A recap, with links, to the January 2010 issue of the Mid-county Memo follows.

A feature story about Multnomah County Sheriff’s office personnel adopting residents of a skilled nursing facility, a MCSO neighbor, is on this month’s front page.

Lee Perlman asks Mid-county business leaders, school and social service agency administrators to reflect on 2009 and what they see for 2010.

A story by Heather Hill about shop classes and vocational training for Parkrose High School students provided by a partnership with the Northwest College of Construction.

Advertising clients Jesse Gentle and Frankie Gentle, husband and wife, operate two shops in one location, at 10945 N.E. Halsey St. Jesse is the man in the apron expertly repairing shoes, while wife Frankie operates her Gentle Memories antiques and collectibles store.

I stopped in personally to visit with both Jesse and Frankie a few days ago, and noticed that the facade has been spruced up quite a bit. They informed me that the property owner was able to use funds provided by the Portland Development Commission’s Storefront Improvement program to improve the facade. I said I didn’t realize that the city came out that far with the program, I always considered it an “inner city” sort of thing.