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September 23, 2009
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Barbers
Focus on
Community
Champions proud
of local ties
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Building a community of champions:
That’s what Jamaal Lane and partner Art
Williams strive to achieve through their work
at Champions Barbershop.
“We just believe here at Champions Bar
bershop that community builds champions
and we encourage everybody to be one,”
Lane said.
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Champions Barbershop co-owner and barber Jamaal Lane begins his morning fading up a valued customer.
A Slice of Old North Portland in Gresham
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On a Thursday night a woman
belts out a song about “making
lo v e ” on the karaoke m achine
while the audience sips their stiff
mixed drinks and bottles of Coors
Light.
Campbell is still putting the fi
nal touches on the bar. She wants
to get beer on tap, and plans to
have live music regularly. So far
she has booked Ocean 503, Cool
Breeze Band, the Fenix Project,
and Norman Sylvester.
She’s also is putting together a
m enu o f “hot foods” including
greens, mac and cheese, hot wing
dinners, chicken strip baskets, and
more.
So far Campbell said that the re
ception to the bar has been good.
The neighbors are pleased and cus
tomers like the same hospitality they
became accustomed to at the origi
nal Jewelia’s.
But Campbell has even greater
ambitions: she wants it to be big.
How big?
“Big is packed,” she said.
Michelle Campbell (left)
goes into business with
her mother Jewelia Funchess,
to open Jewelia’s II VIP
Lounge. The Gresham estab
lishment is a throwback to
the old Cotton Club, a
m ulticultural establishm ent
from Portland's past.
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PACIFIC PO W ER
Promoting diversity
in the workplace
and in the community
Pacific Power a Division
of Pacificorp
joins with
I
©bseruerl
in Celebrating
M inority E nterprise
D evelopm ent Week
Just as we strive to b uild a workforce th a t reflects our community, TriMet
promotes diversity in our business relationships, including our selection
o f suppliers, contractors and business partners. This helps ensure th a t all
qualified firm s and individuals have an op p o rtu n ity to succeed, and that
TriMet receives the highest quality products and services.
For more in form ation about TriMet contracting opportunities,
visit ebidexchange.com/trimet
or contact Kimberly Ruffin at 503-962-2213.
T R l© M E T
Let us take time to honor the energy,
determination, and optimism of our state’s
minority entrepreneurs.
Pacificorp believes that support of the
sustainable business development can be
an integral part of the development of an
economically strong and livable community.
See where it takes you.
'‘Together We Will Succeed"
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