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Portland Winter Ice Rink Returns for 2024 Holiday Season
Prosper Portland hires Mitch Daugherty as Office of Small Business manager
Proposed East Portland and Central City TIF Plans
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Challenge: The growing income and asset disparity between white people and people of color
Solution: Collaborate to grow jobs and increase assets among communities of color
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The percentage of people of color living in poverty is more than twice that of the white population (25% v 12%)
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Percent of total grant volume from the Prosperity Investment Program that went to people of color in 2016
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Value of investment made in local procurement by Enterprise Zone companies (2016)
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Prosper Portland connects people and resources to build an equitable economy
by growing family-wage jobs, advancing opportunities for prosperity, collaborating with partners for an equitable city, and creating vibrant neighborhoods and communities.
Social Equity
Prosper Portland is focused on harnessing and expanding our tools for job creation, place-making and economic opportunity to achieve widely shared prosperity among all residents of Portland.