Gresham Outlook – August 24, 2018 Planned brewery would be next door to a treatment center for Native American youths A controversy is brewing in Gresham. Inner Fire Brewing is attempting to open a location in Gresham at 633 E. Powell Blvd., placing it adjacent to a treatment center focused on helping Native American youths […]

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Testimony for Multnomah County Commission – August 23, 2018 Beckie and I are here today to speak about the safety of thousands of patients at Unity Center, and in the dozens of other hospitals, clinics, alcohol and drug treatment centers, nursing homes, jails, daycare centers, schools, adult foster homes, residential care facilities, mental health treatment […]

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OP – ED published in the Portland Tribune, August 14, 2018 Author Dean Gisvold is a Portland attorney, a board member emeritus of Central City Concern, a board member of Network for Affordable Housing (NOAH); reach him at dpgisvold AT gmail.com. Recent articles in the Portland Tribune and emails from the Portland Police Association (PPA) […]

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Portland Business Journal – August 7, 2018 The psychiatric center’s leader is confident it can make fixes by Sept. 11 to keep state, federal compliance In five weeks, the Unity Center for Behavioral Health faces a crucial milestone: Will the psychiatric facility retain or lose its federal certification, and ability to receive reimbursement from Medicare […]

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