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Calling the shots POWFest puts spotlight on women fi lm directors — SEE LIFE, B1 PortlandTHURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2015 • TWICE CHOSEN THE NATION’S BEST NONDAILY PAPERTribune • PORTLANDTRIBUNE.COM • PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND THURSDAY City, county eye fuel export NEW LIFE IN LENTS policy Stance against oil, coal exports silent on natural gas, propane By STEVE LAW The Tribune Portland and Multnomah County would adopt a fi rm position against coal and oil exports through their terri- tories, under a draft revi- sion of their joint Climate Action Plan. If adopted by the Portland City Council and Multnomah County Board of Commis- sioners, that “We’ll would make it hard for any continue to oil or coal ex- see these port projects to win permits as an issue, or facilities because needed from Multnomah TRIBUNE PHOTO: JONATHAN HOUSE either jurisdic- A developer who once lived in Lents has a purchase agreement for the gritty New Copper Penny restaurant and nightclub. The site on Southeast Foster Road and 92nd Avenue is tion. County is a considered pivotal for the long-sought renaissance of the Lents town center. There ap- chokepoint pears to be consensus for fossil among Mult- fuel nomah County commission- exports.” Developer says brewpub will spark ers and resi- —Tim Lynch, dents against Offi ce of coal and oil Sustainability exports, based other projects in Lents district on their poten- tial health and safety impacts, says John Wa- The little-known Portland developer rant and night club that many say is the spite an impressive real estate portfolio. siutynski, director of the coun- Chad Rennaker has big says he’ll start construction this week lynchpin to the long-sought revival of His main local development is Pints ty Offi ce of Sustainability. on the Z Haus brewpub and restaurant Lents’ retail district. Brewing, a brewpub in Old Town/China- But the draft policy, which plans to transform the on Southeast 92nd Avenue, Lents’ bat- If he’s successful, Rennaker could town. Most of his real estate develop- goes out for public review this Southeast neighborhood tered traditional “Main Street.” spark the kind of changes in Lents that ment and investment has been apart- week, is silent on exports of But that’s just for starters. have transformed a string of Portland’s ment complexes and mixed-use retail natural gas and propane, Rennaker recently won exclusive southeast and northeast commercial and housing projects in New Mexico, which have lower carbon emis- By STEVE LAW rights to negotiate deals on two other districts in recent years, bringing the Arizona, Nevada and other western sions than coal and oil and pro- The Tribune parcels on 92nd Avenue owned by the hip Portland cachet east of 82nd Avenue states. duce far fewer air pollutants. Portland Development Commission in for the fi rst time. His company, Palindrome Communi- There are two major propos- Can a new brewpub be the ticket the Lents Town Center Urban Renewal “It feels like the next sort of wave of ties, has an investment portfolio of near- als to export Liquefi ed Natural to liven up Lents’ moribund town Area. He also has a purchase agreement neighborhoods that will improve,” Ren- ly 7,000 apartment units, which cost Gas on pipelines through center? to buy a fourth parcel on 92nd and Fos- naker says. That’s Chad Rennaker’s game plan. ter Road, the New Copper Penny restau- Rennaker has a low profi le here de- See LENTS / Page 3 See FUELS / Page 2 Can carrots, kale cure hunger, poverty? to enjoy the food, but talk school nutrition, having two USDA chief taps local food politics. young daughters — one in pre- food leaders to get the About 40 food policymakers school and one in fi fth grade at — nutritionists, anti-hunger Chapman Elementary. word on farm-to-table advocates, food systems aca- “Personally, we make her demics, food bank leaders, and lunch every day,” he said last By JENNIFER ANDERSON farm-to-table pioneers — gath- week, just after wrapping up a The Tribune ered for a roundtable discus- talk for culinary students at sion with visiting U.S. Depart- Lincoln High School. “She likes It looked like a typical ment of Agriculture Under Sec- As school meals pizza day. We may let her have lunch hour at Tasty n Sons retary Kevin Concannon. increasingly it once every few weeks, but last week: Dozens of people The man who sets nutrition come under the we’ll send healthy stuff to go packed the house, sharing guidelines for the nation came microscope, a with it.” plates of house-cured Reu- to Portland to discuss how farm-to-table His wife, Renee Gorham, is ben sandwiches, sherry farm-to-table strategies can be discussion in co-owner of their three restau- chicken-liver mousse, house expanded and improved here rants and runs the front-of-the- Portland last bacon and jerky, maple- and nationwide. house operations. “I think the week may help wrapped dates, radicchio “We’re trying to encourage processed food and sugar is the shape federal salad, chocolate-potato Americans individually and as thing I’m concerned about,” doughnuts and more. a group to eat more healthy,” nutrition policy. she says about school lunches. The only difference was Concannon told the Tribune TRIBUNE FILE PHOTO: “I think everyone’s intentions that this crowd came not just shortly after the luncheon last JIM CLARK are good. It’s great to see Thursday. land is an ideal place to see and the kickoff of National Nu- cussion, which he described as there’s a community garden at “One of the surest ways is to that in action.” trition Month. “intense” and “political.” Chapman. But it’s an uphill eat more fruits and vegetables, Concannon’s visit happened Tasty n Sons chef/owner Gorham says he’s very much battle for sure,” in a district re- eat less processed food. Not as to lead into National School John Gorham says he was committed to the politics of sponsible for feeding so many much sodium, sugar, fat. Port- Breakfast Week, March 2-6, humbled to be part of the dis- farm-to-table sourcing and See FOOD / Page 2 “Pamplin Media Group’s pledge is to Portland Tribune deliver balanced news that refl ects the BIDDING KERSEY GOODBYE stories of our communities. Thank you — SEE SPORTS, PAGE B12 for reading our newspapers.” Inside — DR. ROBERT B. PAMPLIN JR. 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How- says. Diesel is now offi cially a advantages. emerging fossil fuel export pol- The draft Climate Action use of barges on the Columbia ever, to the extent natural gas carcinogen, and is traced to an Ironically, LNG exports are icy would have any bearing on Plan update calls for both gov- River or rail lines alongside the leaks into the atmosphere, that estimated 460 deaths a year in likely to raise the cost of do- the propane plant proposal, ernment agencies to adopt a river for coal, oil and propane advantage can be reduced or Oregon. mestic natural gas, because which is now expected to go be- formal policy on fossil fuel ex- shipments. lost, because it’s largely com- The catch is the city and that will reduce the supply. fore the Portland Planning and ports. That could eventually “The conversation around posed of methane, a far more county don’t want to see a situ- Coal exports “is really an Sustainability Commission for lead to a city and county policy natural gas and propane is potent greenhouse gas than ation where natural gas and easy case,” Wasiutynsky says, a vote on April 7. on exports other than coal and more nuanced,” says Michael carbon dioxide. propane are institutionalized but propane is more compli- oil, such as natural gas and pro- Armstrong, deputy director of Propane has a lower carbon as fuel sources, instead of be- cated.

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