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September 26, 2012 Minority & Small Business Week Page II Curiosity Retires The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute of the University of Oregon in Portland invites the public to discover all that OLLI-UO has to offer at an open house and lecture: Bees 101 Speaker: Naturalist Jim Anderson Tuesday, September 18,1:30 p.m. Elsie Stuhr Center of the Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District, 5550 SW Hall Blvd, Beaverton This is a free event. Light refreshments will be provided. Discover the benefits of lifelong learning today! Nathan Teske, director ofcommunity economic development forthe Hacienda Community Development Corporation, works with other non-profits in the Cully neighborhood o f northeast Portland to create economic, social and environmental benefits for one o f Portland’s m ost diverse communities. continued from front 9 hoods have. Only one-third of Cully streets have sidewalks, she said. “We want to make more connec tions, so it’s easy for Cully resi dents to get through their neighbor hood,” said Bischoff. Some residents worry that new d e v elo p m e n ts m ay trig g e r gentrification with the influx of new residents displacing the existing community. As witnessed by other n o rth ea st n e ig h b o rh o o d s like A lb e rta and M ississip p i, LE A R N M O R E 800-824-2714 • 503-412-3653 h ttp ://o s h e r.u o re g o n .e d u EO/AA/ADA institution committed to cultural diversity, c 2012 University of Oregon o UNIVERSITY OF OREGON I » / VjU 1 — effects of gentrification,” said Teske, “but supported the plan after much re-assurance from the city that they would work with Hacienda and oth ers to create opportunities for low- income Latino and other diverse residents to stay in Cully.” Hacienda is involved in “Living Cully,” a collaborative effort with other area non-profits like Verde, an advocate group for low-incomes, and the Native American Youth and Family Center to create economic, social and environmental benefits for residents of Cully. We want to make more connections, so it’s easy for Cully residents to get through their neighborhood. - Debbie Bischoff of the city’s Bureau of Planningand Sustainability. gentrification has led to higher rents, property values and thus, the dis placement of many low-income resi dents. Nathan Teske, director of com munity economic development at the non-profit Hacienda Commu nity D evelopm ent Corporation, whose mission is to help low-in come Latinos and other residents into affordable housing, says his group supports the city’s plan, but fear negative impacts. “We are concerned about in creased property values and the The c ity ’s plan includes a sec tion on “equity” that will “help with understanding gentrification and displacem ent” in the Cully neighborhood. As a case study, the city suggests follow -up work to m onitor C ully’s situation and develop strategies with com m u nity organizations to m inim ize the negative im pacts of change that will happen in Cully. “W e w ant to m ake sure that the jo b s that are c reated are for people in the n e ig h b o rh o o d ,” said T eske. A Diverse Workforce NËCÏ^JÎÏBÊW - for Diverse Jobs - » - - ELECTRICAL TRAINING CENTER 16021 NE AIRPORT WAY • PORTLAND, OR 97230 503-262-9991 • nietc.org
