ROSE Community Development

5215 SE Duke Street
Portland, OR 97206-6839
(503) 788-8052  
FAX: (503) 788-9197
www.rosecdc.org

AGENCY INFORMATION
Nick Sauvie, Executive Director                       
Total Number of Staff: 8                    
Housing & Community Development Staff:  6
Total Cost of Development: $45,000,000
Annual Operating Budget: $1,600,000      
Area Served: Outer Southeast Portland (Brentwood-Darlington, Lents, Foster-Powell, Mt. Scott-Arleta and Powellhurst-Gilbert neighborhoods)
Year Incorporated: 1991

Total Number of Units Developed: 382 (Rental-339; Homeownership-43)            
Total Number of Units Under Development: 85 (Rental-79; Homeownership-6)

PROGRAMS AND SERVICES OFFERED

  • Child Care
  • Youth Programs
  • Community Safety
  • Economic Development
  • Community Organizing
  • Mixed Use Development
  • Green Building

MISSION
ROSE CDC builds community and strengthens neighborhood economics to Revitalize Outer South East Portland.

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

  • Developed 382 units of affordable housing
  • The Lents Homeownership Initiative, a collaboration of more than 40 private and public sector partners led by ROSE, created 320 new homeowners, rehabilitated nearly 400 homes and sponsored more than 200 community events between 2005-2009
  • Child Care Networks provide training and other resources for family child care providers, improving the viability of these small businesses and the quality of care for more than 150 children
  • Leander Court, a 37-unit family apartment with on-site child care, named Oregon’s Best New Affordable Housing of 1998 by Oregon Housing and Community Services
  • Lents Village, a 63-unit senior apartment building including a new Lents Loaves and Fishes Center; developed in partnership with Northwest Housing Alternatives, Inc.
  • Cooper Street Bungalow Courts, 12-unit courtyard condominium project, joint venture with Portland Community Design

CURRENT PROJECTS

  • Acquisition and rehabilitation of 50 multi-family homes in Lents.
  • Woodmere Homes provides 15 affordable homes near Woodmere School.

PARTNERS IN DEVELOPMENT
Albina Community Bank •  Bank of America  •  Chase Bank  • Children’s Investment Fund •  City of Portland — Bureau of Housing and Community Development  •  Enterprise  •  Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle  • Kaiser Permanente •  Key Bank •  Meyer Memorial Trust • Multnomah County • Northwest Health Foundation • Oregon Community Foundation: Vivian S. Abbott, Louise Minty and Jerome S. and Barbara Bischoff Funds and Joseph E. Weston Public Foundation • Oregon Housing and Community Services •  Network for Oregon Affordable Housing  •  Portland Development Commission  •  ShoreBank Pacific •  US Bank •  Wells Fargo  

STAFF PARTICIPATING IN INDUSTRY SUPPORT PROGRAMS

Mike Masat Homeownership Development
Teisha Parchment Resident Services
Nick Sauvie Multi-Family Development
Carolyn Thurman Fiscal Managers
Jennifer Will-Thapa Resident Services
Sue Wiswell Property & Asset Managers