Methodology Used

The Division Street Project began as a means for the City of Portland to test its �Main Streets� growth concept and for the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development to test the Site Specific Plan idea in a �real�world� situation. Southeast Uplift (SEUL) was asked if it was interested in pursuing the project.

In addition to using a site as a test case, SEUL was asked to prepare a model plan which could be duplicated in other parts of the city as well as, perhaps, other cities within the state.

This section describes the methodology used in choosing the site and project team and the public participation component of the main project.

CHOOSING THE SITE

Five sites were chosen early in the process as possibilities: SE Belmont Street between 31st (?) and 35th (?); SE Division between 35th Place and 37th Street; the Foster�Woodstock couplet between the freeway interchange and the Y (old Lents); Stark between 81st and 78th (old city of Montavilla), and Hawthorne between 21st and 23rd.

A committee, formed to choose the site and project team, was composed of the following: [insert

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Model For Others To Use

CHOOSING THE SITE

�  Have you identified a site you believe would benefit from this type of project? Figure 1

 identifies the criteria SEUL used in its project. [Caroline�this would be the sheet

 titled Criteria]

 Prepare a list of criteria against which you can quickly determine whether this site has the

 potential to do what you want it to do. For example:

 *  Do you want an area which is low�key and primarily caters to local residents?, or

 *  Do you want an area to attract tourists (from other parts of the city or outside the city) and

   provide jobs for local residents?

(?) = please check this