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mega-retailer Target.
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representatives of Portland Public Schools,
Portland Community College's Cascade Campus
John Weekes,
doozies that shouldn't go unnoticed.
Below are direct quotes from the project summary,
"Originally envisioned as an urban strategy to strengthen Portland's public schools (and using strong school at [sic] an attractor to urban neighborhoods), the desirability of close-in neighborhoods has resulted -- in recent years -- in an increase in prices of large homes."
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"But it has also resulted in a demographic shift. The population of many lower and middle income families has moved to more affordable housing in outlying areas."
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"Jefferson High School is located in one of those inner-city neighborhoods. But gentrification has not occurred in the Jefferson High area to the same extent as other neighborhoods, and it remains one of Portland's least affluent."
"Aside from not supporting the academics of the school, and notwithstanding the recent expenditure of more than $1 million for building upgrades, the building itself has serious deficiences ... As PPS's Assistant Director of Facilities stated, 'The building, as it stands, is past its useful service life and it is time to invest in a different strategy.'"
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"Note again that PCC is just across the street, in modern accessible buildings. But 'just across the street' means, today, crossing an entire football field length to get to the street. Built on Killingsworth, there is the potential to skybridge from a new Jefferson High building to the PCC campus building, making PCC more accessible to Jefferson academy students, and Jefferson more accessible to the community for evening classes and other resources within a new school."
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on the same campus
redevelop the existing elementary school site with additional housing and/or mixed use
WWeek 2015