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Minority & Small Business Week
October 6, 2021
photo courtesy Pacific Power
The North by Northeast Community Health Center, 714 N.E.
Alberta St., receives a donation of a new electric vehicle and the
infrastructure for a charging station to expand their reach into
the Black community thanks to a $45,000 mobility grant from
Pacific Power in conjunction with the Oregon Department of
Environmental Quality.
Electric Vehicle
Expands Clinic’s Reach
A free health clinic serving
the Black community is expand-
ing its reach thanks to the do-
nation of a new electric vehicle
and infrastructure for a charging
station from Pacific Power in
conjunction with the Oregon
Department of Environmental
Quality.
The North by Northeast
photo courtesy Portland Police Bureau
Alan Bell outside his Hana’s PDX food cart. Bell is on his way of getting back into business after
becoming the victim of a recent random shooting.
Food Cart Operator Mends
Community Health Center at
714 N.E. Alberta St. received a
$45,000 mobility grant from Pa-
cific Power to purchase an EV
and two chargers. The installa-
tion, celebrated last week, en-
You can’t keep a good man
ables the clinic to expand their down.
reach in the community by pro-
That’s the message coming
from Alan Bell, the owner of Ha-
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na’s PDX food cart and a mem-
Makes comeback after random shooting
that same day. He plans to heal
and then return to providing
ber of Portland’s Black commu- New Orleans-style shaved ice,
nity, after he was shot multiple hot dogs, chili and other food de-
times Sept. 29 in a random act of
violence in northeast Portland.
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Bell was treated and released
The
Week in Review
Effective Street Response
New Street Racing Law
Portland Street Response, the
city’s new non-police first-
response unit, demonstrated
success in meeting outcome
goals during its first six months,
according to an evaluation by
Portland State University. The
report was released Tuesday
for presentation to the Portland
City Council.
A new city ordinance was
adopted last week that aims to
curtail street racing by covering
participants whether they’re
involved in the actual racing.
In recent months, PPB cited a
lack of resources and personnel
as to why street racers were
able to take over city streets
repeatedly.
Newberg Schools Keep Ban All Blazers Get Vaccinated
The Newberg School Board
doubled down last week on a
recent policy to keep staff from
displaying Black Lives Matter
or gay pride flags, prompting
strong criticism and threats
to boycott the town of about
25,000 people southwest of
Portland and its businesses.
As the Portland Trail Blazers
begin a new season, president
of basketball operations Neil
Olshey confirmed last week
that the entire roster and
basketball operations staff
have been vaccinated against
COVID-19.
Police Cleared
in Lents Shooting
Parcels of properties in
three
southeast
Portland
neighborhoods were identified
last week as locations for the
city’s first “safe rest villages,”
a response to the humanitarian
crisis unfolding on Portland’s
streets. Commissioner Dan
Ryan is leading the effort to
construct six city-sanctioned
outdoor homeless villages by
the end of the year.
A grand jury last week
declined to charge a police
officer who shot and killed a
man at Lents Park last April.
Investigators said the victim,
Robert Delgado, 46, produced
what looked like a gun and
pointed it at officers who were
responding to a caller about a
man with a gun.
Homeless Villages Coming