South Park Blocks
Loaves and Fishes Center

Project

Loaves & Fishes Center
Located at SW 10th Avenue at Main Street

Learn more about Loaves & Fishes—"The Meals-On-Wheels People" online.

Project Goals

• Support existing community facilities that serve the at-risk, primarily senior, population.

Project Description

Loaves & Fishes is relocating its current 4,000 square foot downtown location at the Elm Court Center in the downtown YWCA and expanding to a 6,000 square foot space at the ground floor, street level of the St. Francis Apartments. The St. Francis is owned by Housing Authority of Portland (HAP). Loaves and Fishes is a non-profit organization established in 1969 with a mission to provide free or low cost meals and other social services for low-income seniors.

The center serves meals seven days a week as part of its Meals-on-Wheels program to some of the most isolated and at-risk seniors within the immediate and surrounding area. In 2006, the center served 140,000 meals to more than 1,600 senior and disabled individuals with the help of over 1,000 volunteers.

Loaves and Fishes anticipates moving out of the YWCA in late winter/early spring 2007 and will enter into a 10-year triple-net lease with HAP.

PDC's Partners

Inner Westside Planning Group: Multnomah County Aging and Disabled Services Northwest Pilot Project Housing Authority of Portland (HAP) Portland Parks and Recreation Northwest Ministries Friendly House Loaves and Fishes Portland Development Commission (PDC)

An unrestricted contribution of $200,000 from Providence Health Plan Community Benefits fund will fund the rent gap.

Development Team

Developer: General Contractor: Project Manager: Property Manager:

Loaves & Fishes Pacific Crest Structures Wyse Investment Company Loaves & Fishes

PDC's Involvement

Providing $200,000 in Tax Increment Financing (TIF) in the form of a conditional grant in FY 2006-07 for tenant improvements in new relocated commercial space in the amount of $200,000.

Item	Date
Loaves & Fishes relocation to street level of St. Francis Apartments.	2007

PDC Staff Contact

• John Warner, PDC
  Senior Development Manager
  e-mail, 503-823-3240

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