🌱 CA Nonprofit Addressing Portland Homeless + Elks Club Lounge Fire

Hello, neighbors. Helen Eckhard here with your fresh copy of the Portland Daily, full of all the community information you need to know right now.

But first, today's weather:

Times of clouds and sun. High: 44 Low: 31.

Here are the top three stories today in Portland:

1. Portland's Dimitrius Nicolai Pryce has been convicted of stealing COVID relief funds. According to the District Attorney’s Office, Pryce submitted an application for a false “entertainment venue” that had earned him $53,000 prior to the pandemic. Additionally, Pryce denied being on “any form of parole or probation” in his application, even though he had just finished a 70-month prison sentence. (Fox 12 Oregon)
2. In October, Mayor Ted Wheeler and City Commissioner Dan Ryan revealed their plan to open multiple homeless encampments around the city. No local providers already running outdoor shelters were consulted in those plans. Instead, the city brought in a California-based nonprofit, Urban Alchemy, to work on the encampments. (Portland Mercury)
3. On Tuesday, a fire occurred at the former Elks Club Lodge at the corner of Northeast 100th and Glisan. Fire crews arrived around 2:00 p.m., quickly located the fire in the HVAC unit, and extinguished it. There were no reported injuries or fatalities. (KOIN.com)

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Today in Portland:

• Augmented Reality Detective Experience At You Sleuth (All Day)
• Bilingual Hindi Storytime At Garden Home Community Library (10:00 AM)
• Slamlandia At Literary Arts (7:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Looking for a new home? There are a handful of new houses available in and around Portland. Check out Patch's latest real estate roundup for the property details and specs. (Portland Patch)
• The Oregon Historical Society’s museum collection includes over 200 quilts. The quilts document and highlight many aspects of the region’s history, providing a glimpse of women’s work over the past two centuries. (Oregon Historical Society via Facebook)
• Portland Farmers Market is accepting vendor applications now through Jan. 15, 2023. Any local farmer, forager, baker, cheese maker, or specialty food producer is encouraged to apply. (Portland Farmers Market via Facebook)

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That's it for today! See you soon for your next update.

— Helen Eckhard

About me: Helen Eckhard is a marketing associate at Lightning Media Partners. Outside of work, she enjoys constructing crossword puzzles, knitting, or devising increasingly crafty ways to kill off characters in her mystery novels.