The Cully, 82nd Avenue Area, East of 205 and Sumner-Parkrose-Argay-Columbia Corridor (SPACC) TIF Plans take a targeted universalism approach. Targeted universalism means setting universal goals for a community and then developing strategies to achieve those goals, based upon how different groups are situated within society. By focusing energy on those farthest from the goal, the entire community moves closer to the goal.
Each of these plans aims to stabilize residents and ensure each neighborhood provides a sense of belonging for everyone. To move the community toward this goal, energy must be spent on those historically marginalized, made invisible, or most at risk of displacement. The definition of “Priority Communities” varies slightly for each district, and each was developed in collaboration with partners representing those communities and explicitly states who is intended to most benefit from each district’s TIF resources.
In Cully, “Priority Communities” refers to the intended beneficiaries of the Cully TIF District: African American and Black persons; Indigenous and Native American persons; persons of color; immigrants and refugees of any legal status; renters; mobile home residents; persons with disabilities; low-income people; houseless people; and other population groups that are systemically vulnerable to exclusion from Cully due to gentrification and displacement.