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November 29, 2017
Avalon Flowers
520 SW 3rd Ave., Portland,
OR 97204 • 503-796-9250
Livability Grants Awarded
Projects
promote shared
A full service flower experience
prosperity
Cori Stewart--
Owner, Operator
• Birthdays • Anniversaries
• Funerals • Weddings
Open: Mon.-Fri. 7:30am til 5:30pm
Saturday 9am til 2pm.
Website: avalonflowerspdx.com
email: avalonflowers@msn.com
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Prosper Portland, the city of
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agency, is awarding $1.7 million
in Community Livability Grants,
leveraging $11 million in private
investment, to promote projects
with shared prosperity benefitting
communities of color and people
with low incomes.
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The successful applicants were
from five urban renewal areas
across the city and had propos-
als that honor local culture and
history, support expansion of
workforce services facilities and
improve community centers and
services, officials said. They also
commit to making a good faith
effort to hire minority-owned,
woman-owned, disadvantaged or
emerging small businesses and
organizations.
Among the 21 grant recipients
are several serving the African
American community, including
a $280,000 grant to Allen Temple
Church to help rebuild a fellow-
ship hall and provide space for
community programs, classes and
public events; a $129,000 award
to the historic African American
The
Billy Webb Elks Lodge to expand
services, and $300,000 to Con-
structing Hope, a nonprofit that
plans to expand its training facil-
ity which prepares participants to
do construction work through a
pre-apprenticeship program.
New Hope Missionary Baptist
Church will receive $42,500 to
assist with roof replacement;
The Portland Miracle Reviv-
al Church Restoration Outreach
Community Center will receive
$38,000 for storefront improve-
ments to increase community en-
gagement with the organization’s
social services; and Vancouver
Avenue First Baptist Church will
receive $32,500 for renovation of
the church’s interior to encourage
a more optimized and efficient
use of space.
Week in Review
North Korea Fires 15th Ballistic Missile of 2017
North Korea launched its 15th ballistic missile of 2017 on Tuesday,
according to a U.S. official, marking the latest act of provocation by the
hermit nation and its first test in over two months. On Aug. 8, Trump
threatened the regime with “fire and fury like the world has never seen.”
High Court Rejects Mississippii Flag Lawsuit
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme court turned down hearing an appeal
from a black attorney who was lost a lawsuit against the state of Mis-
sissippi, claiming the Confederate symbol on the official state flag was
“an official endorsement of white supremacy.”
Michigan State, Duke Crowned PK80 Champs
Sunday concluded the Phil Knight Invitational 80, a Thanksgiving
holiday weekend college basketball tournament at the Moda Center
and Memorial Coliseum that saw 16 teams compete to celebrate Nike
Founder Phil Knight’s 80th birthday. In the championship bracket,
Michigan State beat North Carolina, 63-45; and in the runner up brack-
et Duke beat Florida, 87-84.
Man Dies in Hit and Run on North Fessenden
Police are looking for the driver of a dark BMW sedan involved in a
hit and run collision that killed a pedestrian on North Fessenden Street
Sunday. A witness told police the driver was speeding down the street
when it happened and fled. Community members administered CPR
for the victim, but he was later pronounced dead by emergency medical
responders, officials said.
Speed Tied to I-5 Fatal; Responding Officers Hurt
Police said speed was the blame for a fatal crash involving two vehicles
on I-5near the Interstate Bridge Sunday. Two North Precinct officers
assisting at the scene were injured when a passing motorist crashed into
their vehicle, one was transported to the hospital for serious injuries,
officials said.
Trump Makes Pocahontas Crack with Navajo Code Talkers
President Donald Trump turned a remark about ‘Pocahontas’ into a ra-
cial slur at a White House event honoring Navajo code talkers from
World War II Monday. The quip came in reference to Sen. Elizabeth
Warren in an aside that received swift backlash shortly afterward.
Net Neutrality Rollback Would Reverse Obama
Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai last week an-
nounced a proposal to roll back rules set in place by the Obama Admin-
istration to ensure equal access to the internet. The regulations prohibit
Telecom companies like AT&T and Verizon from slowing down the
delivery of websites in favor of speedier networks for higher paying
customers.