Lents Town Center Urban Renewal Area:
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Urban Renewal Area (URA) Fast Facts
| Created: | 1998 |
| Total Acres: | 2,847 |
| Expires: | 2020 |
| Boundaries: | View the Lents URA boundaries. |
Overview: Why Lents?
With the completion of the Outer Southeast Community Plan, the Lents Neighborhood Plan, and the Lents Revitalization Plan, community stakeholders worked together to craft short and long-term objectives for public and private partners to guide an ambitious and comprehensive neighborhood development agenda. As a designated "Town Center," the future of Lents is also an important component of the Metro 2040 Framework Plan.
In September 1998, the City Council established a Lents Town Center Urban Renewal Area (LTCURA) in order to accomplish community goals. These include generation of new family wage jobs, assistance to new and existing business, improvements to local infrastructure such as streets and parks, new housing construction and improvements to existing housing. Implementation of the plan began in fiscal year 1999-2000.
Objectives: What do we want to accomplish?
- Assist in fulfilling community goals to facilitate the emergence of Lents as akey Town Center within the Metro Region.
- Provide support for the revitalization of commercial and residential areas in and near Lents.
- Stimulate business development and investment in the area.
- Provide increased opportunities for residents to compete for new quality jobs.
- Provide housing opportunities for the Lents community’s diverse income and tenure needs.
- Improve local streets and parks.
Current Activities: What are we working on today?
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Completed Projects 
- Lents Project 2006-2007 Year in Review presentation
- Housing Development and Improvement
- Earl Boyles Park Improvements
- SE 92nd Avenue Sidewalks
- Neighborhood Street Paving
- Storefront Improvement Grants
- Business Loans
- Other Completed Projects
Other City Projects in Lents Town Center
- 82nd Avenue of Roses High Crash Corridor Safety Project (PDOT)
- Inner Powell Boulevard Streetscape Plan (PDOT)
- I-205 Light Rail (TriMet)
- Johnson Creek Flood Mitigation & Habitat Restoration (BES)
- East Portland Review (BOP)
Programs Available in the Lents Town Center URA
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Do you want to start or expand a business?
Business Finance Services
Economic Opportunity Fund -
Are you looking to develop your property?
Development Opportunity Services (DOS) (predevelopment grants)
Commercial Property Redevelopment Loan Program -
Do you want to finance repairs to your house?
Home Improvement Loans and Programs -
Are you interested in buying a house?
Home Purchase Loans and Programs -
Will you be adding employees to meet increasing demand?
Quality Jobs Program -
Do you have a business that needs a facelift?
Storefront Improvement Program
Public Involvement (all committees and meetings are open to the public)
- Urban Renewal Advisory Committee (roster, agendas, meeting minutes and summaries)
- Art Gateway Subcommittee
- Lents Housing Subcommittee — The committee of 11 volunteers was formed in 2007 and serves as an advisory body to the Lents Town Center URAC and PDC staff on housing issues and projects. Contact: Sara Culp (503) 823-3239.
- Membership
- September 27, 2007 agenda
- June 21, 2007 agenda and presentation
- May 24, 2007 agenda and presentation
- Lents Amendment Subcommittee
- PDC Board of Commissioners Meetings with Lents agenda items
Publications
- Lents Town Center News
- Lents Town Center Market Studies
- The Portland Development Commission Proposed Fiscal Year 2007-2008 Budget
- Lents Town Center
- Project Summary, October 2007
- Approved Budget, FY2007-2008, May 2007
- Business District Transportation Plan, Nov 1999
- Economic Development Strategy, Feb 2001
- Housing Strategy, Oct 2000
- Housing Study, updated 2006
- Urban Renewal Plan, Sep 1999
- Business District Transportation Plan, Nov 1999
- See a complete list of Lents Town Center URA publications.
- Maps
- Lents Town Center URA map, December 2001
This map shows the Lents Town Center URA boundaries, including local parks and schools. 
Lents Project Map, August 2007
This map shows projects in the Lents Town Center URA that are completed, under construction or in the planning stages.
- Lents Town Center URA map, December 2001
Media Coverage
- ROSE prepares for Lents development bid
David F. Ashton, East PDX News - Strip club property joins Lents overhaul
Erin Hoover Barnett, The Oregonian - Council approves controversial urban renewal plan
Jim Redden, Portland Tribune - Saltzman raises hackles in Lents
Mark Larabee, Oregonian - Saltzman asks Portland council to delay school-funding vote
Mark Larabee, The Oregonian - Spending money 'because it's there'
The Oregonian - Development activity picking up in Lents
Tyler Graf, Daily Journal of Commerce - Lents says goodbye to blight
Steve Law, Portland Tribune - Key Magazine - My First House
New York Times, 4/4/2008 - More money may come to Lents urban renewal area - Daily Journal of Commerce, 4/1/2008
- Lents neighborhood feast builds networks - Oregonian, 12/27/2007
- 'Best use' of historic Lents Little League site pondered by PDC - East PDX News, 12/14/2007
- Neighborhood Briefs - Portland Tribune 9/25/07
- Lents market has global flavor - Portland Tribune, 7/17/2007
- Area has identity struggles - Portland Tribune, 6/26/2007
- Lents farmers market wins 3-year grant - Oregonian, 2/15/2007
- Lents town center awaits its reclaiming - Portland Tribune, 2/6/2007
- Office/retail project will bring new jobs to Lents Town Center
-Oregonian, 1/2007 - Project planned for Lents Town Center Urban Renewal Area
- Portland Business Journal, 1/07
See all Lents news and announcements
PDC Staff Contacts (if you have questions or concerns, contact these PDC staff)
Lents Town Center URA Development Manager Senior Project Coordinator Senior Development Manager Business Loan Programs Business Retention and Expansion Efforts Storefront Improvements |
Calendar of Events
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