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Page 12 Fortiani» (Obstruer Career8c E ducation Recasting Trader Joes c o n t i n u e d f r o m page 3 Portland D evelopm ent C om m ission to w ork w ith sm all businesses and cials w ould boost spending on a f stakeholders, especially firms ow ned fordable housing in the corridor by by persons o f color, to create and som e $20 m illion over 5 years, using support a robust business and co m future property taxes dedicated for m ercial district. urban renew al as a w ay to reverse P A A L F E x e c u tiv e D ir e c to r som e o f the gentrification th a t’s C yreena B oston A shby did not have occurred o v er the past few decades. a com m ent on the new efforts w hen T he plan w ould also call for the reached Tuesday. March 12, 2014 S P E C IA L E D IT IO N c o m p a n y h ad n e v e r c e a se d d is c u ssio n s w ith M ajestic R ealty , the L o s A n g e le s - b a s e d d e v e lo p e r w h ic h w as the m a jo r b a c k e r o f th e C olas C onstruction, the locally p ro ject. ow ned A frican-A m erican com pany He said developing the site was that had been selected as the gen “a critical project to spaw n eco eral contract for the $8 m illion dollar nom ic dev elo p m en t” in the neigh T rad er J o e ’s project ju st days b e borhood, and particularly for the fore the pullout w as announced early sm all business ow ners in V anport last m onth, w as pleased w ith the Square, the adjacent retail cen ter new efforts. w hich was prom ised an anchor ten A n d rew C o la s to ld T h e P o rt ant nearly 10 years ago lan d O b se rv e r T u e sd a y th a t his C olas says he flew out to Los A ngeles as recently as last W ednes day to show M ajestic a petition supporting a T rad er J o e ’s that w as sponsored by the O regon chapter o f the N ational A ssociation o f M i nority C o n tracto rs, w hich C olas C onstruction is a m em ber. He says o f the 684 nam es listed as supporters, the U rban L eague o f P ortland w as one o f the signees. C olas gave credit to the m ayor for his leadership and said he w as “cau tiously o p tim istic” the deal w ill be revived. w h m m h h h h m m m HHHHMMHHRflMM ~ 2014 C alendar for SATURDAY c SUNDAY 8 International W om en's D ay R obert S abuda bom , 1965 15 P urim B egins at su n d o w n . A bsolutely Incredible K id D ay Ides o f M arch 9 D aylight Savings T im e B egins Explorer A m erigo V espucci b om , 1454 B arbie’s B irthday (1959) o Sid F leischm an bom , 1920 Jam es M adison bom , 1751 (4th President) 22 » R andolph C aldecott bom , 1846 N ational S ing-O ut D ay U nited N ations W orld W ater D ay 29 C oca-C ola w as Invented in 1886 A rm ed Forces left V ietnam í 1973) 16 23 T oast D ay Political L ead er Patrick H enry declared, "G ive m e liberty...", 1775 MONDAY 10 C om m onw ealth D ay A bolitionist H arriet T ubm an D ay Jack K ent bom , 1920 1 st P ap er M oney Issued in 1862 17 St. Patrick's Day W endell M inor b om , 1944 R ubber B and In v e n te d 24 H arry H oudini b o m , 1874 Exxon V aidez runs a g ro u n d (1989) TUESDAY 11 Jonathan L ondon b om , 1947 Johnny A ppleseed D ay E arthquakes d ev as tate J a p a n (2011) 18 First W alk in Space (1965) Sparky the Fire D og G rover C leveland b o m , 1837 (22nd & 24th President) 25 P ancakes F irst M ade (1882) K ate D iC am illo bom , 1964 Sculptor G utzon B o rg lu m b o m , 1871 Marek WEDNESDAY THURSDAY 12 13 G irl S co u t D ay A nniversary o f the D eath o f A nne Frank (1945) V irginia Ham ilton bom , 1936 Beni M ontresor b om , 1926 First M ap o f the US Published (1784) T ater D ay M athem atician R ene D escartes bom , 1596 21 1st D a y o f Spring M itsum asa A nno bom , 1926 B ig B ird's B irthday Sesam e Street ch aracter C hildren's P oetry D ay N ational T een-A gers D ay Single P arents' D ay 27 A laska hit by 8.4 Earthquake (1964) D ick K ing-Sm ith bom , 1922 30 D octor's D ay A laska Purchased from the R ussian Empire (1867) A rtist V incent van G ogh bom , 1853 A nniversary o f the N ational W ildlife R efuge System Pi D ay (3.14) Scientist A lbert E instein b o m 20 26 M ake up Y our ow n H oliday D ay Poet R obert Frost bom , 1874 Jerry P allotta bom , 1953 14 E llen R askin bom , 1928 G ood Sam aritan D ay U ranus D iscovered (1781) 19 S w allow s R eturn to San Ju an C apistrano FRIDAY Fish Fry 28 3:30pm till 8:30pm Im m a cu la te H ea rt C hurch C om m unity H a ll 2926 N. W illiam s A ve. 503287-3724 cc AER iC AN -AM ER iC A N C HAM BER 0E C O M M E R C E Portland Observer is a proud member of the AACC
