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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
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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.”
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Jim Scherzinger
Superintendent
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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
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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-
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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.