Quarterly Meeting
The APNBA Quarterly meeting is January 23rd at 5:30pm at the Ambridge Center, 300 NE Multnomah Street. Networking begins at 5:30, dinner catered by Ambridge Center is at 6:00, and the meeting starts at 6:30pm. Contact Nancy Chapin at 503-774-2832 or by E-mail to reserve your space. Dinner is $15.00 and reservations are required.
Commissioner Sam Adams leads the program with his report, followed by presentations on successful grant projects, and the 2006 APNBA grant awards.
Winners, bring your cheering squads!
2006 to be a busy year for APNBA
The following two articles introduce opportunities for helping business districts adapt and change without losing their identity. A third opportunity to discuss and manage change is the Mayor's Visioning process. APNBA is applying for one of the Mayor's grants to bring the visioning process to the business districts to get your unique view of the next 30 years. A fourth opportunity is APNBA's Prosperity 2006 symposium, tentively scheduled for October 3, 2006. The first planning meeting is January 8, see Coming Events below.
When you hold your annual meetings in the next few months, elect a delegate to the APNBA board and make your opinions and needs known.
LISC, Help for Portland's Business Districts?
LISC, the Local Initiatives Support Corporation, is a national organization with a community focus. Through its Center for Commercial Revitalization, it works with Community Development Corporations (CDCs), to provide technical assistance, training, and resource materials in support of district revitalization. Their funding comes from a combination of grants and corporate donations and their financial offerings include investments, loans, guarantees, and grants.
Benefits
Drawbacks
Experience revitalizing communities
No LISC office closer than California
Management analysis
Few local corporations to provide funding
Training, advice, and education
Only two CDCs with commercial development experience
Financial assistance
Unlikely financial support from the City
Support local maintenance funding
Most BDAs are not "distressed" or "dormant"
Senior Program Director Shelia Daniels and Western Region VP Austin Penny Jr visited Portland, toured portions of the City, and said they might be able to work something out so that, even if we couldn't find development funding, they could offer their training, advice, and market analysis by working closely with another Portland based development group.
Visit the LISC website at www.lisc.org and give us your opinion about whether LISC can help Portland's business district associations.
Metro looks at Business Districts
Metro Councilor Robert Liberty will host a series of public meetings to talk about how Metro should respond to growth and how Metro's regional plan can help build stronger community centers like Lents and Hillsdale and commercial corridors like SE 122nd, SW Barbur, or SE Division. The Portland meeting schedule is 6:30 - 8:30pm on:
Tuesday January 24, St Philip Neri, 2408 SE 16th Avenue
Thursday, January 26, Multnomah Center, 7688 SW Capitol Highway
Monday, January 30, East Portland Community Center, 740 SE 106th
January 9: Prosperity 2006, 4:30pm, Laurelhurst, 3060 SE Stark. If you have comments, suggestions, or ideas about our next symposium, attend this meeting.
January 9: APNBA Board meeting, 5:30, Laurelhurst, 3060 SE Stark.
January 12: "Second Thursday" Shop, dine, unwind to great music on North Mississippi Avenue between Skidmore and Fremont.
January 23: Quarterly meeting, 5:30pm, Ambridge Event Center, 300 NE Multnomah.
January 25: "What's On Wednesdays" 6:00 - 8:00pm, Nob Hill, NW 23rd from Burnside to Raleigh.
January 26: Last Thursday on Alberta Street.
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Volume 14 No. 1
The Business Voice is published 12 times a year by the Alliance of Portland Neighborhood Business Associations
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Editor: Jean Baker
