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Portland Development Commission awards Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ grant for classrooms
Story by James Hill
The Grants Office at Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ has announced the award of $20,000 from the Portland Development Commission to the Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Physical Plant. This grant will allow for placement of Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ classrooms in the recently renovated Heritage Building located on the Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard.
Funds will be used specially for costs associated with constructing the Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ spaces. The college will occupy approximately 3,250 square feet on the lower level, which will include a classroom and exercise facility. Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ plans to begin offering non-credit, community education classes at the site in 2007-2008, including ballroom and Latin dancing, photography, Spanish, Italian, sustainability practices for businesses and stretching classes for runners.
This project will help to meet the Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Board of Directors goal of “assuring that college programs are accessible to all residents of the district through effective use of technology and strategic location of facilities.”
Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ James Hill
James G. Hill, an award-winning journalist and public relations writer, is the Director of Public Relations at Ä¢¹½´«Ã½. A graduate of Portland State University, James has worked as a section editor for the Newberg Graphic... more »