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: 11
Housing & Community Development Staff:  7
Total Cost of Development: $50,000,000
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: 406 (Rental-358; Homeownership-48)
Total Number of Units Under Development: 19 (all rental)

PROGRAMS AND SERVICES OFFERED

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

MISSION
ROSE builds better outer southeast neighborhoods by developing affordable housing and economic opportunities.

WHO WE SERVE
ROSE takes a comprehensive approach toward strengthening outer southeast Portland neighborhoods. We believe good homes give people the opportunity to build better lives. More than one hundred of our homes were designed for people with special needs including seniors, the disabled, and child care providers. Attention to detail, oversight and long-standing collaboration with service providers are the reason that this housing fits into the neighborhood fabric and operates smoothly day after day. Our people and projects reflect the diversity of our community. ROSE initiatives include building two parks, creation of a support program for in-home child care providers and restoration of a wetland.

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

  • Developed 406 units of affordable housing
  • The Lents Homeownership Initiative, a collaboration of more than 50 private and public sector partners led by ROSE, created 320 new homeowners, rehabilitated 400 homes and sponsored more than 200 community events between 2005-2009
  • The Parent Child Resource program provides early childhood education for 40 children ages three to five
  • 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, winner of a Governor’s Livability Award

CURRENT PROJECTS

  • Firland Apartments, a 19-unit apartment rehab in Foster-Powell Neighborhood
  • The Wikman Building, a community center proposed in a surplus Multnomah County property
  • Community Real Estate Investment Trust, an asset-building program developed in partnership with Mercy Corps Northwest

PARTNERS IN DEVELOPMENT
Albina Community Bank • Bank of America • JP Morgan Chase • Children’s Investment Fund • 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 • Portland Housing Bureau • ShoreBank Pacific • US Bank • Wells Fargo


STAFF PARTICIPATING IN INDUSTRY SUPPORT PROGRAMS

Mike Masat  Multi-Family Development
Teisha Parchment Resident Services
Carolyn Thurman Fiscal Managers
Sue Wiswell Property & Asset Management
Han Tran Resident Services