EastPDX News - City grants boost East Portland business association projects

Leaders of many East Portland business associations celebrated and dined for good reason on January 22 - they were picking up a grant checks totaling $82,125.

The event was the Alliance of Portland Neighborhood Business Association's (APNBA) grant awards, at the Ambridge Conference Center.

After a buffet dinner, the program began. Portland City Commissioner Sam Adams was on hand to greet the grant recipients.

Adams said that, for 14 years, citizens and politicians have tried to change the City's business tax structure. "We were told businesses do not need tax relief. But, thanks to members of the APNBA and other members of the business community, nearly 14,000 businesses will pay lower fees, starting in about a year an a half."

Concluding his remarks, Adams commended the business people saying, "You have stood with one another. You have shown what happens when you work with one another."

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Posted Fri, 02/02/2007 - 9:45am.

Thanks for the Grant!

Submitted by Tony Fuentes on Fri, 02/02/2007 - 4:42pm.

To provide a welcoming environment for people who live, work and visit Fox Chase, local residents and businesses have been contributing time, energy, and money to create functional public art that enhances the street environment while also contributing to pedestrian safety. As part of the 2006 Village Building Convergence, the community completed an artistic mosaic planter that includes reflective elements to provide drivers with clear visual cues that they are approaching a pedestrian-oriented area. This improvement is only a small plan of the five-year plan that community members developed for the area.

The recent grant made to the Fox Chase Business Association from the Alliance of Portland Neighborhood Business Associations will help fund the completion of seven more mosaic planters in the area. The mosaic panels of the planters will be made by volunteers during community building work parties facilitated by Mary Tapogna. A dozen treewells in the area will also be cleaned-up and re-planted as part of this project.

Thank you Sam and APNBA for this valuable support to our growing neighborhood business area!

Tony Fuentes
Milagros, LLC
Fox Chase Business Association Member

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