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December 31, 2008
Portland Observer Year in Review
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Drivers, Watch
Out!
April 23 -With the
recent deaths of two
bicyclists in bike lanes
solidly etched into the
city’s collective
memory, newly de­
signed green bike
boxes, designed to
provide even more
safety to bicyclists are
introduced to Portland
streets.
For Lease: MLK Properties
April 2 - Months after its completion, the Fremont Project at the
intersection of Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and
Fremont Street stands empty. While new projects mark the
boulevard’s transformation from urban blight, high market prices
are blamed for vacancies in several newly constructed buildings.
Youth Lose Jammin
95.5
May 7 — Young Portlanders are
left wondering what would fill the
void as the city’s only mainstream
hip-hop and R&B station, Jammin
95.5 gets reformatted into sports
talk radio.
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Fighting a Stigma
May 21 - Pemell Brown and
Leslie Esinga walk the streets of
New Columbia to check on
neighborhood concerns.
Community organizers were
gearing up to promote a safe
environment for the new
community which replaced
Columbia Villa, a public housing
site plagued by gangs.
Homeless School Celebrates
May 14 - The Community Transitional School, a private non-profit K-8 for children of
families who are homeless, celebrates the opening its own new school building on
Northeast Killingsworth Street in the Cully neighborhood.
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