Archive | 2007

May 2007

News and events for May 2007

May 15-16 :: “Community Development through Brownfields Revitalization,” at the Davenport Hotel in Spokane. Cost is $50 for registration and meals. For more information, contact Mike Bellamente, National Association of Development Organizations, at 202-624-7809 or mbellamente@nado.org. Or contact Robin Toth at 509-742-9388 or rtoth@spokaneedc.org.
June 26-27 :: “Brownfields 2007: Towards Sustainable Redevelopment in the Puget Sound [...]

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April 2007

Brownfields taking on more affordable housing projects

At Bertha Triangle in southwest Portland, there’s a waiting list with 45 names of people hoping to make the new affordable senior housing facility their home. With 51 units available, Community Partners for Affordable Housing expects the building to be fully leased by early next year.
And that’s despite the fact that Bertha Triangle sits on [...]

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April 2007

Albany renewal project attracts private developers

Editor’s note: This is the second part in a series of stories following the city of Albany as it prepares to redevelop and revitalize its downtown waterfront in this west central Oregon town. We will check in every few months with the city and its partners as the project progresses from its beginning stages onward [...]

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April 2007

Form partnerships with those most affected by brownfields

Among the biggest issues brownfields developers will be forced to tackle in the upcoming years could be the unintentional displacement of lower-income families priced out of their neighborhoods by redevelopment, warns the executive director of the Portland nonprofit Organizing People, Activating Leaders.
Kevin Odell, executive director of OPAL, says communities across the nation are experiencing a [...]

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April 2007

News and events for April 2007

May 15-16 :: “Washington Brownfields: Community Development Opportunities,” at the Davenport Hotel in Spokane. Cost is $50 for registration and meals. For more information, contact Mike Bellamente, National Association of Development Organizations, at 202-624-7809 or mbellamente@nado.org. Or contact Robin Toth at 509-742-9388 or rtoth@spokaneedc.org.
May 5-7, 2008 :: The next National Brownfields Conference will be May [...]

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