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Vancouver Housing Authority
opens 162-unit Plum Meadows
Vancouver Housing Authority's affordable housing
Plum Meadows complex in Fruit Valley opening
U. S. Sen.
Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) will dedicate
the Vancouver Housing Authority’s 162-affordable housing complex, Plum Meadows,
in Fruit Valley at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 19.
The complex of cottages and
apartments is one of the largest ever completed by the housing authority here.
Described by VHA spokesperson LaVon Holden
as “high-quality affordable homes,” the units range from studio apartments to
three-bedroom residences, with gas fireplaces. In addition to the living units,
there are two playgrounds and a community building.
All homes will be available to
households earning 60 percent of the area median income or below, according to
Holden.
Plum Meadows is a partnership
among the housing authority, the Vancouver School District and the Fruit Valley
Neighborhood Association. Plum Meadows is at the site of the former Fruit Valley
Grade School, which was replaced by a new school nearby which opened in 2002.
Developed by the VHA, the project
was financed with $9.1 million in private activity bonds through the state
Housing Finance Commission, $6 million in tax-credit equity, $1 million from the
state Housing Trust Fund, and $300,000 in federal Housing and Urban Development
HOME funds.
Mary Granger giving “I Have a Dream”
report to Women in Action
Mary
Granger, “I Have a Dream” organizer in Vancouver, will present a report
on the success of the project to Women in Action at their 11:30 a.m. Wednesday,
Oct. 20, luncheon in the Red Lion at the Quay.
Organized in 1995, “I Have a Dream”
Southwest Washington has four projects that are currently helping 333 students
from low-income neighborhoods. The program provides a project coordinator for
entire grade levels of students. Students who are able to maintain program
requirements through high school graduation receive college or vocational
training at no cost.
For reservations, call
Anissa Russell,
695-1224.
Reserve partners to discuss West
Barracks, tour Red Cross Building
The Vancouver National Historic
Reserve partners will meet at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 21, in the O. O. Howard
House, to discuss landscaping and construction projects in West Vancouver
Barracks. The public is invited to the meeting and to a tour of the newly
restored Red Cross Building.
The Historic Reserve partners are the
Vancouver National Historic Reserve Trust, City of Vancouver, National Park
Service, the state Office of Historic Preservation, and the U.S. Army Reserve.
Forum to produce citizen participation
in developing new mixed-use ordinance
A roundtable forum to gather citizen
information on Clark County’s proposed mixed-use, urban development ordinance
begins at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 20, in the county Public Safety Complex, 505
NW 179th Street, Ridgefield.
An advisory committee representing
development, financing, neighborhood and growth interests, appointed by the
county board of commissioners, has been developing the ordinance, which will be
a part of the county’s updated Comprehensive Growth Management Plan.
The mixed-use element of the plan is
designed to help blend various land uses together, including commercial,
residential, recreational and educational uses.
For further information, call
397-2375, extension
4993.
Rotary’s Festival of Trees
opens day after Thanksgiving
The Vancouver Rotary Foundation’s
annual Festival of Trees, which last year raised nearly a quarter of a million
dollars for charitable causes, opens the day after Thanksgiving, Friday, Nov.
26, and runs through Sunday, Nov. 28, in the Red Lion Hotel at the Quay.
The Festival of Trees, now in its 9th
year, supports community grants and scholarships, supports international
projects, and assists “at-risk” students in local elementary schools.
More than 50 Christmas trees will be
on display. Weekend events include Friday performances by the Vancouver Pops
Orchestra, a Teddy Bear tea for children and a black-tie gala auction Saturday,
and a senior tea Sunday.
People
Randy
Smith, C-TRAN bus driver, placed 8th in North American coach operators
competition at the International Bus Roadeo competition held last week in
Atlanta, Ga. Smith was among 260 competitors selected from transit systems
throughout the United States and Canada.
News briefs
The deadline to resister to vote in the
Tuesday, Nov. 2, general election is 5 p.m. today. Voter registration is being
conducted at the county Elections office, 1408 Franklin Street.
g The Vancouver
City Council meets in workshop session at 4 p.m. today and is expected to
complete the process of agreeing on a balanced budget proposal for 2005-2006.
g C-TRAN is
holding the last in a series of open houses discussing the transit agency’s
proposed .03 percent sales tax increase at 5:30 p.m. this evening in the Battle
Ground High School library, 300 W Main Street.
g The Vancouver
City Council meets in regular session at 7 p.m. this evening.
g Clark Public
Utilities’ commissioners meet in regular session at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 19.
g Clark
County commissioners meet in regular session at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 19.
g The Coalition of
East Vancouver Communities meets at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 19, in the Phoenix
Inn Hospitality Suite, 12712 SE 2nd Circle.
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