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Sustaining Urban Excellence: Learning from the Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence 1987-1993	Text
West Clinton Action Plan application
West Clinton Action Plan case study

Item sets: 1991 Rudy Bruner Award cycle; Rudy Bruner Award places

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West Clinton Action Plan

Description

1991 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence - Silver Medal

The West Clinton Action Plan revitalized a low-income neighborhood in Portland, Oregon, improving housing and increasing community involvement and pride. REACH, a nonprofit community development organization which initiated the project in 1990, worked extensively with local residents to identify a target area and goals and develop and implement a plan for improvements that focused on owner-occupied and rental housing rehabilitation and community-strengthening programs.

The nearly $1.4 million project was financed with support from local government and financial institutions. It included the purchase and renovation of deteriorating and vacant structures in the southeast Portland Hosford Abernathy neighborhood, tree planting (carried out by neighborhood volunteers), and the creation of a mini-park. New infill housing was built in partnership with a community college construction class. The extremely inclusive and participatory process became a model for community planning in Portland neighborhoods.

Coverage

Portland, OR

Date

1990

Subject

community development

low-income housing

housing rehabilitation

urban beautification

Contributor

City of Portland Bureau of Community Development

Contributor: en Public Agency

REACH Community Development, Inc.

Contributor: en Developer

Portland State University

Contributor: en Community Group

West Clinton Task Force

Contributor: en Community Group

Inner Southeast Coalition of Neighborhoods

Contributor: en Community Group

Hosford Abernethy Neighborhood Development Association

Contributor: en Community Group

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