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Minority & Small Business Week Page 34 September 26, 2012 New Seasons Plans Store on Broadway Addition to add about 150 jobs to local economy Locally owned and operated New Seasons Market last week announced that it will open a neighborhood grocery store at Northeast Broadway and 32rd Avenue in the planned Grant Park Village, a new mixed-use project on the site of the former Albina Fuel company. The vibrant 34,500 square foot store will serve as the anchor retail tenant and will be part of the project’s first phase, which also includes apartment units and structured parking. “With each new store we have an opportunity to further build our reg io n al food economy, create new jobs with great healthcare benefits and enhance our community part nerships,” said Lisa Sedlar, president and CEO of New Seasons Market. “This is an ideal site for us, as it sits at the intersection of great neighbor hoods, schools, parks, bike routes and transit, and it will be An artists’ rendering shows a New Seasons Market coming in late 2013 to North Williams Avenue on the former Wonder Bread bakery block in the Eliot Neighborhood. In addition, the local grocery announced plans last week for another new store in the former Albina Fuel site at Northeast Broadway and 32nd Avenue. a perfect complement to our C oncordia and Hawthorne stores.” Slated to open in the fall of 2014, this store will bring ap proximately 150 new jobs to the area, with New Seasons Market recruiting from the CHANGE IS HERE ! CHANGE IS NOW ! immediate community for lo cal, friendly staff who know and understand the neighbor hood best, company officials said. New Seasons earlier this year announced plans for an other new store serving north and northeast Portland on the former Wonder Bread bakery block in the Eliot neighborhood. The Williams Avenue store is scheduled to open in late 2013. Both locations will be tai lored to the community. Neigh bors can count on aisles Mr. Broadnax is Portland's chief advocate for recognizing June 19th as Freedom Day. an unpaid holiday celebrating the emancipation proclamation of 1865. He has dedicated his life toward improving youth education, ending gang violence, treating drug addiction, and preventing criminal recidivism.He strongly supports access to better education over privatization of prisons. For More Information on Woody & his official candidate platform, PLEASE visit us at: www.broadnax4congress.com or E-Mail us at: wbroadnax@lycos.com AN<? As a cote member of the Albina Ministerial Alliance, he strongly supports more oversight and police accountability, such as the Justice Department's investigation of deadly practices of the Portland Police. Woody also strives to ensure community representation m city government decision making. Policies. His experience provides him with a unique W o o d ro w B ro a d n a x CONGRESS « vision for how we can do better and think smarter on issues such as funding for youth gang prevention, healthcare reform, preventing the outsourcing of jobs, the use of enviromnentally sound, clean enerav. and protecting the community from nuclear waste developments on seismic ground. He is dedicated to keeping people in their homes and free from foreclosures_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Vote Woodrow V. Broadnax Jr. vour * Green Party and Progressive Parts • Candidate for Oregon’s 3rd District | Representative 2012 stocked with everyday staples and specialty items, with more than one-third of New Sea sons M a rk e t’s pro d u cts sourced from Northwest farm ers, food producers and entre preneurs, according to store representatives. p re a m "4 .Yeit Dream” c solution tc the problems that continue tc plague us as a community "4 .Y<it- D rea m " tvhichbungs together ALL resources, i* community nieinfcers, evzanamenibers. church leaders, senior citizens. elected officials, business leaders andccmmunicy volunteets). “.4 .Ye if D r e a m " fa r the betterment of .ALL people, irem all backgrounds “.4 .Yeir D re a m ” to collaborate and develop support programs for ALL fannies “.4 .Yeif D r e a m " to strengthen the abilir tor us to sonplv R R A P P by becoming Respectful, Responsible, Accountable and Productive for the common goal of Peace •XVocdrotv X’ 3rcadnax Jr Please send, all donations to Committee to Elect Woodrow Broadnax Jr. 4 Congress C/O CHASE BANK 2714 North Lombard St. Portland, OR 97217
