September 26, 2012
Minority & Small Business Week
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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.
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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
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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.
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