October 7, 2020
Minority & Small Business Week
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Broadway Corridor Plans Approved
32-arce site
foundation for
diverse, new
neighborhood
The Portland City Council has
taken a major step forward on
the Broadway Corridor project,
approving a set of four agree-
ments that lay the foundation for
building a diverse and vibrant
new neighborhood and charting
a new course for an inclusive,
large-scale community develop-
ment.
In the past, Portland’s mis-
management of economic and
residential development caused
the diaspora of much of its Af-
rican American community, but
with this new development on a
32 acre site formerly used by the
Post Office in the Pearl District,
a coalition of nonprofits has
been working with the develop-
er and the city to make sure the
construction promotes social eq-
uity by reducing disparities, ex-
tends community benefits, builds
photo Courtesy p rosper p ortland
affordable housing and improves
socio-economic
opportunities Dubbed the Broadway Corridor, 32 acres of prime Pearl District real estate, downtown, will turn a former Post Office site into blocks
of new housing and retail development. Agreements by the Portland City Council lay the foundation for a diverse neighborhood that
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promotes social equity and reduces disparities.