August 12.2009 Cl»e|ïo r tla « h (Observer Celebrating Diversity GET INVOLVED WE WANT YOUR CREATIVE IDEAS FOR THE FUTURE OF N /N E NEIGHBORHOODS. LOOK WHAT'S HAPPENING IN NORTH AND NORTHEAST PORTLAND. The Portland Development Commission has partnered with hundreds of property own­ ers, small and large business owners, non­ profit and government agencies and citizens in North/Northeast Portland to support job creation and business expansion, housing projects, develop commercial buildings, and revitalize neighborhoods with community Urban renewal funds provided much needed repairs to the Peninsula School in the Interstate Corridor Urban Renewal Area. gathering places, street improvements, parks and open spaces. The new opportunity that lies ahead is called: the North/Northeast Economic Development Initiative. Look ahead. Help shape the area to make a real and positive difference in people's lives for years to come. Interstate Corridor URA Dawson Park Gazebo restoration celebration Gazebo before N/NE Economic Development Initiative Community Advisory Committee KICK-OFF MEETING WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2009 6:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M. Billy Webb Elks Lodge 6 N Tillamook Street For more information contact Joleen Jensen-Classen, Oregon Convention Center URA "Good in the Hood" neighborhood fair PDC, 5 0 3 -8 2 3 -3 3 5 2 ; Jensen-Classenj@pdc.us. w w w .p d c .u s /fo u r/nnestudy lines ting in Port land's Punite PDC PORTLAND DEVELOPMENT CO M M ISSIO N Follow us on Twitter (#NNEDI), Facebook and visit the website at www.pdc.us. * I Page au