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“Heroes are not giant statutes framed against a red sky. They are people who say: This is my community, and it’s my responsibility to make it better.” – Gov. Tom McCall

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We know your community is your thing. We see you at community events, get letters and e-mails about your concerns [...]

Special URAC meeting Jan. 20

There will be a special Lents Town Center Urban Renewal Advisory Committee meeting from 7-9 p.m. on Thursday, January 20, 2011 at Portland Youth Builders located at 4816 SE 92nd Ave.  The agenda topic will be the review of the URA budget for 2011-2012.

Light up the Lents Town Center!

Tis the season – for town center merriment!

Light Up Lents is a project of the Lents Town Center Urban Renewal Area Business Development Strategy Citizens Advisory Committee (you can call us the LTCURABDSCAC or BizDev Lents for short). We’re working to spruce up some of the vacant storefronts in the Lents Town [...]

PDC expands community livability grant funds to Lents Town Center Urban Renewal Area

The Portland Development Commission (PDC) now has funds available for community livability projects in the Lents Town Center Urban Renewal Area (URA). The Community Livability Grant Program, administered by PDC, began in the Interstate Corridor URA in 2006 and has awarded almost $1 million to a variety of projects. Based on the program’s success and [...]

Town center streetscape redesign open house, March 23

The Portland Development Commission will hold an open house from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 23 at the Lents Seventh-day Adventist Church to get feedback on potential designs for the streetscape improvements in the Lents Town Center. The open house will precede the Lents Neighborhood Association General Meeting.

Specifically, the Foster/Woodstock couplet triangles and [...]