“ A SUPREME EVENING”

A special holiday fund raising concert for Portland area non profits and activities. Friday , December 14, 2012 at the Oregon Convention Center Portland Ballroom • Door’s open at 6: 45 pm General Admission Tickets Available Now! $100 before 12/8, $150 after 12/8 Ticket price includes special buffet.  Also featuring Portland’s own FUNkTASTIC And special emcee Steve Dunn, KATU/ ABC News...

Portland Finalizes Garage Contract

[PORTLAND BUSINESS JOURNAL]   The city of Portland has finally signed a three-year contract that gives control over the city’s public parking garages to a Nashville garage operator. Central Parking System Inc., working in a joint venture with Portland entrepreneur Roy Jay, will manage and operate the city’s six SmartPark garages. Central Parking had won a recommendation to manage the garages last year before the city, after outcry from local management candidates asked the city to reconsider. After mulling over the contract further and soliciting input from downtown retailers, Portland’s city council again awarded the contract to Central Parking. The...

FROM HOMELESS TO HOSPITAL — ROY JAY HELPS NURSES DREAM COME TRUE

PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) – It’s an inspirational story of a woman who has overcome the odds and is now following her dream – a once homeless woman was awarded a scholarship so she can continue her journey in the medical field. Melonie Powell has had a long, tough journey in her life. At the age of 18, Powell was already trying to raise four kids. While she was living in Minneapolis, she found herself in an abusive relationship that lasted for several years. As she finally got away and moved to Portland to be with her mom, she found herself...

ROY JAY HELPS LATINO POLICE OFFICER REGAIN HIS JOB

From:Lino Pavon Apr 27,2012 To: President, NOBLE Roy Jay Mr. Roy Jay (The Man) I just wanted to thank you again for all that you have done for me. I appreciate all the time invested in helping me get back on the police bureau. Again, thank you. If there is anything I can do for you and NOBLE please include me. I’m very grateful. Regards, Lino Pavon _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Portland community leaders of color work to reinstate fired police officer Published: Friday, May 18, 2012, 5:00 PM By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian While community members last month marched around Portland City...

Jay’s Way

Jay’s Way Charismatic civic leader and entrepreneur Roy Jay makes it his mission to promote Portland By Jennifer Anderson | The Portland Tribune, Nov 15, 2005  They can’t help but notice his flashy style, his unapologetic flair for making things less mundane. And those who know Jay can’t help but admire his leadership in the community, even though they don’t know the half of what he does. Jay, a 58-year-old North Portland native, is arguably one of the most accomplished civic and business leaders in Portland , even though you may never have heard of him. His history over the past...

Roy Jay new NOBLE President

Working out of the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office, Roy Jay has an unusual talent of being able to convince fugitives to surrender.  Using a telephone, email and a sympathetic ear, he has convinced drug dealers, gun runners, gang bangers and others to turn themselves in to authorities. Based in Portland, Oregon he uses his power of persuasion to travel thousands of miles back to the west coast to face criminal prosecution. “I have never spent a dime for extradition since 2005” says Jay.  Most recently, Timothy Luther McNair who was hiding in plain sight in the Dallas Fort Worth...