could have a dampening effect on revitalization. You could achieve significant goals and never use condem n and never use condemnation, but the fact that you have it to use brings prices back to reality." V iv ian S m ith , a h aird re sse r and 4 5 -y e a r K en to n resid e n t, d isa g re e s. "I d o n 't th in k i t ’s fair to take property aw ay from a sm all busi ness p erso n an d g iv e it to a big continued on p age .16 The power to quit smoking is within your reach. photo bv D avid P lechl /T he P ortland O bserver Northeast Portland lawmaker Jackie Dingfelder reaches out to Kim Thomas o f the Oregon Food Bank during a Hunger Summit in Salem. Dingfelder fasted from sunrise to sunset last Wednes day to dramatize the plight o f the hungry. Feeding Oregon’s Hungry said. “No child in this state de serves to go to bed hungry.” that long-term solution at a Thurs The governor also invited Jez day afternoon Hunger Summit. A nderson to share her story o f ■ Kulongowski invited Oregon growing up hungry in a small tim Food Bank representatives to out ber tow n. A nderson looked for line the challenges Oregon faces w ard to two food box days a and encouraged business owners month. and activists to find solutions and “Hunger is the rock bottom level money. at which our society makes choices “I ’m going to raise this (issue) about who we are, and who we every chance I get,” Kulongowski leave behind,” Anderson said. continued from Front I R ' f I I V J t 1 1 lLMi I 11* J f A r< ll |IJ 1 We know how hard it is to quit smoking and we know what y works. Let us give you a helping hand. Call us today. O regon Tobacco Prevention & Education Program Oregon Department of Human Services www.healthöregon.org/tobacco 1-877-2NO-FUME (Spanish) TTY: 1-877-777-6534 W H A T ’S T H E cormcf faeft 'F IN D O U T T H IS W E E K E N D S a tu r d a y & S u n d a y 1 1 :O O a m -5 :O O p m ORENCO S T A T IO N N E 6 1 s t & C o r n e ll R d H ills b o r o O R 9 7 1 2 4 5 0 3 .6 4 8 .6 9 6 8 O p e n 8 a m -1 0 p m R A L E IG H H IL L S 7 3 0 0 S W B e a v e r t o n - H ills d a le H w y P o r t la n d O R 9 7 2 2 5 503 292 6838 O p e n 8 a m -9 p m SELLW OOD 12 14 S E T a c o m a P o r tla n d O R 9 7 2 0 2 5 0 3 .2 3 0 4 9 4 9 O p e n 8 a m -1 0 p m