Cleveland Cluster

TIRED OF BIG BOX STORES DESTROYING PORTLAND NEIGHBORHOODS AND SMALL BUSINESSES? Let's take a stand together.

The Save Madison South Committee has just formed as an opposition response to the proposed 240,000 sq ft big-box store on the land located at NE 82nd and Siskiyou (old driving range and landfill that has a current zoning of 60,000 sq ft - the neighborhood does not oppose development of that size). The proposal is for a REGIONAL auto-centric shopping center that will pull traffic from all across northeast Portland and Vancouver, WA to this already congested location. Word is that the permit application will probably be going into the Portland Planning Bureau in the next 30-45 days.
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Phillips plows ahead with corporate Republican-type proposals, despite broken promises to Portland families, inequity, segregation, lack of planning, concern of board members, parents etc.

This was accomplished with the influence and assistance of gazillionaires like Gates and Broad, along with local corporate folks, select politicians, Portland Business Alliance, Portland Schools Foundation, Stand For Children, CPPS, Portland Schools Alliance, Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon etc. These local organizations have majority representation on the district's hand-selected "citizen advisory committee" who (surprise surprise) recommended going forward with all the proposals NOW, despite overwhelming citizen support for slowing down this process.
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