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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.”