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		<title>Fritz trumpets cronyism</title>
		<link>http://midcountymemo.com/memlog/fritz_cronyism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Curran</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Commissioner Amanda Fritz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[east Portland]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Amanda Fritz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Annette Mattson]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At a Portland City Council Candidate forum &#8212; the first in a series sponsored by the Gateway Area Business Association &#8212; City Commissioner Amanda Fritz, vying for reelection, proudly told the audience how she intervened on behalf of Portland General Electric executive and David Douglas School Board chair Annette Mattson to get a small portion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>February 2012 recap</title>
		<link>http://midcountymemo.com/memlog/feb_2012_reca/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:03:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Curran</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Eileen Brady]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted online, here&#8217;s a recap of the February 2012 edition of the Mid-county Memo &#8230;. Tom West, girls varsity basketball coach at Portland Christian for 30 years, was named Oregon&#8217;s 2010-2011 National Federation of State High School Associations Coach of the Year. Including Parkrose, the Neighborhood Prosperity Initiative, part of the implementation of the City’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business association all in with Parkrose NPI</title>
		<link>http://midcountymemo.com/memlog/parkrose_npi-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:41:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Curran</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[east Portland]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Marcy Emerson-Peters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mary Walker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neighborhood Prosperity Initiative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pakrose Business Association]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#1057;&#1042;&#1045;&#1058;&#1048; &#1043;&#1045;&#1054;&#1056;&#1043;&#1048;The Parkrose Neighborhood Prosperity Initiative wrapped up its three organizational meetings last month with creation of a seven-person steering committee for the next step: a formal commitment to the Portland Development Commission and city, then formation of an &#8220;urban renewal light&#8221; district bringing physical, permanent improvements along Sandy Boulevard, from Northeast 99th to 120th [...]]]></description>
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		<title>East Portland prominent in Portland Plan</title>
		<link>http://midcountymemo.com/memlog/portland_plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee Perlman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[City news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[east Portland]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Parkrose High School Community Center]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Andre Baugh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dave Hampsten]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Don Hanson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[East Portland in Motion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howard Shapiro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Zehnder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karen Fischer Gray]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michelle Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parkrose school district]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portland Comprehensive Plan]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://midcountymemo.com/memlog/?p=1990</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As the Portland Planning and Sustainability Commission continued their review of the draft document last month, Mid-Multnomah County had a prominent place in the draft Portland Plan. At their January 24 meeting, after praising Bureau of Planning and Sustainability and other bureaus&#8217; staff work, they approved the Plan unanimously and forwarded it to City Council. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parkrose Neighborhood Prosperity Initiative meeting tonight</title>
		<link>http://midcountymemo.com/memlog/parkrose_npi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:36:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Curran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[City news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parkrose news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Volunteer opportunity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dana DeKlyen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neighborhood Prosperity Initiative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portland Development Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rey Espana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sokhom Tauch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St. Rita Catholic Church]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The second of the three meetings for the Portland Development Commission&#8217;s Parkrose Neighborhood Prosperity Initiative is tonight, at 7 p.m. in the Religious Education Building behind St. Rita Catholic Church, 10029 N.E. Prescott St. An article in the Mid-county Memo on the formation of the six new mini urban renewal areas was published in December [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mayoral candidate Hales: &#8216;I can and will get it done.&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://midcountymemo.com/memlog/hales_interview/</link>
		<comments>http://midcountymemo.com/memlog/hales_interview/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 19:15:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee Perlman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[City news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[east Portland]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[2012 Portland Mayor's race]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlie Hales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[east portland action plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gatway Urban renewal]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://midcountymemo.com/memlog/?p=1887</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Editor’s note: The 2012 elections are a watershed moment in city politics. For the first time in decades, with the mayor declining to run for re-election, Randy Leonard retiring from his council seat and incumbent commissioner Amanda Fritz facing a serious challenge, there will be at least two, if not three new faces at City [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police seek help locating missing 16-year-old David Douglas student, recent immigrant</title>
		<link>http://midcountymemo.com/memlog/kalpana_wagley_missing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:45:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Curran</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[David Douglas High School]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[East County news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[east Portland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Outer east portland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arjay Dran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[east portland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IRCO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kalpana Wagley]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Portland Police Bureau&#8217;s Missing Persons Unit asks for help from the public in locating 16-year-old Kalpana Wagley, a recent Bhutanese refugee, missing since last Friday. Wagley is described as a female Nepalese, five feet eight inches tall, and 104 pounds, with mid-back length black hair. Kalpana was last seen wearing knee-length, cut-off blue jeans, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Curbside composting this holiday season</title>
		<link>http://midcountymemo.com/memlog/curbside_composting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:34:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darlene Vinson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[City news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Curbside composting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meg Matsushima]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The holiday season often brings more food, festivities and all of the waste that can go along with them. This year, area residents have a new place to scrape holiday plates and leftovers. Remember to add food scraps &#8212; including meat, bones and dairy &#8212; along with yard debris to your green roll cart for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spirit awards spotlight east, outer east Portland</title>
		<link>http://midcountymemo.com/memlog/spirit-awards-2/</link>
		<comments>http://midcountymemo.com/memlog/spirit-awards-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:45:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee Perlman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[east Portland]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lents Commons Coffee House Amanda Fritz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nick Christensen]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Speaking from the stage in the auditorium of the East Portland Community Center last month, Commissioner Amanda Fritz told those gathered for the 2011 Spirit of Portland Awards, &#8220;It’s a coincidence that so many of our award winners are from this part of town, and yet it isn’t.&#8221; Locals were represented among the winners, including [...]]]></description>
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		<title>East Portland gains new mini Uban Renewal Areas</title>
		<link>http://midcountymemo.com/memlog/mini-u-r/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:31:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee Perlman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sokhom Tauch]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Portland Development Commission is in the process of forming six new miniature urban renewal districts, and four of them will be in Mid-county. Under the Neighborhood Prosperity Initiative, part of the Neighborhood Economic Development Strategy, the City will borrow against future revenues to provide each district with $10,000 in startup funds, and $25,000 to [...]]]></description>
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