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Portland food carts
Twitter Me This: Taco Trucks and Cupcakes-
Gentrification, Evolution or Something In Between?APA 2010New Orleans/ UCLA/USC: Contesting the Streets Conference May 2010
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the food cart scene
The food cart scene is not new to Portland, justthe hypeseen as a very easy market to enterand the regulations are not excessive
For perspective, in just the past two years therehas been a 40% increase in the # of food carts.
Today there are well over 450 food carts
from mobile to stationary; concentrateddowntown, but growing in our urbanneighborhoods
They provide food choices from everycontinent and almost every food group
They have a dedicated website
www.foodcartportland.com, but noorganized voice
Offer interim uses on vacant lots, onunderutilized sites, and brownfields
in ourneighborhoods; locate on surface parking
lots downtown.
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An example of the growthBefore (2008)
4 carts
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Today
from 4 to 17.
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an old church in 1984 on Mississippi S
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Todaypegged, the Mississippi Marketplace
anchored by a bar and 10 food cartslikely bedfellows!
Beer and food! Or is it, food then beer!
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Alberta Street Main Street
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Vacant lot reuse along Alberta
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Greeley Street Main Streetbrownfield reuse
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Property owners advertising for food cart
St. Johns Main Street community inNorth Portland
Designated a State Main Streetprogram last year and propertyowners are getting on board toward
the regeneration of their main street.
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Regulatory framework
Multnomah Countyfood handlers license
Bureau ofDevelopmentServices-permitreview
TransportationBureau
sidewalk
vending
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Food Cartology :
rethinking urban spaces as people places
Group of PSU students partnered withthe Bureau of Planning:
Two issues: study the effects offood carts on street vitality andneighborhood livability and the
community economic developmentrole of these food carts
Inform the Planning Bureau of thegrowing industry to include inpolicy discussions around thePortland Plan
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Findings
Food carts have positive impacts on streetvitality and neighborhood life in lower density
residential neighborhoods as well as in thehigh density downtown area.
When a cluster of carts is located on a privatesite, the heightened intensity of use can
negatively impact the surrounding community,primarily from the lack of trash cans,bathrooms, etc.
A carts exterior appearance does not affect
social interactions or the publics overallopinion of the carts; seating availability ismore important for promoting socialinteraction than the appearance of the carts
exterior.
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Findings (cont)
The presence of food carts on a site does not appear to hinder itsdevelopment.
Food carts represent beneficial employment opportunities because
theyprovide an improved quality of life and promote social interactionbetween owners and customers.
Despite the beneficial opportunities that food carts can provide, thare numerous challenges to owning a food cart. While many food
owners want to open a storefront business, there is a financial leapfrom a food cart operation to opening a storefront.
Food cart owners do not frequently access small business develop
resources available to them, such as bank loans and other forms oassistance.
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Community economic development
Characteristics of Vendors
Owners of food carts are often minorities andimmigrants: Outside of CBD--over half of the food
cart vendors are Latino. Greater mix of ethnicities(Latino, Caucasian, and Asian) within the CBD--morethan half (51%) of the vendors surveyed were bornoutside of the US.
Financial Success
Food cart vendors can mostly support themselvesand their families: 63% of vendors agreed orstrongly agreed with the statement: The food carthas been a good way for me to support myself andmy family.
Approximately half of vendors own a home: 49% ofthe vendors report owning their own home.
Several cart owners have other jobs: 19% ofrespondents reported having an additional year-
round job and another 13% have seasonal jobs inaddition to the cart.
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Recommendations
Set of recommendations included:
Indentifying additional locations for food carts--As properties devthe city should be proactive in creating partnerships with developpublic and private property owners, and other organizations
Increase awareness of informational resourcesconnect these mi entrepreneurs with existing programs--Mercycorp
NW, Hacienda CDC,
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Portland Development Commis
Promote innovative design elements that support food carts--
Street
amenities, design regulations for right-of-way push carts
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The Food Cartology
study could be found at:
www.portlandonline.com/bps/index.cfm?a=200738&c=4747
For more information:Alma Flores
Economic PlannerCity of Portland, Planning and Sustainability
Thank you!
http://www.portlandonline.com/bps/index.cfm?a=200738&c=47477http://www.portlandonline.com/bps/index.cfm?a=200738&c=47477mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]://www.portlandonline.com/bps/index.cfm?a=200738&c=47477