Rockwood News

It may be soccer fields or just an appealing place to gather and exercise, but whatever the Rockwood Cultural Marketplace site evolves into for interim use, it will cost considerably less than $1.5 million.

Gresham redevelopment commissioners approved two reimbursement grants to improve a business and an apartment complex during the commission's Tuesday, June 16, meeting.

Employees and patrons of a Hispanic grocery in Rockwood nabbed an armed gunman who robbed the store, but his accomplice escaped.

Hopes to create an ethnic farmers market in Rockwood this summer appear to be on hold, but urban renewal commissioners are still interested in building soccer fields in what's now an expanse of gravel.

McMenamins Edgefield, 2126 S.W. Halsey St., Troutdale. All shows free for ages 21 and older unless noted.

Want to help East Multnomah County? Consider light rail on Stark Street. guest column By Duke Shepard of Portland, Oregon.

Now that Gresham's redevelopment commission has opted against anchoring a cultural marketplace in the city's urban renewal district with a YMCA, it's regrouping, possibly with a focus on public safety.

Dina DiNucci, owner of Park Place Coffee, is in the running for a $25,000 grant and needs the community's help to get it.

The Gresham Outlook welcomes calendar notices for weekly public events and support group meetings in East County.

Gresham's redevelopment commission on Tuesday, May 5, decided against anchoring a cultural marketplace in the city's urban renewal district with a YMCA.

Gresham Mayor Shane Bemis will discuss citizen involvement and policing when the Rockwood Business Coalition meets from 7:30-9 a.m. Wednesday, May 6, at the Rockwood Community Office, 18709 S.E. Stark St.

Celebrate Earth Day by recycling instead of tossing at a free recycling event for Gresham and Wood Village residents and businesses from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 18, at Gresham City Hall, 1333 N.W. Eastman Parkway.

The interior of Narah Hookah Lounge is an open space with wispy curtains and low tables and chairs.

The Gresham Outlook welcomes calendar notices for weekly public events and support group meetings in East County.

A church looking to expand is in talks with Multnomah County to possibly buy part of adjacent Vance Park in Rockwood.

It's only April, and already it's been a tough year for Rockwood. After marking the West-Gresham/Rockwood Urban Renewal District's five-year anniversary, residents learned in January of a pawnshop moving into the Rockwood Triangle.

Two years ago, Rockwood showed some promise. Two crucial pieces of property in Gresham's grittiest neighborhood-turned-urban-renewal district were about to be developed.

The Gresham Redevelopment Commission has decided to extend its exclusive negotiating agreement with Williams & Dame Development and Capstone Partners LLC for the development of Rockwood Cultural Marketplace.

Benefit concert for Gresham area resident A benefit concert will be held at 6 p.m. Sunday, March 29, at Grace Community Church, 800 S.E. Hogan Road, to help with medical bills for Stephanie Gutridge, a longtime Gresham-area resident who needs a new kidney.

Sherwood man's case goes to grand jury The case involving James Charles Tooley, the Sherwood man who was arrested for the alleged murder of two Gresham residents, is scheduled to go before a grand jury on ...