Page B 8 Minority & Small Business Week September 28. 2005 Hoffman Builds photo by E rika -L eigh G oodwin /T he P ortland O bserver Albina Community Bank has raised its visibility and customer base by opening its Social Impact Banking office in the Beaumont neighborhood of northeast Portland. Small Bank, Big Impact continued Com m unity « HOFFMAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY r i www.hoffmancorp.com / T. (503) 221 8811 from B2 M cKean said. “W e’re finding that a lot o f the populations o f people we were organized to serve are getting dissem inated through the broader m arket area.” M cK ean noted the increase in the population o f A frican A m eri cans, Latinos and A sians in the east and southeast Portland m ar kets and a num ber o f distressed com m unities grow ing in size in other parts o f the city. A lb in a ’s re s p o n s e w as to broaden its focus by taking aw ay the geographic aspect o f its m is sion and focusing on the dem o graphics o f underserved popula tions throughout the city. Last year A lbina opened tw o new branches; the Social Impact Banking O ffice in the Pearl D is trict and the B eaum ont Branch. “Social Impact B anking is an interesting experim ent for us,” said M cK ean. “W e had tw o ob jectives for going over there and w e’ve found that there have been benefits beyond that.” The ban k ’s prim ary objectives were to provide a w ider range o f products to shareholders in the area w hich w as key to help meet the lending dem ands in the north east. T he bank also w anted to focus m ore attention on the rede velopm ent needs o f P ortland’s O ld Tow n and C hinatow n D is tricts. M cK ean said the addition o f these new branches has raised the bank’s visibility more than he anticipated. A lbina now has about $120 m illion dollars in assets; M cK ean has hopes o f increasing the bank's assets to $500 m illion over a period o f five years. “Now that’s pretty aggressive grow th,” said McKean. “But what that does is it gets us to a size where I can have enough depth on my team to be able to special ize in certain types o f activities such as affordable housing lend ing and H U D financing.” Treasury Fund Helps Disadvantaged Come Bid With Us Portland Public School District welcomes interest and participation by MBEs and WBEs in our contracts for goods and services. Throughout the year, we purchase a variety of items including office equipment, school supplies, paper products, m aintenance services, construction projects and more. Please contact our office for additional information on bidding opportunities. Darin Matthews, CPPO, C.P.M. Director of Procurement Portland Public Schools P.0. Box 3107 Portland OR 97208 (503) 916-3113 (503) 916-3109 fax “We encourage and appreciate your interest in doing business with Portland Public Schools.” Dr. Patricia Pickles Chief Academic Officer I Jim Scherzinger Superintendent continued from B2 m en t F in a n c ia l In stitu tio n s F und se le c te d 53 F D IC -in - su red in stitu tio n s n atio n w id e to receiv e a total $9.8 m illio n , w ith an a v e ra g e a w a rd o f $ 1 8 6 ,7 2 1 . “ W e are pleased to receive this aw ard from the C D F I Fund, as it is in d ic a tiv e o f o u r m ission o f ‘creatin g hope and financial o p p o rtu n ity fo r the e c o n o m i cally u n d e rse rv e d ’” , said R o b ert M cK ean, A lb in a p resid en t and c h ie f e x e c u tiv e o fficer. O v er the p ast several years, A lbina has been a strong c o m p e tito r fo r these aw ards, w ith prev io u s BEA aw ard s to taling m ore than $3.5 m illion for the B a n k 's d e d ic a tio n to su p p o rt ing co m m u n ity and econom ic d ev elo p m en t a ctiv ities. Finding Success in Construction continued from B2 stalled correctly. And doors just aren’t a piece of wood. Some o f the Arts and Humani ties doors are high-tech and sound proof so they can be used in the facility's music rooms. Most o f the doors are about $250 each, but the sound ones are roughly $ 1 ,(XX) per door. “Each door is made for a specific opening.” Onchi explains. “It’s not rocket science, but there is a lot more detai I than you can see. I have to coordinate all o f their little nu ances because each door is differ ent.” She says the biggest thrill is see ing the completed product. “I love coming to the site and seeing a finished building," said Onchi. “I can say that I saw the blue The biggest challenge is keeping everyone happy and to do that, I have to stay on top of everything. -Tracy Onchi.ownerof a Portland doorsupply business prints and each stage o f construc thing goes wrong, I have to deal tion. I get a feeling of belonging and with it. Custom ers look at suppli a sense o f accomplishment and ers and judge them by how they even though I played a small role I fix the problem s that might occur. was a part of it.” It shows what you are made of.” But there can be problem s. Now, as the Arts and H um ani “The biggest challenge is keep ties Building moves forward for ing everyone happy and to do its com pletion, O nchi feels a that I have to stay on top o f every- continued on page BIO thing,” she says. "W hen som e Business, Industry Center Leader Hired A former Intel Corp, executive is the able to help resolve them,” she said. first director of the Centerfor Business Hinerman earned a m aster's degree and Industry at Portland Community from Oregon State University in adult College. education training and development, Cher Hinerman recently retired from and a bachelor’s degree in biology Intel as a program manager in fabrica from the University of Akron in Ohio. tion engineering and corporate train The Center for Business and Indus ing, education, staffing and in workforce try provides employers training, con development. She has held board and sulting and pre-employment services. chair positions at the state and national Credit and non-credit community levels for industry and education part college courses offer cost-effective nership organizations. training, while maintaining the highest She calls her new responsibility a standards of quality. Other services “dream job.” include job profiling, customized train Cher Hinerman “I have been a strategic partner with ing, certification and licensure, em PCC for more than 15 years. I know the school well for ployee enrichment programs, organizational analysis its strengths and award-winning programs. I also and improvement, and comprehensive quality initia know the problems we face and I am ready, willing and tives.