‘That’s a $1,500 pair of jeans’: Small businesses in Montavilla neighborhood struggle amid continued vandalism

Stores have boarded up even more windows after the latest round of vandalism to hit the neighborhood since January.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Several small businesses in Southeast Portland’s Montavilla neighborhood are struggling amid several acts of vandalism. Most are dealing with broken windows which owners said isn’t a new problem — but it’s one that’s getting worse.

“I don’t know how many more we can sustain,” said Tabitha Donaghue, executive director of The Arc Portland Metro Thrift Boutique at Southeast 83rd and Stark. “It hurts and we’re struggling.”

Last week, Donaghue said a person threw a heavy object through The Arc’s storefront window, shattering

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