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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