July 14. 2010
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Ethos Selected to Manage IFCC
building, which is owned by PPR
and located on N. Interstate A v
enue, had long struggled with fi
nancial instability and had to fold
last spring w hen the city could no
longer afford to prop them up.
The IFCC has given m any art
ists, especially m inorities, a place
to hone their craft before going on
to great things locally and, for
som e, nationally. PPR evaluated
the application o f each nonprofit
com peting for the space with an
eye on how well they would fulfill
this function, ultim ately deciding
that Ethos was best qualified.
"Ethos has a long history o f
fostering m ulti-ethnic, m ulti-cul
tural program s, education, and
perform ances, which is exactly
w hat we hoped to be able to con
tinue at IFCC," said Parks C om
m issioner Nick Fish in a prepared
statem ent.
Under the tw o-year renew able
Will foster
diversity in arts
Portland Parks and Recreation
has entered into an agreem ent
with Ethos to m anage the Inter
state Firehouse C ultural Center, a
historic building that has been a
launching pad for m any artists in
Portland's art scene.
Ethos operates a m usic educa
tion program based in north Port
lan d ta rg e tin g d isa d v a n ta g e d
populations, and has served sev
eral thousand students since it
opened up in 1998. The nonprofit
beat out three other organizations
vying to take control o f the cen
ter, which was founded in 1982 by
form er Portland Parks C om m is
sioner C harles Jordan, the city's
first African Am erican city com
missioner.
The form er o p erato r o f the
contract with the city, Ethos will
work w ith com m unity partners to
incorporate all o f the arts into the
IFCC building, and establish pan
els that will select two resident
theater groups a year, visual art
ists, dance instructors, and m usic
instructors.
A pplications for serving on
these panels can be found on
Ethos' w ebsite once the contract
is form erly approved by C ity
Council, which is expected to hap
pen on July 14. Ethos will also rent
out the facilities to sm aller arts
groups looking for exposure.
Ethos was selected because o f
its prior success operating two
buildings on North K illingsw orth
Street, and for its financial stabil
ity. The new contract, som e costs
previously covered by the city
will now be covered by Ethos, like
the paying for utilities and routine
m aintenance.
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Low em ission
vehicles to go
on Line 72
Congressman Earl Blumenauer
joined Federal Transit Administra
tion Deputy Administrator Therese
McMillan andTriMet General Man
ager Neil McFarlane Friday to an
nounce that TriMet is slated to re
ceive $2 million in federal funds to
buy new low-emission, high-effi-
ciency hybrid buses.
The funds will be used to pur
chase four hybrid buses and will
operate on one o f T riM et’s busi
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com petitive proposal because it
will im prove the environm ent for
riders as well as for residents.
“ By investing in this project,
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