Sgt. Jerome F. Sears U.S. Army Reserve Center: Difference between revisions
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|style="background:olive; color:white; text-align: center" colspan="2"| '''<big>Sergeant First Class Jerome F. Sears United States Army Reserve Center</big>''' | |style="background:olive; color:white; text-align: center" colspan="2"| '''<big>Sergeant First Class Jerome F. Sears United States Army Reserve Center</big>''' | ||
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|[https://www.portland.gov/safe-rest-villages/locations-safe-rest-villages-and-culturally-specific-villages/multnomah-safe Safe Rest Village] | |[https://www.portland.gov/safe-rest-villages/locations-safe-rest-villages-and-culturally-specific-villages/multnomah-safe Safe Rest Village] | ||
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The Sgt. Jerome F. Sears U.S. Army Reserve Center ("Sears Center") is a facility proposed to serve as a west-side auxiliary emergency operations center for PBEM, among other prospective uses. However, it has never been prepared for that purpose and the building is not accessible to the public at this time. Since it had a PBEM use at one time, it is included in the NETwiki archive. | |||
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{{#ev:youtube|ES-x2BcJO7Y|430|right|'''''Video: Tour of the Sears Center in 2011'''''|frame}} | |||
== Facility use since 2012 == | == Facility use since 2012 == | ||
The City has not approved the budget necessary to re-occupy the building and put it into the uses described in the 2013 Master Plan. According to an article in the ''Portland Tribune'', "A contract with MCA Architects to manage the project was signed in June 2016. But in March 2017, the council authorized a new contract to study adding a Portland Fire & Rescue training center to the facility. It would replace a fire bureau training center in the Clinton Triangle in Southeast Portland. That put the rest of the planning on hold until the study is completed."<ref>Redden, Jim (2019-01-22). [https://www.portlandtribune.com/news/sears-center-overhaul-stalls/article_6b9c5811-a4d0-5685-8257-2c2038770c7e.html "Sears center overhaul stalls"]. ''Portland Tribune.'' Retrieved 2023-10-30.</ref> It is unclear what happened after that study was made. | The City has not approved the budget necessary to re-occupy the building and put it into the uses described in the 2013 Master Plan. According to an article in the ''Portland Tribune'', "A contract with MCA Architects to manage the project was signed in June 2016. But in March 2017, the council authorized a new contract to study adding a Portland Fire & Rescue training center to the facility. It would replace a fire bureau training center in the Clinton Triangle in Southeast Portland. That put the rest of the planning on hold until the study is completed."<ref>Redden, Jim (2019-01-22). [https://www.portlandtribune.com/news/sears-center-overhaul-stalls/article_6b9c5811-a4d0-5685-8257-2c2038770c7e.html "Sears center overhaul stalls"]. ''Portland Tribune.'' Retrieved 2023-10-30.</ref> It is unclear what happened after that study was made. | ||
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* Qty. 4 sections 48"D X 72"W X 120"T with 4 levels per section with seismic footpads. | * Qty. 4 sections 48"D X 72"W X 120"T with 4 levels per section with seismic footpads. | ||
[[File:Sears and PPB SERT Training.jpg|alt=Police officers in SERT training at the Jerome Sears Facility.|thumb|''Police officers in SERT training at the Jerome Sears Facility.<ref name=":1" />'']] | [[File:Sears and PPB SERT Training.jpg|alt=Police officers in SERT training at the Jerome Sears Facility.|thumb|''Police officers in SERT training at the Jerome Sears Facility.<ref name=":1" />''|401x401px]] | ||
=== Use for police special ops training, 2019 === | === Use for police special ops training, 2019 === | ||
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https://www.portland.gov/safe-rest-villages/locations-safe-rest-villages-and-culturally-specific-villages/multnomah-safe</ref> An announcement was made in November 2023 that the City planned to expand the Multnomah Safe Rest Village.<ref>Redden, Jim (2023-11-08). [https://www.portlandtribune.com/portland-announces-multnomah-village-safe-rest-village-will-grow/article_6a389a66-7dcb-11ee-bef3-27d3dfc9985b.html "Portland says not if but how Southwest Portland Safe Rest Village will grow"]. ''Portland Tribune.'' Retrieved 2023-11-09.</ref> Nonetheless, the expansion has met with controversy.<ref>https://katu.com/news/local/multnomah-safe-rest-village-expands-amid-controversy</ref><br/> | https://www.portland.gov/safe-rest-villages/locations-safe-rest-villages-and-culturally-specific-villages/multnomah-safe</ref> An announcement was made in November 2023 that the City planned to expand the Multnomah Safe Rest Village.<ref>Redden, Jim (2023-11-08). [https://www.portlandtribune.com/portland-announces-multnomah-village-safe-rest-village-will-grow/article_6a389a66-7dcb-11ee-bef3-27d3dfc9985b.html "Portland says not if but how Southwest Portland Safe Rest Village will grow"]. ''Portland Tribune.'' Retrieved 2023-11-09.</ref> Nonetheless, the expansion has met with controversy.<ref>https://katu.com/news/local/multnomah-safe-rest-village-expands-amid-controversy</ref><br/> | ||
An official announcement of the Safe Rest Village expansion was made in April 2024, necessitating PBEM's eviction from the site.<ref>Redden, J. (2024, April 10). ''Former Sears Armory building to be part of Multnomah Safe Rest Village''. Portlandtribune.com. https://www.portlandtribune.com/news/former-sears-armory-building-to-be-part-of-multnomah-safe-rest-village/article_a06a91ca-f751-11ee-96a4-df1af67b6aa1.html?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery</ref> PBEM's eviction from Sears was completed later that month. | Portland City Council bought out the deed restrictions for the site in the spring of 2024.<ref>Redden, J. (2024, April 22). ''New fence, Sears Armory part of expanded Multnomah Safe Rest Village''. Southwest Connection. Retrieved September 29, 2024, from https://www.swcommconnection.com/news/new-fence-sears-armory-part-of-expanded-multnomah-safe-rest-village/article_f81f8150-f75b-11ee-91c3-df950e1acab3.html </ref> An official announcement of the Safe Rest Village expansion was made in April 2024, necessitating PBEM's eviction from the site.<ref>Redden, J. (2024, April 10). ''Former Sears Armory building to be part of Multnomah Safe Rest Village''. Portlandtribune.com. https://www.portlandtribune.com/news/former-sears-armory-building-to-be-part-of-multnomah-safe-rest-village/article_a06a91ca-f751-11ee-96a4-df1af67b6aa1.html?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery</ref> PBEM's eviction from Sears was completed later that month. | ||
== Additional Photos == | == Additional Photos == | ||
