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c o n t i n u e d f r o m front
in the community, while only 43-cents
stays w hen spent at a chain.
In a recent com m unity “ v ision”
session, local residents, neighbors
and business ow ners cam e together
to form an agenda. T hey decided
that cleaning up the streets should
be a first priority.
Im p lem e n tin g th e sam e p re m i.se
as urban neighborhoods across the
nation, the M ain Street program di-
vides their volunteers am ong four
com m ittees; prom otions, organiza-
lion, business dev elo p m en t, and
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design, w ith an added overlay o f
sustainability.
T ogether, M ain Street installed
garbage cans up and dow n A lberta,
all locally m ade out o f recycled street
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I n an el fort to attract m ore people
to the n e ig h b o rh o o d an d th u s,
boost the local econom y, A lberta
M ain Street convinced local b u si­
ness ow ners to invest in “ sm all
façade im provem ents” that w ould
August 3, 2011
Alberta
m ake their buildings m ore attractive
to custom ers.
T hough seven applied, only tw o
longtim e buildings, the C om m unity
C y c lin g C e n te r a n d A1 F o rn o
Ferruza, were aw arded $5,0 0 0 grants
and m atched by the ow ners. Both
businesses w ere able to fix up the
front o f their buildings on relatively
low budgets.
E ag er to help A lb e rta ’s busi-
nesses stay in business, W ittenburg
said A lberta M ain Street began a
sem inar series for local business
ow ners to netw ork, share inform a-
(ion, and w ork together io success- ^ a w h lr l ° f r e d
b<;adedJ nd
belly dancers SWay their hips m sequence as they make
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w u iM u g eu ier io success
the/r way down Alberta Street during ast year's Alberta Street Fair Parade
fully appeal to not only residents,
r a n r a ta u e .
but those visiting from P o rtlan d ’s
suburbs or out o f tow n.
W hile W ittenburg seeks to m ake
the 14th an n u al A lb e rta S treet F a ir c o m e d y sh o w an d a K ids C o rn e r
positive changes to the district o f by C ari H achmann
T he P ortland O bserver
on S a tu rd a y , A ug. 13.
w ith fun a c tiv itie s ju s t fo r kids.
A lberta, she is com m itted to keep-
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than 150 street vendors, artists, and ra n g in g fro m c la s s ic a l p ia n is t,
vo lu n teer com m ittees.
sh o w e d up. T h is y e ar, 15,000 to talented eccentrics, local and for- C h u c k M ic h a e lso n , to a d a n c in g
A lberta “is not as diverse as it
20 ,0 0 0 people are ex p ected to flock eign, keep neighbors, friends, fam i- c a ra v a n o f g y p sie s, G y p sy H eart
once was, but we want to m aintain the
a 20 b lo ck stre tch in c e le b ra tio n o f lies, and kids entertained until the T rib a l, to th e A frica n re b e l ro c k
diversity that still exists,” she said.
sun falls under the sidew alks.
g ro u p , D u su M ali B and.
“T h e s tre e t fa ir is a c o m m u n ity
T h e d ay d ra w s to an e n d at 7
d ay , said S a ra W itte n b u rg , la d y - p .m . w ith th e la st p e rfo rm a n c e
in -c h a rg e o f th e su m m e r fa ir an d sh o w in g at 6 :1 5 p.m . F e a tu rin g
e x ec u tiv e d ire c to r o f A lb erta M ain so m e o f P o rtla n d ’s fin e st b rew s,
S treet. “ I t’s ab o u t b rin g in g p e o p le the b e e r g a rd e n w ill re m a in o p en
to g e th e r, c e le b ra tin g o u r c o m m u - u n til 9 :3 0 p .m . w ith the fre sh e st
n ity , an d h a v in g fu n .”
b e a ts fro m DJ H o y a w ra p p in g up
In a h e ig h te n e d e ffo rt to e n te r- th e n ig h t.
ta in the y o u n g e st o f fa ir-g o e rs
T h e A lb e rta S tre e t F a ir e v e n t is
an d th o se y o u n g at h e a rt, th e d ay free w ith a su g g e ste d d o n a tio n o f
k ic k s o ff at 11 a.m . w ith the K id ’s $ 2 . F o r m o r e d e t a i l s , v i s i t
P arad e an d th e C u rio u s G a rd e n a lb e rta m a in s t.o rg .
Alberta Street Fair Set for 14th Year
FREE — Opera in the Park I Sun, Aug 7, 6 pm
Portland SummerFest presents Carmen by Georges Bizet, hosted by Concordia University on
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FREE — Summer Story Time I Tues, Aug 16, 10 am
Co-hosted by Multnomah County Library, children of all ages, along with their parents, are
invited to the Jody Thurston Northwest Center for Children's Literature in Concordia's
George R. White Library & Learning Center at 2800 NE Liberty St.
FREE — Shakespeare-in-the-Park I Sun, Aug 28, 3 pm
Much Ado About Nothing, performed by the Portland Actors Ensemble and directed by Asae
Dean, hosted by Concordia University on the Campus Green, www.portlandactors.com
Shakespeare Conference
I Sept 6-9
Hollywood film m aker Roland Emmerich keynotes the four-day fall Shakespeare Conference,
hosted by Concordia University s Richard Paul & Jane Roe Shakespeare Authorship Research
Centre. For information, pricing, and more, visit www.authorshipstudies.org.
FREE — Sunday Parkways
I Sun, Sept 25, 12-5 pm
Sponsors Concordia University and Trinity Lutheran School support Sunday Parkways. Visit
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that I work with who had the determina-
tion and strength of will and mind, and
nothing, nothing got in her way.”
In the thick o f em o tio n hon o rin g
V a u g h n ’s life, co m m u n ity eld ers
called to end violence in the Port-
land area, “ W hen are w e going to
com e to g eth er as a co m m u n ity and
say ‘no lo n g er can w e stand fo r
an o th er young person dying on the
side o f the road, in so m eb o d y ’s
house, in som ebody ’ s bedroom and
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tinued, “No longer can we stand for
violence in this community. N o longer
can we turn a blind eye to what’s going
on in this community. We have to take
a stand and say enough is enough.’”
Vaughn disappeared in mid-March,
the same day Portland police say she
was shot and killed by her boyfriend
Parrish Bennette Jr., 16. Bennette re­
mains injail, held without bail on murder
and manslaughter charges,
Bennette gave information that lead
investigators to the spot on Rocky
Butte where Vaughn’s remains were
left.Asheawaitstrial,Vaughn’smother,
said the funeral was “just the beginning
oftheclosure,there’sstillmoretocome,”
Louis said.
Stephen C ole, v ice-ch air o f the
N ortheast C oalition o f N eighbor-
hoods, recently spoke out about
L ast T hursday saying the city had
selective hearing because it w as
only listening to the positive com -
m ents about L ast T hursday ev en ts
on A lberta Street and ignoring the
com plaints,
H is rem arks w ere incorrectly at-
tributed to N E C N E xecutive D irec-
tor Paige C olem an in the story on
L ast T hu rsd ay in o u r July 31 issue,
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