Soho House’s new neighbor? Multnomah County’s drop-off site for drug users
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Multnomah County on Thursday finalized a two-year lease with the owners of a Buckman property that will be used as a round-the-clock drop-off center for people caught with fentanyl and other street drugs.
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Susan Lindsay, co-chair of the Buckman Community Association, told the board she worries police will relocate drug users from Old Town and downtown to Buckman – and drug dealers will follow.
“There was no on the ground involvement of anyone from the neighborhood or from the business community in terms of the siting of this,” she said.
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at the Oregonian
Oof. I really hope this doesn't kill the project. Permitting was last active in December. Perhaps developers anticipate the permitting process to take 2 more years, then start dev after the lease?
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