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Page 4 July 13, 2016 Subscribe ! Fill Out & Send To: 503-288-0033 Attn: Subscriptions, PO Box 3137, Portland OR 97208 $45.00 for 3 months • $80.00 for 6 mo. • $125.00 for 1 year (please include check with this subscription form) Name: Telephone: Address: or email subscriptions@portlandobserver.com Providing Insurance and Financial Services Home Office, Bloomington, Illinois 61710 Ernest J. Hill, Jr. Agent 4946 N. Vancouver Avenue, Portland, OR 97217 503 286 1103 Fax 503 286 1146 ernie.hill.h5mb@statefarm.com 24 Hour Good Neighbor Service R State Farm R The 50-unit Bronaugh Apartments, downtown, celebrates a grand reopening as a home to elderly and disabled residents living on fixed incomes. Downtown Housing Saved REACH celebrates reopening On Friday, July 15, REACH Community Development will celebrate the grand re-opening of the Bronaugh Apartments, a three story, 50-unit historic apartment building located in downtown Portland. In order to preserve and main- tain much-needed affordable homes for seniors and disabled residents on fixed incomes, The Law Offices of Patrick John Sweeney, P.C. Protests and Vigils C ontinued from P age 3 Patrick John Sweeney Attorney at Law 1549 SE Ladd, Portland, Oregon Portland: Hillsoboro: Facsimile: Email: (503) 244-2080 (503) 244-2081 (503) 244-2084 Sweeney@PDXLawyer.com REACH purchased the building in 2013 and oversaw a substantial renovation, including a seismic upgrade to bring it up to current code. Built in 1905, the Bronaugh is listed on the historic registry and was last renovated in 1982. The building has been carefully renovated with modern comforts, while retaining and restoring its elegant, historic character. With an expiring Section 8 con- tract and hot real estate market, the Bronaugh was at risk of being converted to market rate apart- ments, displacing its senior and the fallen Dallas officers, with Portland’s taking place this past Sunday at the Police Memorial at Tom McCall Waterfront Park. Detective Nathan Sheppard, attended the event, calling for a positive solution to the tension between cops and African Amer- icans. “Returning violence multiplies violence,” Sheppard said.”Hate cannot drive out hate. Only love can.” The president of Portland’s Po- lice Officers Union Daryl Turner echoed these sentiments, express- ing the need to build a good re- lationship between police and the community. “This is not the time to take the ‘us vs. them’ mentality,” Turner said. Memorials and calls for justice were also held Sunday at Augus- disabled residents. REACH pur- chased the building to preserve the housing for the residents, several of whom have lived in the build- ing for over 20 years. Funding for the project was provided by the Portland Housing Bureau, Oregon Housing & Com- munity Services, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Network for Ore- gon Affordable Housing, and the U S Dept. of Housing & Urban Development. The development team included Walsh Construction Co., Carleton Hart Architecture, and the Housing Development Center. tana Lutheran Church, a diverse congregation in northeast Port- land, and AME Zion Church, a historically black church at North Vancouver and Skidmore. At a press conference Monday, Dallas Police Chief David Brown offered a symbiotic solution to the problems of trust between the black community and police. “We’re hiring,” Police Chief Brown said. “We’ll put you in your neighborhood, and we will help you resolve some of the problems you’re protesting about.”
