Brothers and Sisters:
West Hayden Island has been designated for years as industrial land for development of Port facilities. This means Port jobs, construction, maintenance, you name it. At least 1,200 jobs. It’s the last, biggest piece of industrial land in the City. Unbelievably in this economy, there is a move afoot to prevent ANY development and ANY jobs.
Reach Community Development has a “big” repair event coming up on Saturday, August 7th and is currently seeking licensed electricians who would like to volunteer. Repairs on 15 to 20 homes in North/North East Portland for minority homeowners are going to be performed.
IBEW member, Stoner Electric employee, Donald (Andy) Creger and his wife Kristine are putting on a golf tournament to raise money to give to research to cure a rare liver disease called Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis. Their son Kyle was diagnosed with this disease two years ago for which there is no cure. Kyle will need a liver transplant sometime in the near future.
Oregon Trims Tax Credits For Residential Solar Panels
~ Richard Read, The Oregonian
~ Thursday, July 15, 2010
Gone are the days when you could pay $650 for a $13,000 solar system installed on your roof.
