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Page 22 ihe JJnrtlanò (Observer August 18. 2010 Downtown Treasure for Elderly, Disabled c o n t i n u e d f r o m page 5 revival apartm ent building, oper ating as either a hotel or apart ment huilding since it was built. In 1981, it was renovated into 37 af fordable apartm ents under the Oregon Housing and Com m unity S ervices’ Elderly and Disabled Bond Program and given a 30 year Section 8 rental subsidy contract. By 2008, the Admiral was at risk o f losing its affordability due to the expiring Section 8 subsidies. REACH purchased the building to preserve the housing for the residents, several o f whom have lived in the building for over 20 years. The relocation o f residents at the Admiral was tem porary, with the ex p ectatio n that residents would move back in once the re pairs were com pleted. Admiral residents are fortunate, as many relocations have been a one-w ay trip, as downtown Portland has gentrified. The building has been care fully renovated with modem com forts, while retaining and restor ing its elegant, historic character. Inside, REACH has dedicated the community room to Lee Bradford Lacey, a long-time Portland civic activist who lived in the Admiral for 27 years. Lee suffered from the debilitating genetic disease epi dermolysis bullosa. Despite the herculean challenges in his life, Lee lived with dignity, grace, and a strong sense o f giving back. Is your house hot in the summer and cold in the w inter? WE CAN HELP! photo by M ark W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver Bathsheba Israel, a vendor at the new Boise-Eliot Outdoor Market, serves up a plate of vegetarian rotti with cornbread. Bridging Cultures o f charge to get it started. La Von Van, the owner o f neighboring Club needed extra cash. A longtiime ambi Twelve 22, and Kenneth Doswell, tion o f his, he decided to make a go of the owner o f clothing outlet Betty it after having a few encouraging Jean Couture, provide electricity . conversations after the election. The Northeast Coalition o f Neigh "This market will look like the borhoods, which helped launch the neighborhood," said Burton. King Farmers Market, is also help He soon began beating the ing get the word out. bushes for support for the market "It's been a real range from pro and met Muhammad, whom he hit it duce to arts and crafts to resale o ff with. Muhammad loved the idea items where people have come and and quickly signed on. done their own little mini yard sales," Standing under the hot August said Paige Coleman, the executive sun, Muhammad explained that he director o f the coalition, who was hopes the market will help serve as helping sell raspberries, peaches, a bridge between older African and strawberries o f a local vendor at American residents o f the area and the market last Saturday. the new whiter and more affluent Coleman said that at the market new-comers. she's seen people bump into each "In order to merge they need a other who haven't seen each other unifying thought or a common in years, and that the vendors at the thread," said M uhammad, who market, who pay $20 for a booth, hopes that bringing together hid often change each week. den talent in the neighborhood in a Organizers o f the market liken to social setting will help create a cor it to a traditional village economy nerstone for a stronger community. based on community relationships One o f the key components o f and self-sufficiency. With people the market is its focus on all things still reeling from the effects o f the local. It includes local food, crafts, great recession, many are looking arts, and music. for less conventional means o f mak Bathsheba Israel has been a regu ing money, which organizers hope lar at the market where she set up a the market provides an opportunity booth selling all-natural body oils for. They also hope that it will create and lotions, hand-made jewelry, and a lasting local economy that’s rela organic vegetarian food. tively insulated from the national "It's been excellent, everyone here business cycle. is like family," said Israel o f her Long term . B urton and experience Muhammad hope to launch other Speaking over a guitarist playing projects in lots in northeast Port in the background, whose reper land, particularly ones geared to toire includes jazz standards like ward urban agriculture. Vegetables "Autumn Leaves" and Bob Marley's will be grown on one lot and sold on "Stir it Up," Israel said that street another. vendors are a common sight in New But for now they ’ re concentrated York City, where she moved from on generating interest in the current about four years ago looking for a market with the aim o f keeping it better place to raise her kids. An open everyday year round. entire culture surrounds street ven To get more attention, Muhammad dors, she explained, and sees Port and Burton have are setting up a land as ripe for people who want to fence o f 4 by 8 foot art panels around create their own opportunity. the market. Once it's finished, they "1 just want to bring a little bit o f plane to auction off the panels with the city to the West Coast," said half going to the artist, and half going Israel. "This opens up Portland for to the market. another avenue," Burton likens the interest, so far, Burton and Muhammad have got to a wind current: sometimes strong ten plenty o f help o f other people in and blustery, other times a gentle northeast Portland Ben Kaiser, a breeze. property developer who owns the To set up a booth call Spencer lot, is letting the market operate free Burton at 503-803-2699 c o n t i n u e d f r o m fron t » Í A K Clean E n erg y W o rks P o rtla n d '’’1’ z il P a rtic ip a n ts b e n e fit fro m : is recruiting homeowners in Lents and Interstate neighborhoods to participate in a new energy- effi ciency financing program that will improve the com fort of your home. An in-depth home In- ,« ..t on, air sealing are neat ng equipm ent upgrades, installed by - ‘ . No upfront costs. 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