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Rockwood Building to Focus on Families
Human
Solutions
realizes a dream
Human Solutions, Inc. held a
groundbreaking last week for the
c o n stru c tio n p h ase o f The
Rockwood Building, a new 75,000
square foot building located at 124
N.E. 181st St. at Couch in Gresham.
The building will contain a multi
service center leased to six non
profit agencies on the ground floor,
plus 47 affordable apartments on
two upper stories. Partner agencies
that will offer services at the center
for low-income and homeless area
residents include Loaves & Fishes,
Mt. Hood Community College Head
Start, LifeWorks Northwest, Met
ropolitan Family Service, Wallace
Medical Concern, and Human Solu
tions.
will bring together six service pro-
viders in a single location, allowing
all o f the participating agencies the
ability to more effectively coordi-
nate services and care for their cli-
ents.”
At a costof more than$ 17 million, ing sources. Major funding will
the project’s complex financing come from $5.3 million in Low-In-
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includes 30
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An a rtis t’s rendering shows the
m ulti service center and
housing complex coming to the
Rockwood neighborhood o f
Gresham, a project o f Human
Solutions, a non-profit corpora
tion helping low income and
homeless families.
After more than six years o f
fundraising and project design, the
Rockwood Building will be the real
ization o f a concept envisioned by
Human Solutions to bring much-
needed housing and a suite o f hu
man services designed to serve
homeless and low-income families
in the Rockwood area, together in a
single building.
The building will be constructed
on a lot that has been empty for 30
years in the heart o f one o f the
p o o re st a reas in M ultn o m ah
County. It will bring infrastructure
development and much needed so
cial services to families in East
Multnomah County, many o f whom
have
been
d isp la c e d
by
gentrification that has taken place
in several Portland neighborhoods.
“Human Solutions is thrilled to
be celebrating the groundbreaking
o f The Rockwood Building,” said
Jean DeMaster, executive director.
“This is a success story not only for
our agency and funding partners,
but for the low-income and home
less residents o f this community.
We are extremely excited about the
Multi Service Center model, which
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