JumpTown–A New Vision for the Rose Quarter

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memorial coliseumCharlie Burr of public relations firm Edelman, will present the new JumpTown concept for revitalizing the Rose Quarter at our next meeting on November 18th. The November meeting was delayed a week due to the Veterans Day holiday. Edelman represents the Trail Blazers and Portland Arena Management on development plans for the Memorial Coliseum and vicinity. The JumpTown name conjures the jazz history of the area prior to its bulldozing in the wake of urban renewal. Once a thriving neighborhood and now a sea of concrete, much attention has been paid as of late as to how to breathe life back into the district.

Jumptown Rose Quarter

Come next Wednesday and see if this is the right idea and if it can benefit the residents of NE Portland.

http://vimeo.com/6304174
http://www.imaginejumptown.com/

Community Youth Hotline

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Community Youth HotlineThe Community Youth Hotline is a new a communication hub for North and Northeast Portland youth who seek information and youth-appropriate opportunities within their very own community.

Speak Your Mind. Voice your concerns. Get Involved in your community. Call the community youth hotline to find out about community resources, after school programs, education support, and more. Live representive available Mon-Fri 3:00-6:30 pm, 24 hour messaging. Call 503-823-4264.

Intersted in joining our Youth Advisory Council? For more information, contact Imani Muhammad at (503) 823-4264 or hotline@necoalition.org

State of Black Oregon Event Schedule

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Urban LeagueThe Urban League of Portland’s State of Black Oregon was published in 2009 for the first time in 17 years. It confirmed that social and economic disparities and systemic disadvantage still exist for African Americans and other people of color.

The State of Black Oregon offers a plan of action. JOIN US. Hear the facts. Be part of the solution. You are invited to attend any or all of the events below as we shape a bold policy agenda to address the disparities highlighted in the report.

Marcus C. Mundy
Urban League of Portland

Join us if you can at the following events:

State of Black Oregon presentation to Multnomah County Board of Commissioners
Thursday, November 12, 9am
501 SE Hawthorne Blvd
Portland, OR 97214

Panel: Marcus Mundy, Urban League, Sheila Holden, Interstate Urban Renewal, Tricia Tillman, Office of Multicultural Health, Carolyn Leonard, Portland Public Schools

State of Black Oregon Town Hall Meeting
Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009
5:30 pm to 8:00 pm
Portland Community College,
Cascade Campus
Terrell Hall, Room 122
705 N. Killingsworth. Portland, OR

State of Black Oregon Symposium
Thursday, December 3, 9am
Smith Memorial Student Union
Portland State University
1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR

Sunshine Dixon
Urban League of Portland
Community Organizer
10 N Russell St.
Portland, OR 97227
503-280-2618
sdixon@ulpdx.org
www.ulpdx.org
Please connect to the Urban League of Portland Group on Linkedin

Save the date! Join the Urban League of Portland on November 12, 2009 for their Equal Opportunity Day Awards Dinner.
Click here for information regarding advertising, sponsorship and tickets.

N/NE Economic Development Initiative Videos Online

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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwepUaH3ZaI&feature=related]The Portland Development Commission’s North/Northeast Economic Development Initiative, which is intended to make urban renewal in these areas benefit the residents and businesses already here, has posted videos of its input gathering efforts.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHEwnPKI08s]

The initiative has its own Facebook page at: http://www.facebook.com/pdxNNEDI

PPS Students to Operate Waffle Cart on Alberta

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News from Portland Public Schools:

Students helped design and will help manage Solar Waffle Works, a new food cart located at N.E. Alberta St. and 23rd Ave.
A new solar-powered food cart in northeast Portland serves up more than waffles.

Located at N.E. Alberta St. and 23rd Ave. and set to open this month, the small blue trailer housing “Solar Waffle Works” is a nonprofit project that helps high school graduates gain independent living skills and vocational training.

Read the full story at: http://www.pps.k12.or.us/news/1575.htm