Legacy Emanuel Medical Center nurse works her way up from addiction, homelessness

Melonie Powell, a nurse in the TRACU unit at Emanuel Hospital, works with a patient. Powell is asking her to wiggle her toes. (Benjamin Brink/The Oregonian) Before Melonie Powell began her talk to the crowd in a Multnomah County courtroom, she had a caveat: My story is not pretty. The crowd leaned closer at that. Most of the two dozen people in the audience had their own ugly tales, of lives derailed by gambling, alcohol or violence. They were at the courthouse seeking redemption with Project Clean Slate, a program that helps people expunge criminal records and find jobs and housing....

That's The Way We Roll

Roy Jay’s partnership with Motorola on a multi-million dollar communications package for police and fire departments. Voted one of the best promotional videos of...

ROY JAY TO RECEIVE AWARD FROM U.S. SENATOR

Portland, Oregon business entrepreneur, Roy Jay has been named as one of the recipients of the 3rd Annual “Bending Toward Justice” award presented by United States Senator, Jeff Merkley (D).   The event was held Friday, June 14th at a luncheon at Multnomah Athletic Club. Jay is one of four high profile Portlanders recognized for their business and community involvement efforts. Also included were developer, Terry Bean, film makers Harry & Joe Gantz and housing activist, Gretchen...

Jay tapped as economic development speaker

April 7, 2013 Portland business entrepreneur, Roy Jay has been tapped as speaker for the City of Birmingham, Alabama’s Civil Rights Economic Development Summit in Birmingham April 26-27th, 2013. Jay will be a featured speaker for April 26 and 27th. The summit is expected to attract 600 to 900 local businesses, government officials and corporate representatives. The Portland based businessman who is in demand for speaking, training and business ventures spends time always sharing and giving back. Jay has been recognized as one of the top 10 most influential African Americans in the convention and tourism industry by Black Meetings...

Roy Jay Event Packs Convention Center Ballroom

UPSCALE CLASSY HOLIDAY EVENT OF THE SEASON
Friday night, December 14th at Oregon Convention Center, the lights of the tall towers beamed bright as business entrepreneur and man about town, Roy Jay, held his annual “Spam and Velveeta Holiday” event. After TicketMaster turned him down to promote the sale of the event tickets, Jay utilized various nonprofit organizations to sell tickets to the event and gave them a percentage of each sale. The results were a standing room only event packed into the convention center with all of the effects of a Las Vegas elegant evening. Headlining the event...

Roy Jay and partners provide backing of multi-million dollar restaurant

Big news for the space that formerly housed the massive high-end restaurant Lucier, which took a spectacular belly flop on the South Waterfront in 2008. Until recently, it was so well-preserved it looked as if the $4 million restaurant had been cleared by a neutron bomb. Once the priciest restaurant in town, Lucier was owned by the people behind Old Spaghetti Factory and charged about $250 per couple for dinner. Now, three of Portland’s most prominent African-American entrepreneurs—Frank Taylor of Portland Prime, Bernard Foster of The Skanner and Roy Jay of Central Parking—have applied to open a new venture called...