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Attention Soul D istrict Businesses and Residents
ailing 5*000 Shoppers!
Join NNEBA as we kick off our Annual Membership
Drive and the Holiday Season in Inner N/NE Portland
Events Include:
• Sat Nov 30 N atio n al S h o p S m all Day: Spend your holiday
dollars with our local inner N/NE small businesses as part o f the
national movement to celebrate small business.
• Sat Nov 30 N/NE C o m m u n ity T ree Lig h tin g 5-6:30pm
(MLK Gateway Heritage Marker square* NE Grand, Hancock
& MLK)
o Music from local artists
o Com plim entary Coco, coflee and sweet treats
o Raffle: Bring a non-perishable food item to donate to
Martha's Pantry and receive a raffle ticket for a chance
to win some great gifts from Soul District businesses
• Sat Dee 7 Food Cart Pavilion Feat: Visit the food carts for
special holiday feasts (NE MLK/Jarret & NE Fremont Vancouver)
• Sat Dec 14 H itzville Motown Review: 7:00pm at the Oregon
Convention Center. Tickets: www.eventbrite/event/8923844459
• Wed Dec 18 Jingle Holiday Dash: 6:45pm join the festive
No Po Run Club for Running, Caroling & Libations.
• Sat Dec 21 Specialized Holiday G ift Wrapping: by B.A.G. &
Company Interior Design at 311 N. Ivy St - Noon to 6:30pm/
For More Information: (503) 789-7074.
E'or More Info on these and other great Soul District Events
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Make a difference in our community by joining
NNEBA Today, w inner o f the 2013 Spirit o f Portland Award.
Call: 503-841-5032
Coming Soon: ww w N NEBAportland.org
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Help for Troubled
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sure every person who wants in
surance by Jan. 1 will have it,"
Kitzhaber said.
The g o v e rn o r also said he
should have been paying more
attention to Cover O regon's woes.
"In retrospect, I should have
been m ore engaged in the project.
I didn't realize the problem s were
so significant," he said.
Cover Oregon is supposed to
allow people to shop online for
health coverage, find out w hether
they qualify for tax credits under
the federal health care law, and
enroll in an insurance plan or
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King has faced growing pres
sure from the Legislature and the
exchange's governing board to ex
plain what went wrong and how it
will be fixed.
The governor said the prob
lems with the exchange have been
"frustrating" and the state will do
a post-m ortem analysis o f what
wrong - but not until later. For
now, the state is focused on get
ting O regonians enrolled via the
m anual paper system , he said.
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for M edicaid or tax credits.
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Oregon's online enrollment should
work for individuals by m id-D e
cem ber, but not in tim e for people
to get coverage that begins Jan. 1.
To have coverage at the start of
the year, applications m ust be
postm arked by Dec. 4 and a plan
must be selected by Dec. 15.
Kitzhaber has been a staunch
supporter of the exchange, persuad
ing state lawmakers to approve a
robust, ambitious platform. While
other states building their own in
surance exchanges have compro
mised on certain features, Oregon
has held on to its vision of building
a complicated clearinghouse that
could screen people for a wide range
of public assistance programs, not
just health care.
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Soul District Tree Lighting
The com m unity is invited, to
experience the wonder o f the holi
day season by jo in in g a Tree
Lighting C elebration at the gate
w ay e n tra n c e in to n o rth and
northeast Portland.
The event will be held Satur
day, Nov. 30 at the M artin Luther
K ing B oulevard G atew ay and
H eritage M arkers plaza on the
corn er o f N o rth east Schuyler,
Hancock and G rand Avenue. The at the event.
cerem ony will begin at 5 p.m. with
The N orth/N ortheast Business
the lighting at 5:30 p.m. There will A ssociation and its annual “Illu
be live m usic and entertainm ent m inating the Soul H oliday C am
by local artists, and a raffle for paign” is the sponsor o f the event.
prizes.
Inner north and northeast Port
For every non-perishable item land was coined “the Soul o f Port
o f food you bring to the celebra land” over 15 years ago by NNEBA
tion for M artha's Pantry, you will Board m em bers, com m unity part
receive one raffle ticket for the n e rs a n d c ity o f P o r tla n d
opportunity to win various prizes officials.
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