CREW EXPLORES MT. HOOD SNOW CAVE See Sustainable Life section, PortlandTribune INSIDE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2013 • TWICE CHOSEN THE NATION’S BEST NONDAILY PAPER • WWW.PORTLANDTRIBUNE.COM • PUBLISHED THURSDAY City plan tees up golf courses for industries State industrial land mandates force Portland to ‘scrounge’ sites By STEVE LAW The Tribune Portland planners are looking to greens spaces — golf course greens, that is — to pro- vide new land for industry. The city is under pressure to rezone large chunks of land for industrial use when it submits its updated comprehensive land-use plan to state regulators next year. To help meet that state mandate, city planners are working on a propos- al that ultimately could rezone as many as four golf courses due south of the Columbia River: Colwood National Golf Club, Broadmoor Golf WHO GIVES? TRIBUNE PHOTO: JAIME VALDEZ Course, Riverside Golf and Country Club and Co- lumbia Edgewater Country Club. “There’s been declining revenues for a lot of these golf courses,” says Eric Engstrom, principal ■ planner for the Portland “Does Metro Phil Knight’s huge OHSU grant shocks philanthropy world Bureau of Planning and throw us in Sustainability. And, with demand for land-use jail?” or about three minutes, Keith cussed with OHSU offi cials. golf courses expected to de- — Steve Novick, city Todd was caught up in pure Nobody in the history of U.S. phi- cline more in coming years, commissioner enthusiasm. The new presi- lanthropy has ever dared to offer a analysts fi gure golf course Fdent of the Oregon Health & matching grant that large with owners might see a differ- Science Foundation was at a banquet such a short period of time to raise ent kind of green in their future: large sums of three weeks ago listening to Nike co- the match. money when their property is rezoned and sold founder and chairman “That’s when I thought it was for industrial use. STORY BY Phil Knight announce daunting,” Todd says. Any rezoning would have to be similar to the that he was making a It’s more than that. It’s unprece- pending deal setting aside 48 acres of the Col- PETER $500 million challenge dented, according to authorities in wood golf course for industry while reserving KORN grant to Oregon Health the world of philanthropy. For the the rest for open space and a potential city park, & Science University’s sake of comparison, the largest Engstrom says. “The public would have to get Knight Cancer Insti- matching grant ever given to the something out of it” in each case, he says. tute. That’s half a billion dollars. COURTESY OF OHSU University of Washington, a huge There’s also a big question about whether the Todd immediately rose to his feet Nike co-founder Phil Knight (above with Columbia Sportswear one by national standards, was $40 privately owned golf courses and country clubs and started applauding along with president Tim Boyle) has offered OHSU a billion-dollar challenge that million, and it came with a fi ve-year would want to shut down and sell their land. others at the banquet. requires the university to raise $500 million in two years. Fundraising matching period. The family that owns Broadmoor has an “open “The first thing that came to my experts are divided on how the grant will affect other nonprofi ts such Some say that they don’t believe mind” about the idea, says Scott Krieger, general mind was, ‘Absolutely brilliant,’ ” Todd as the BodyVox dancers (top), who are dependent Todd and his team at the OHSU manager and head PGA pro. “Anything’s for says. on local philanthropy to remain solvent. Foundation will be able to raise the sale” if the price is right, he says. But after a few minutes of applaud- sum in time. Others say he can do “Business has dropped off dramatically, espe- ing, Todd, who is in charge of fundrais- it, or that if OHSU gets close Knight cially the last four years,” says Krieger, whose ing for OHSU, looked to his side and will extend the deadline. All agree mother and fi ve aunts developed Broadmoor on caught the eye of OHSU President Joe “If someone can give $50 million they would that if OHSU can pull this off, it a family dairy farm in 1931. Baby boomers are Robertson. And he thought about have to feel ownership. If it’s all Knight all the won’t simply mean $1 billion is fond of golf, but there appears to be less demand what else he had just heard. Knight available to push its cancer insti- from the next generation, he says. said he would give the cancer clinic time, it becomes a little bit hard to make both tute into the top rank of cancer re- Jesse Bristow, who was golfi ng at Broadmoor $500 million only if OHSU raised the search centers in the country. on Friday with his uncle Joel Bristow, says it same amount within two years — folks happy.” would be a major disappointment to see it closed something that had not been dis- — Brian Crimmins, Changing Our World CEO See GRANT / Page 2 for golfi ng. “I play here maybe once a week,” Jesse Bris- tow says. “This is my favorite course in the area.” The Bristows paid $14 each for a round of nine holes — much more affordable, they say, than the private country clubs in Clark County, where they live. Fighting poverty with veggies Country clubs may differ But Broadmoor is open to every player, while which is sitting in crates, soon to be Riverside and Columbia Edgewater are private Grow Portland looks joined by other winter veggies such country clubs. as potatoes, onions, cabbage, car- “They’re not going to be on board at all” to sell for new urban space rots, beets, turnips and garlic. off their land, Krieger predicts, noting that both Early November, the veggies will have memberships that include powerful busi- to plant local gardens be available as 100-pound storage shares for $120, intended for use See GOLF / Page 9 By JENNIFER ANDERSON during the winter.That’s not the on- The Tribune ly way Grow Portland hopes to change the world through gardens. If life serves up lots of butter- In a city that’s gaga for growing nut squash, store it and make but- fresh food, Grow Portland is adding ternut squash soup all winter. some serious potatoes to the stew of That’s the thinking behind garden space. In 3 1/2 years, the the 100-pound “storage shares” of- group built 200 community garden fered by the nonprofi t Grow Port- plots at three sites, two of which land, a group that builds garden were fully booked within months space for low-income residents in (the third, East County Community East Portland. Garden, 24375 S.E. Stark St. in Volunteers at the Eastminster TRIBUNE PHOTO: ADAM WICKHAM Gresham, has 14 available sites). TRIBUNE PHOTO: JONATHAN HOUSE Community Garden (Northeast Volunteer Ron Glenville works in Grow Portland’s Eastminster Community Garden Grow Portland is working on ex- Jesse Bristow (left) and his uncle Joel Bristow fi nish 125th Avenue and Halsey Street) in outer East Portland. Portland is known for its plethora of gardens and fresh panding its capacity for supersized a hole at Broadmoor Golf Course in Northeast last week harvested a whopping food lovers, but this isn’t the farmer’s market crowd. Here, refugees and low- Portland. They say the course is more accessible 2,000 pounds of butternut squash, income families are empowered to grow their own and provide for themselves. See GARDEN / Page 11 than higher-priced country clubs in the area. “Pamplin Media Group’s pledge is to Portland Tribune deliver balanced news that refl ects the MANNION DRAWS PRAISE FROM OSU GREATS stories of our communities. Thank you Inside — SEE SPORTS, PAGE B8 for reading our newspapers.” — DR. ROBERT B. PAMPLIN JR. OWNER & NEIGHBOR SATURDAY FREE 10 lb. TURKEY OCT. 26 1:05 PM PORTLAND STATE to the fi rst 5000 adult tickets purchased vs. NORTH DAKOTA GOVIKS.COM 503-725-3307 JELD-WEN FIELD 449038.101613 A2 NEWS The Portland Tribune Thursday, October 17, 2013 Grant: Cash must be raised in two years ■ From page 1 Local giving grows If OHSU can raise $500 mil- step by step lion in two years, they say, it could change the face of philan- There are 15 to 20 Ore- thropy nationwide. It will raise gonians giving $10 mil- the stakes in a game where OHSU offi cials lion a year, says Greg even those whose job it is to say they had no Chaille, past executive di- ask for more have never idea Phil Knight rector of the Oregon thought they could ask for this would offer Community Foundation, much. who is writing a book them a two- Greg Chaille, who serves on about philanthropy in year, $500 the OHSU Foundation board Oregon. million matching and is writing a book about phi- Chaille says there proba- lanthropy in Oregon, says he grant at a bly are another 20 or 30 who took a call from the OHSU banquet three could afford to give that Foundation the Saturday after weeks ago. much annually, but don’t. Knight’s Friday night an- Fundraising Most are elderly, and their nouncement. By Monday, de- experts say philanthropy could show up velopment staff at the founda- major donors as bequests after they die. tion were sitting down with are typically But those top-tier Oregon Chaille to go over prospects he notifi ed ahead philanthropists won’t likely might know for major contribu- of a matching drop their other philan- tions, in or out of state.