December 20, 2017
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A preliminary drawing shows the proposed affordable housing condominium project planned for
North Interstate Avenue by the nonprofit Proud Ground.
Permanently Affordable
Non profit plans
condos to create
equity, stability
M iChael l eighton
P ortland o bserver e ditor
A Portland community land
trust created to help residents
share in the equity from owning a
home has plans to develop a ma-
jor affordable condominium proj-
ect giving priority to displaced
residents.
Proud Ground indicated last
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Arts &
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week that it wants to develop a
permanently affordable, mixed-
use housing condominium at
5020 N. Interstate Ave., located
in the heart of the city’s Inter-
state Urban Renewal and North/
Northeast Housing Strategy Plan
area.
The backers say they are confi-
dent they will soon win approval
for the project, but final negotia-
tions are still be worked out with
city officials and the Portland
Housing Bureau, including fund-
ing support, according to Proud
Ground Executive Director Diane
Linn.
Linn said Proud Ground is
working with community leaders
in the African American commu-
nity on the construction and is
committed to a preference policy
giving priority to families who
would like to return to their his-
toric neighborhoods.
The Portland Housing Bureau
recently approved a return policy
for Portland Community Devel-
opment Initiatives, Inc., (PCRI)
another affordable housing pro-
C ontinued on P age 5
Jury Rules Shooting Justified
Burglary suspect was shot during police chase
O PINION
C LASSIFIEDS
C ALENDAR
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A Multnomah County Grand
Jury has determined that a Port-
land Police Bureau officer was
justified when he shot and wound-
ed an unarmed black bank robbery
suspect last October.
The grand jury ruled last week
that the use of deadly force by Of-
ficer Ryan Reagan against Chase
Arnae Peeples, 25, was a lawful
exercise of self-defense under Or-
egon law. The shooting happened
during a chase after officers re-
sponded to a bank robbery at the
U.S. Bank located at 32133 N.
Lombard St.
Employees provided emergen-
cy dispatchers a description of the
suspect, a black male in his 20s,
wearing a dark baseball hat and
dark clothing. The description was
Chase Arnae Peeples
broadcast to responding officers.
Reagan, a 19-year-veteran, and
his partner officer encountered
Peeples, later identified as a res-
ident of Tacoma, a few blocks
away. He was shot six times from
Reagan’s handgun when he did
not follow commands to put his
hands in the air and instead ad-
vanced towards the officers while
reaching into his pocket, police
testified.
Peeples was transported to a
hospital with non-life threatening
injuries. No weapons were recov-
ered at the scene.
As part of the internal use of
force review process, the Police
Bureau will conduct an internal
review of the entire incident and
the case will go before the Police
Review Board, which is com-
prised of community members,
Bureau members and representa-
tives from the Independent Police
Review Division.