Edge piece on Portland city councilor Charlie Harlow\u27s popularity among local

Edge piece on Portland city councilor Charlie Harlow\u27s popularity among local youth, which may ultimately guarantee the success of a teen center being proposed by the city council. In November, Portland officials announced they were considering the purchase of the former Raoul\u27s nightclub on Forest Avenue for the center. Then, on Dec. 16, news broke that Raoul\u27s had been dropped as a prospective site. The city is now negotiating the purchase of a substantially larger facility, rumored to be the old Deering Ice Cream plant off Read Street. In addition to an indoor skateboarding arena, new proposals also include a coffee shop, a computer room and pool tables. Even though teens were involved in planning the center, some remain suspicious, perhaps because the new site may also house a senior citizen center and a community policing center