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Multnomah County Commissioner Loretta Smith.
Making a Difference
Smith honored
for job training
leadership
C alendar
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women an opportunity to get their
first work experience through a paid,
180-hour summer internship.
S u m m erW o rk s fo cu ses on
young people from low-income and
under-represented com m unities.
Multnomah County Com m is This year, more than 1,200 students
sioner Loretta Smith was honored at countywide applied for 520 total
the White House last Thursday for SummerWorks placements. Since
her role in making a positive differ 2011, Multnomah County has qua
ence in our communities.
drupled its number of placements to
Smith was praised for her leader provide 100 of those placements.
ship in SummerWorks, a program
"Here at Multnomah County,
that provides local young men and w e’re especially proud that young
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New Park Coming to Cully
O pinion
C lassifieds
H N M H H n M M M
men and women from low-income
communities spent their summer
with us gaining their first meaning
ful work experiences in jobs that
ranged from animal services to medi
cal clinics; from libraries to road
crews,” Smith said.
S m ith
p a rtn e re d
w ith
W orksystem s, Inc., the federal
W orkforce Investm ent Act jo b
train in g program for O regon.
S um m erW o rk s at M ultn o m ah
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2.4 acre open
space eagerly
awaited
Portland Parks and Recreation
has announced that plans are mov
ing forward for the first developed
neighborhood park in Portland’s
Cully Neighborhood.
Construction of the 2.4 acre park,
located on Northeast 52nd Avenue
between Alberta and Wygant, will
begin in the spring and be complete
by 2015 to help fulfill the need for a
park and open space within the
neighborhood, officials said.
Completion of the park will create
a neighborhood gathering place in
the heart of an area that needs it
most. The Cully Neighborhood is a
culturally diverse area that is home
to more than 13,000 residents with a
mix of commercial and relatively
dense residential development.
The all-volunteer Cully Associa
tion of Neighbors has been instru-
mental in drawing attention to the
needs of the neighborhood. The
group is also involved with plan
ning the future Thomas Cully Park
on Northeast 72nd Avenue, along
with other area partnerships includ
ing the rec en t ex p an sio n o f
SacajaweaPark.
"It is very exciting that the Cully
neighborhood will finally have a
fully developed park suited for all
ages for our diverse community,”
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