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Page 4 EDUCATIONCAREERS Special Edition August 24, 2016 Brandi Webber, owner of Imagination Station Daycare Center, com- pletes a Portland Development Commission program for minori- ty-owned small businesses. Also pictured are Tory Campbell (left) and Tavo Cruz of the PDC. Tools for Business Growth The Increase Project, PDC’s pilot program to provide minori- ty-owned small businesses with the tools for growth and expan- sion, recently recognized its first class of graduates. Each graduate spent almost 40 hours in class, as well as countless additional hours completing prep work and assignments, engaging in peer-mentoring meetings, and writing individual growth plans. Next steps: implement those plans and take the business to the next level. Congratulations to Michele Sanders, Attic Journals; Jamaal Lane, Champions Barbering In- stitute; Salud Gonzalez, Don Fe- lipe Products; Jasmine Tran, Es- sance; Jamaal Hale, Good Green Printing; Rachel Hestmark, Hes- tmark Designs; Brandi Webber, Imagination Station Daycare Center; Ro Tam, Tanglewood Beverage Company; Corinne Phillips, Pretty Petals; and Jessi- ca Chan, WinkPens. Wheeler’s Black Leader C ontinued from p age 2 the top press aide for current Dem- ocratic nominee for Vice President Tim Kaine, who at the time was the Governor of Virginia. “We are fortunate to have a highly skilled manager, policy expert, and proven leader in this role. I expect a high degree of ex- perience and professionalism from my staff and Maurice Henderson is the right person to help me build and lead the team,” Wheeler said in an official statement. Henderson doesn’t have a set start date for the position, but will immediately merge with Wheel- er’s administration as he transi- tions into office this January. Wheeler also reassigned cur- rent Chief of Staff Tom Rinehart into the Chief Administrative Officer and director of the Of- fice of Management and Finance position. Rinehart will begin his position Oct. 1, which entails see- ing over finance, revenue, human resources and other essential city government affairs. Club Owner Sues City C ontinued from p age 3 appealing to black people.” Other issues Thames says she experienced since her takeover of Exotica in 2010, included “dra- conian” liquor restrictions placed on the club, and an incident with OLCC officer that led to Thames being held in custody for resisting arrest and interfering with a peace officer. The Multnomah County District Attorney determined the arrest was unjust and refused to charge her and she was released, according to the complaint. Club Skinn, a white-owned strip club on Northeast Cully and Prescott, just a 10 minute drive from Exotica’s old location at 240 N.E. Columbia Blvd., has seen both homicide and sexual ha- rassment allegations and remains seemingly untouched by the OLCC - a point Thames makes in her lawsuit. She also points to a grim statis- tic that despite a 6.3 percent black population in Portland, there are only three black-owned bars or clubs, and none of them cater to black youth in the city or the hip- hop music usually associated with the culture.
