Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current, January 09, 2013, Page 2, Image 2

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Crowd Control
On any given
weekend, large
crowds o f party-goers
come from all corners
o f the metro area and
overflow the Old Town/
Chinatown venues,
sidewalks and streets.
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o w n e rs. “T h e th e o ry is p e o p le can
w a lk o u t in to th e stre ets an d h av e
m o re a re a to w a lk , so th e re w ill be
less b u m p in g an d s h o v in g ,” said
G u th rie . “ T h a t’s th e lo g ic b e h in d
it, w e w ill see if it w o rk s .”
H o b o ’s and o th er businesses in
the area didn ’ t have m uch o f a choice
but to accept and adapt to the c ity ’s
decision. G uthrie is optim istic that it
w ill bring m ore party people dow n
and profit businesses w hile k e ep ­
ing the crow ds safe.
H ow ever, he w orried the loss o f
parking after 10 p.m . w ould n eg a­
tively im pact his d in n er patrons as
they have to rush through an 8 p.m .
o r 8:30 p.m . d in n er to get back to
their cars and m ove them . B ut he
w as relieved after the first w eekend
and holiday trial.
“N ew Y ears w as great. F antas­
tic,” he said. “O bviously people
found som ew here to park. W e w ere
very very busy. A nd I think e v ery ­
body w as.”
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T h u rsd a y , Jan . 17, fro m 9 a.m . to 7
p .m ., fo r W ells F a rg o c u sto m e rs
fa c in g fin a n c ia l h a rd sh ip s.
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ro w ers w ill re c e iv e a d e cisio n on a
w o rk o u t, lo an m o d ific a tio n , o r
o th e r o p tio n s , o n site o r sh o rtly
fo llo w in g the w o rk sh o p . O p tio n s
in c lu d e the b a n k ’s o w n loan m o d i­
fic a tio n p ro g ra m an d th e fe d e ra l
g o v e rn m e n t’s H o m e A ffo rd a b le
M o d ific a tio n P ro g ra m .
R e g istra tio n is u rg e d to g u a r­
a n te e th e a b ility to m e e t o n e -o n -
o n e w ith a re p re se n ta tiv e . V isit
w f h m e v e n ts .c o m /
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s e ttle m e n t w ith a tto rn e y s g en eral
in O r e g o n a n d e l s e w h e r e .
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re fin a n c e th e ir lo an b a se d on c ri­
teria in clu d in g d em o n stratin g a b il­
ity to rep ay .
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c e s s o f a p p ly in g fo r O re g o n ’s
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v id e s up to 12 m o n th s o f m o rt­
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