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Local minority business leader Jack Chung (right) has a proven record of
making northeast Portland a better place by pursuing businesses that are
good for the community. He recently joined his son, at a meeting o f the
Korean Society o f Oregon.
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Market, “No matter what was going
on around him his business was there
ahd it served the community. We should
be proud o f him because o f his com
mitment to his workers and his com
munity.”
Leary adds, “Jack has been out
there working in the mines. Now
that prosperity has com e to this
area, people like him should get to
share in it.”
“I have no great plans,” Chung
insists. “I’m just trying to make the
area a better place.”
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Michael Martin of Portland oversees the demolition o f World War ll-era housing at Columbia Villa in north Portland.
Michael Martin, owner of Northwest
Infrastructure, knows that knocking build
ings down is the first step in building them
up, and making way for new projects.
Martin’s company has the contract for
demolition of the Columbia Villa housing
project and several other building sites in
the northeast community.
The low-income housing project will
be replaced by a new neighborhood
providing homes for both low income
and owner-occupied residents. Martin's
Northwest Infrastructure is a minority-
owned business that has won several
contracts in north and northeast Porf«
land in recent years, including work at
Portland Community College’s Cascade
Campus and the re-development o f the
former Walnut Park Theater site on
Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
Area Business Wins Achievement Award -
The U.S. Small Business Administra
tion has awarded a Port land-area business
with its most celebrated award for superior
achievement by a minority-owned firm.
Rhonda Herschell, president o f
C herokee G eneral C orporation o f
Fairview, was honored during a special
presentation that took place during last
week’s National Minority Enterprise De
velopment Week celebration in W ash
ington, DC.
“Since 1983, the President has pro
claimed a National Minority Enterprise
Development Week observance to rec
ognize the outstanding achievements
o f minority businesses and to honor
corporations like Cherokee General Cor
poration and financial institutions that
support minority business develop
ment,” said Regional Administrator
Conrad Lee. “
Herschell is a participant of SB A 's 8(a)
Business Development Program - a pro
gram that provides management and tech
nical assistance, networking and federal
contracting opportunities to socially and
economically disadvantaged businesses."
Herschell’s company has 18 years of
contracting experience and was recently
named number 10 in the largest womem
owned businesses in Portland by the Daily
Journal o f Commerce.
Additionally, Cherokee General Corpo
ration was recently named number 22 in
the list o f fastest growing companies in
Oregon by the Business Journal. Herschell
also serves as a board member for the
Columbia Chapter o f the Association of
General Contractors.
4234 N Interstate Ave
Portland, Oregon 97217
Owner, Jack Chung
Salutes Minority Enterprise
Development Week
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