Neighborhoods

Office to Residential Conversion Portland’s Central City was hard hit during the pandemic and its recovery has been mixed. One of the biggest challenges is a record-high office vacancy rate. This is an issue in the downtown core, Old Town, and other commercial sub-districts. The prevalence of hybrid work impacts areas of the Central [...]

The CLG program prioritizes projects that benefit communities of color or people with low incomes, and that promote widely shared prosperity.

The Inclusive Business Resource Network (IBRN) is a citywide program that brings multiple services for small business into a single network for entrepreneurs.

Cully TIF District Contact: Kathryn Hartinger -  email In 2018, a coalition of community-based partners in the Cully neighborhood approached Prosper Portland to explore a community-centered Tax Increment Finance (TIF) district creation process that could lead to a new TIF model that centers historically underserved, marginalized and underrepresented community voices in the TIF [...]

A multi-partner collaboration between Prosper Portland, Portland Housing Bureau, Human Solutions and Gerding Edlen, The Nick Fish is a mixed-use, mixed-income catalytic project in the Gateway Regional Center TIF District, adjacent to Gateway Discovery Park at NE Halsey Street and NE 106th Avenue.

The Williams & Russell project is a collaborative effort between a community-based Williams & Russell Project Working Group (PWG), Prosper Portland, Legacy Health and the City of Portland. The project involves Legacy Health returning to the community a 1.7-acre vacant block at North Russell Street and North Williams Avenue. Historically, the site once was part of a thriving community that housed the majority of African Americans in Portland and Oregon.

Prosper Portland offers the Affordable Commercial Tenanting Program at two sites in the heart of the Lents Town Center.

This program reduces barriers to entry for underrepresented businesses, preserves small business vitality, and advances our goal to build an equitable economy.

PIP Grants are awarded to support business competitiveness and/or property redevelopment in projects that meet social equity goals.

The Action Plan guides the investment of $32 million in the Interstate Corridor urban renewal area to align with strategic goals that benefit the community.