Portland Parks is making lighting and sound upgrades in facilities at some community centers, in hopes of making them suitable for performances and other events.The city hopes to replicate the model with other culturally-specific groups in other parts of town that might be interested in different Parks properties. In the meantime, it's leasing out IFCC for arts events at below-market rates, with a preference for African-American arts groups. Parks has turned to a group of community stakeholders to help develop a new plan for IFCC. It's run by Portland Parks and Recreation. The Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center: Sited in a historically-black neighborhood in North Portland, IFCC stood mostly empty for several years.Some core staff across seven city bureaus and several council offices brought a half-dozen points to fruition. But many parts of town, including the east side, remain under-resourced, and artists in all quadrants are coping with soaring real estate rates. Portland is home to amazing arts and cultural resources, like the Multnomah Arts Center, which offers classes and community resources for a variety of disciplines, including visual art, music, and dance.
It's been a year since the plan went into action. All items on the list were designed to be revenue-neutral, requiring no new city funding. Leaders including Mayor Ted Wheeler, Commissioners Nick Fish and Chloe Eudaly (herself a former bookstore owner) pledged to support an effort to preserve creative spaces. Artists are far from the only people affected by rising residential and commercial real estate prices, but they’re also part of the city’s cultural identity.
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