June 6, 2018
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Week in Review
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Urban Champion
Ed Washington honored for
improving lives of others
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Arts &
Ed Washington, a longtime Portland civic leader
from Portland’s African American community, and a
steadfast champion to the causes of urban issues and
civil rights, will receive this year’s Nohad A. Toulan
Urban Pioneer Award for Public Service bestowed
by the College of Urban and Public Affairs at Port-
land State University.
The award is given annually to a community lead-
er who exhibits the values taught to students and
held dear by the college’s faculty and community
partners, PSU officials said, in announcing Wash-
ington’s selection for the award last week.
The desired values include public service, civic
leadership, insight into the nature of local and re-
gional urban problems, visionary responses to urban
issues and contributing to Portland’s reputation as
one of the most vital and thriving urban centers in
the nation.
Washington was born in Birmingham, Ala. in
1937, and his family moved to Vanport—a Portland
metro area city comprised of wartime public hous-
ing—in 1944. Tragically, Ed and his family lost their
home in 1948 in the Vanport Flood.
His family moved around Portland for the next
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A longtime Portland civic leader and champion
to the causes of urban issues and civil rights,
Ed Washington is receiving Portland’s State
University’s 2018 Nohad A. Toulan Urban Pioneer
Award for Public Service.
ENTERTAINMENT
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M ETRO
Singer Ciara and her husband, Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson are new financial back-
ers of an effort to build a professional baseball stadium and lure a Major League team to Portland.
Star Power Push for Baseball
O PINION
C ALENDAR
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Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson
and his wife, the singer Ciara, have joined the ef-
fort to bring Major League Baseball to Portland.
The Portland Diamond Project, the company
leading the push for a team and a new stadium
to play, announced Friday that the husband-and-
wife celebrities have each invested individually
as “owner/investors” in the project.
The Diamond Project’s leadership has stressed
that its effort will take time, estimating an open-
ing day in Portland would come in 2022 at the
earliest.
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred has called
Portland a candidate to acquire a franchise wheth-
er by expansion, which hasn’t happened in 20
years, or relocation.
Though Wilson is an NFL quarterback, he has
a connection to baseball. He played in the minor
leagues while in college and practiced with the
Texas Rangers during spring training in March.