The Linnton Community Center has received a $11,879 grant to purchase and install a new air filtration system that will filter pollutants caused by traffic on Highway 30 and mitigate airborne viral transmission of COVID-19 to help reopen the Center’s preschool for underserved young people, which was closed due to COVID-19. The grant, which is from Metro’s Central Community Enhancement grant program, also funds the purchase of a new automatic electronic defibrillator (AED).
Funded by a $1 surcharge on each ton of waste processed at the Metro Central Transfer Station in Northwest Portland, this grant program benefits the neighborhoods of Northwest Portland and an area of the St. Johns neighborhood directly adjacent to the St. Johns Bridge. Funding was approved for nine projects in the 2021 grant cycle, awarding a total of $277,659.