Partnerships

The Community Workforce Navigator Program (CWNP) is a neighborhood-based initiative to help unemployed and underemployed residents access jobs and workforce development resources.

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 [...]

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.

Over the last ten years, several critical repair and maintenance projects have been completed at Union Station - the oldest major passenger terminal on the West Coast. Additional repairs are needed to stabilize and rehabilitate the station.

Prosper Portland’s Business Advancement Team is a catalyst for equitable economic growth. We help businesses grow by providing support and identifying opportunities that foster the creation of living wage jobs for all Portlanders.

PropertyFit offers long-term financing for energy efficiency and renewable energy-related building improvements.

Prosper Portland's workforce partnerships create better access for Portlanders to connect to job training and opportunities.

Since 2004, Prosper Portland has collaborated with the Oregon Manufacturing Extension Partnership to provide lean/efficiency improvement consultations. We provide a 50% match of up to $12,500 for OMEP services to qualified companies.