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Market
Construction
of St. Johns
store to begin
this spring
Locally owned and operated New
Seasons Market plans to open a
25,000-square-foot grocery store on
N o rth L om bard S tre et n e ar
Roosevelt High School in 2016.
The company announced the
expansion plans last week saying
the new store will serve the neigh
borhoods of St. Johns, University
Park, Portsmouth, Cathedral Park
and New Columbia, creating 150
jobs, with the goal of hiring as many
staff as possible from the immediate
community.
“Year after year, this has been
one of our most requested potential
neighborhoods. It took us a little
while to find the right location, and
it’s exciting to say that now we
have,” said Wendy Collie, New Sea-
grams, as well as with the St. Johns
Farm ers M arket, h elp in g the
nonprofits increase access to locally
produced and nutritious food. New
Seasons Market also sponsors the
Sauvie Island Center summer camp
series, which helps area children learn
how to cook what they grow.
"Celebrating community is in our
DNA. One of the things I am most
excited about is the opportunity for
New Seasons Market to become
part of the fabric of the neighbor
hood,” said Collie. “The store will
not only be a place for great food;
we hope it will also become a place
where neighbors catch up over a
cup of coffee, laugh together during
book club or work together in a
An artist s rendering shows the proposed New Seasons Market scheduled for construction this
neighborhood meeting.”
The St. Johns New Seasons
spring in the St. Johns neighborhood o f north Portland.
sons Market president and chief the communities who make their ing forward to deepening our rela- Market has been designed with sev
eral sustainable features such as a
executiveotncer.
home on the peninsula are truly tionships and serving our new
continuous green canopy running
We have long-standing part- unique and share our value of build- neighbors.”
nerships with nonprofits and neigh- ing community, celebrating great
New Seasons Market has worked along Lombard Street and a green
MOwk°D af VOJ ates m thls part of ,ocaI food and taking care of one foryears with Village Gardens’ Food roof over the outside deli seating
North Portland, and we know that another,” Collie said. “We are look- Works and community gardens pro area. Groundbreaking is expected to
take place this spring.
George Fox Backs Down
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course two weeks ago and granted
Marcus his desired housing.
Written into the school’s new
policies, however, are requirements
that future transgender students,
especially transgender students of
color, may struggle to meet. Full
genital reassignment surgery will
be required of all future students
seeking similar accom m odations-a
medical cost that the school’s in-
surance conveniently leaves out of
its student insurance policy.
The new policy, states:
“Providing appropriate housing
for transgender students continues
to be a challenge at religious and
non-religious institutions across the
country. George Fox University has
a two-year required, single-sex dorm
another. The school however has
not responded to such concerns in
its recent statements,
Marcus sat down with The Port-
land Observer just before the school
came down with its latest decision,
and shared some of his thoughts:
Portland O bserver: Just as back-
ground, are students normally sepa-
rated by gender at George Fox?
W hat’s normally the rule?
Jayce Marucs: There is a rule
you can’t live with the opposite sex
while at George Fox, at least while
you’re not married.
Portland Observer: How has this
been at school?
Jayce Marcus-. I have found a lot
of support on campus through stu-
dents and faculty.
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