City considers new guidelines for Sidewalk Management Ordinance by Joanne Zuhl In the current edition of Street Roots we revisit Portland’s Sidewalk Management Ordinance, which, given it’s political ancestry, has charted a smooth course over the past seve ...
8 Feb 2011 - Street Roots
Drug free zone conversation is back by Joanne Zuhl Drug Free Zones, left to sunset by Mayor Tom Potter, could be making a return if a request by the businesses and residents of Old Town Chinatown Neighborhood get the mayor’s nod. After many meetings where ...
9 Feb 2011 - Street Roots
Community service cuts could prove costly to Oregon By Joanne Zuhl, Staff Writer Amid the slew of budget cuts rolling out of the House in recent weeks is the elimination of the Corporation for National and Community Service. The name probably doesn’t ring ...
15 Mar 2011 - Street Roots
Life Support Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and related employment services has helped thousands of people like Jamaica get back to work. Its own future looks less positive. [caption id="attachment_5043" align="aligncenter" wi ...
19 Apr 2011 - Street Roots
Life Support [caption id="attachment_5078" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Jamaica Imani-Nelson used TANF to get back to work and support herself. Photo by Jennifer Jansons"] [/caption] The Temporary Assist ...
28 Apr 2011 - Street Roots
Marcy Westerling, founder of Rural Organizing Project, reflects on community organizing in Oregon, as her own life takes a new direction By Joanne Zuhl, Staff Writer After 30 years, Marcy Westerling recently returned to Saul Alinsky’s “Rules for Radicals, ...
25 May 2011 - Street Roots
Extra! Extra! Our ships have come in! Give a smile to those hardworking men and women out there, and that includes your friendly neighborhood vendor. Tomorrow they will be out in force with the newest edition of Street Roots, featuring something for every ...
9 Jun 2011 - Street Roots
Fish rolls out fair housing plan, answers allegations of going soft on landlords By Joanne Zuhl, Staff Writer Housing Commissioner Nick Fish rolled out his fair housing action plan this morning in reaction to an audit earlier this year that found consider ...
10 Jun 2011 - Street Roots
It’s... it’s... Courtenay Hameister! The host of Portland’s own Live Wire! Radio talks the ugly business of comedy, stagefright and mental health — with a nod to the familiar freak inside us all By Joanne Zuhl, Staff Writer Courtenay Hameister has a grea ...
23 Jun 2011 - Street Roots
Oregon Opportunity Network's John Miller By Joanne Zuhl, Staff writer Oregon’s network of community development organizations — those developers, nonprofits and agencies that have been the backbone of affordable housing and economic development for l ...
20 Jul 2011 - Street Roots