As land-use liaison for the citys most powerful neighborhood association, Pearl Districts Patricia Gardner has watched her neighborhood evolvePatricia Gardener isnt from Portland. In fact, shes not really from anywhere. But 15 years ago, the former Army brat set her roots in the fledgling Pearl District and helped sprout a community for herself.
Now, as the land-use liaison for the Pearl District Neighborhood Association, having been involved in the districts formative years, she envisions even more growth for the former warehouse district. With the Portland Development Commission pushing forward the waterfront redevelopment of Centennial Mills, and the possible redevelopment of the Broadway Corridor-based post office site, Gardner says the time is ripe to use the neighborhoods presence and permanence as an attractor not just for housing but for jobs.
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