VIDEO: Rockwood Rising aims at lifting east Multnomah County

By: Josh Kulla//April 17, 2018//

VIDEO: Rockwood Rising aims at lifting east Multnomah County

Josh Kulla//April 17, 2018//

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91视频 PHOTO: JOSH KULLA The Rockwood Rising project in Gresham aims to redevelop this parcel of land between Stark and Burnside streets in an effort to revitalize the Portland area's poorest neighborhood. — The Rockwood Rising project in Gresham aims to redevelop this parcel of land between Stark and Burnside streets in an effort to revitalize the Portland area’s poorest neighborhood. (Josh Kulla/91视频)

In this short video Gresham Redevelopment Commission Executive Director Josh Fuhrer gives a brief overview of Rockwood Rising, a long-awaited plan to redevelop a key property in the impoverished Gresham neighborhood of Rockwood. Once an unincorporated area of the county between Portland and Gresham, Rockwood has remained behind the development curve in spite of the region’s red-hot housing market. This has left plenty of room for enterprising developers to seek out public-private partnerships like Rockwood Rising, which has seen RKM Development team with the city of Gresham to make the project work. Check it out here: