Prosper Portland

Lloyd-Holladay TIF Working Group Meeting
2025-12-16 15:00 - 16:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Lloyd Center Tower, 825 NE Multnomah St, Portland, OR, 97232, United States
Working Group meetings are open to the public and will include time for public comment at the start of each meeting. Agendas and meeting notes will be posted regularly on the project page.
Meeting location: Lloyd Center Tower (825 NE Multnomah St) First Floor conference room.

Board of Commissioners meeting
2025-12-17 15:00 - 17:00 | Prosper Portland & YouTube Livestream, 220 NW Second Avenue, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
In person: Prosper Portland, 220 NW Second Ave
Also streaming on Prosper Portland’s YouTube Channel and broadcast on cable Channel 30
As required by State law, Prosper Portland provides an opportunity for the public to access and attend its meetings virtually; as such, a YouTube live stream video of the meeting can be found on our YouTube channel. The public can also provide written testimony to the Commission or arrange in advance to provide virtual testimony to the Commission during the meeting by emailing ProsperCommissioners@ProsperPortland.us

Agenda

Est. Time
#i
Item Title & Presenters
Report & Resolution No.

3:00 pm
1
Call to Order and Roll Call
Gustavo Cruz Jr., Chair

3:01 pm
2
Commissioner Reports

3:03 pm
3
Executive Director Report
Cornell Wesley, Executive Director

3:08 pm
4
Meeting Minutes
October 8, 2025

3:09 pm
5
Public Comment for Items not on Agenda

CONSENT AGENDA

3:12 pm
6
Action Item: Adopting a Minor Amendment to the East 205 Urban Renewal Plan
Report 25-33
Resolution 7629

REGULAR AGENDA

3:15 pm
7
Action Item: Accepting and Approving the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for Fiscal Year 2024-25, Accepting the Communication with Those Charged with Governance, and Adopting a Corrective Plan of Action
Simone Rede, City Auditor
Keith Simovic, Baker Tilley
Tony Barnes, Chief Financial Officer
Report 25-34
Resolution 7630

4:00 pm
8
Action Item: Adopting Budget Amendment No. 1 for the Fiscal Year Beginning July 1, 2025, and Ending June 30, 2026; and Making Appropriations
Tony Barnes, Chief Financial Officer
Report 25-35
Resolution 7631

4:15 pm
9
Adjourn

Persons with disabilities requiring special accommodations to attend/participate in this meeting should call (503) 823-3200 or (503) 823-6868 (TDD) at least two business days (48 hours) in advance of the scheduled meeting date for assistance.
A video recording of this meeting will be broadcast on cable channel 30 on Friday, December 19, 11:30 p.m., and Monday, December 22, 8:00 p.m.
i Note that item numbers may not represent the order they will be heard, but represent the location of the item in the packets.

Prosper Portland is committed to providing meaningful access to its projects, processes, and programs. To request translation, interpretation, modifications, accommodations, or other auxiliary aids or services, contact Meleani Bates at Prosper Portland: access@prosperportland.us or 503.823.3210.

Central Eastside Corridor TIF Working Group Meeting
2026-01-07 15:30 - 17:00 | TBD
Working Group meetings are open to the public and will include time for public comment at the start of each meeting. Agendas and meeting notes will be posted regularly on the project page.
Meeting location: TBD

Westside TIF Working Group Meeting
2026-01-08 14:00 - 15:30 | TBD

Board of Commissioners meeting
2026-01-14 15:00 - 17:00, 2026-02-11 15:00 - 17:00, 2026-03-11 15:00 - 17:00, 2026-04-08 15:00 - 17:00, 2026-05-13 15:00 - 17:00, 2026-06-10 15:00 - 17:00, 2026-06-24 15:00 - 17:00 | Prosper Portland & YouTube Livestream, 220 NW Second Avenue, Portland, OR, 97209, United States
In person: Prosper Portland, 220 NW Second Ave
Also streaming on Prosper Portland’s YouTube Channel and broadcast on cable Channel 30
As required by State law, Prosper Portland provides an opportunity for the public to access and attend its meetings virtually; as such, a YouTube live stream video of the meeting can be found on our YouTube channel. The public can also provide written testimony to the Commission or arrange in advance to provide virtual testimony to the Commission during the meeting by emailing ProsperCommissioners@ProsperPortland.us

Prosper Portland is committed to providing meaningful access to its projects, processes, and programs. To request translation, interpretation, modifications, accommodations, or other auxiliary aids or services, contact Meleani Bates at Prosper Portland: access@prosperportland.us or 503.823.3210.

Juneteenth
2026-06-19
There are actually two independence days in the United States. African Americans celebrate Juneteenth as the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. On June 19, 1865, Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and the enslaved were now free. This was two and a half years after President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation – which had become official January 1, 1863.
The Emancipation Proclamation had little impact on Texans, however, due to the minimal number of Union troops on hand to enforce the new Executive Order. But with the surrender of General Lee in April 1865 and the arrival of General Granger’s regiment, Union forces were finally strong enough to influence and overcome the resistance.
When Texas fell and Granger dispatched his now famous order No. 3, it wasn’t instant freedom for most of the Lone Star State’s 250,000 slaves. On plantations, slave owners could decide when and how to announce the news – or wait for a government agent to arrive – and it was not uncommon for them to delay until after the harvest.
Despite the announcement, Texas slave owners weren’t eager to part with what they felt was their property. When freed people tried to leave, many of them were beaten, lynched, or murdered. “They would catch freed slaves swimming across the Sabine River and shoot them,” a former enslaved person named Susan Merritt recalled.
Juneteenth gets its name from the combination of June and Nineteenth, and is also known as Emancipation Day, Juneteenth Independence Day, and Black Independence Day. Celebrations typically include prayer and religious services, speeches, educational events, family gatherings and picnics, and festivals with music, food, and dancing.
More about Juneteenth
12 Things You Might Not Know About Juneteenth
By Stacy Conradt

What is Juneteenth?
by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Juneteenth Oregon
Local Juneteenth information & events

City of Portland Annual Day of Remembrance
Portland City Council adopted Juneteenth as an annual Day of Remembrance and paid holiday

Juneteenth Legal Holiday in Oregon
HB 2168 establishes Juneteenth as legal state holiday
Why All Americans Should Honor Juneteenth (VOX)Recommended Reading
Multnomah County Library Black Resources Collection

We Were Eight Years in Power
by Ta-Nehisi Coates

The New Jim Crow
by Michelle Alexander

Freedom Is a Constant Struggle
by Angela Y. Davis

Say It Louder! Black Votes, White Narratives, and Saving Our Democracy
by Tiffany Cross

The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto
by Charles M. Blow

Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019
by Ibram X. Kendi
Recommended Articles
8 Ways a Modern Civil Rights Movement Moved the Culture
Multiple authors, The New York Times

The Case for Reparations
by Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic

The 1619 Project: an interactive project
by Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times Magazine

‘Slavery Has Never Been Properly Addressed’: Reparations Bill Reintroduced to Congress
by Zack Linly, The Root
Local Organizations
Black Resilience Fund

Black United Fund

Don’t Shoot PDX

Portland NAACP

Urban League

Imagine Black
National Organizations
Black Lives Matter

Movement for Black Lives

Trans Women of Color Collective

Black Organizing for Leadership and Dignity
Additional Resources
Anti-racism Resources
Document compiled by Sarah Sophie Flicker and Alyssa Klein

History Channel Documentary Fight the Power
