Located between the Northeast Portland neighborhoods of Cully and Concordia, the Portland Group School (PCC) Alternative Middle at forty second Avenue has a historical past of offering custom-made coaching, profession exploration and academic alternatives to a various workforce. Nonetheless, the previous, retrofitted Safeway that housed this heart was in determined want of a complete rebuild to broaden its community-based efforts.
With a high-performance trauma-informed design at its core, the Alternative Middle has been remodeled right into a sustainable hub of neighborhood empowerment. The collaborative effort amongst sustainability-focused groups helps present an area for future program enlargement together with reasonably priced housing, childcare and a well being clinic. This holistic method to sustainability goes past the structural parts of a constructing, additionally encompassing the sustainability of the psychological, emotional and bodily success of its residents.
“The Alternative Middle exemplifies sustainability in a extra holistic approach. It’s not nearly one factor however concerning the broader parts of sustainability, beginning with the constructing, after which the individuals, after which the applications after which the neighborhood.”
— Katrina Shum Miller of Lensa Consulting
Learn the PCC Alternative Middle at forty second Avenue case examine.
