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Annual
Wellness
Walk
Corliss McKeever o f the African
American Health Coalition (left)
and local activist Joyce Harris
join Mayor Tom Potter at the 4th
Annual Wellness Walk Saturday
at Dawson Park in north Portland.
Potter not only lent his support to
the walk, but gave credit to the
coalition for work that recently
has narrowed a healthcare dis
parity gap for black residents o f
the city.
photo by M ark W ashington /T he
P ortland O bserver
....
Economic Progress Promised
On Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
by L ee
P erlman
T he P or li and O bserver
am id refreshm ents su p plied by lo
cal restaurants, to u r p a rticip a n ts
T o paraphrase a M u s lim expres
and others exchanged in fo rm a tio n
sion, the m ou ntain cam e to N o rth
on he lp a va ila ble to e x is tin g and
east M a rtin L u th e r K in g Jr. B o u le
new business enterprises, and en
vard.
gage in in fo rm a l discussion.
The Portland D evelopm ent C o m
Joice T a y lo r, N N E B A chair, to ld
m ission, the federal S m all Business
the P ortland O bse rve r that the to u r
A d m in is tr a tio n and the N o rth -
h ig h lig h te d the strengths o f the
N o rth ea st Business A s s o c ia tio n
business c lim a te on the boulevard.
conducted a w a lk in g to u r o f sm all
Its weaknesses, she said, are a lack
businesses i n the heart o f Port la n d ’ s
o f know ledge o f the resources a v a il
A fric a n A m e rica n c o m m u n ity on
able by e x is tin g and w o u ld -b e en
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trepreneurs, and fea r o f in ve stin g
T h e stops in c lu d e d m in o r ity
in new ventures.
ow ned firm s lik e R eflections Books
PD C staffer Fred W eam promised
and C o ffe e , J.P’s C u sto m F ram in g
to provide financial resources to make
and G eneva's Sheer Perfection Bar
things happe n econom ica lly, despi te
ber and Beauty Shop; and Dew
the 2(X)8 e xp ira tion o f future monies
A n g ie ’ s B argain Place.
fro m O regon C o n ve n tio n Center
M a y o r T o m P otter jo in e d the
gro u p at B illy Reed's Restaurant
Urban Renewal D istrict.
W ith m ost re m a in in g m onies a l
and accom panied them fo r m any o f
re a d y
the to u r locations.
projects, W earn pledged to " fin d
“ I ’d never m et the m a yo r before
c o m m itt e d
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new resources."
and I d id n 't k n o w w hat to say to
T he to u r was an o p p o rtu n ity to
h im ," ad m itte d G reg G ru zyn ski,
both showcase the businesses that
o w n e r o f B ard y T ro p h y , one o f the
are on the street and discuss the
strengths o f the bo ulevard , the re
sm all businesses.
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Ingredients fo r life
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