Linda Baker 
How can performing arts organizations capitalize on Portland’s new gilded age? A group of arts leaders talked about how to cultivate a new generation of tech donors during an Oregon Business panel discussion held at the Portland Armory this morning.
Health care consolidation is everywhere in the Pacific Northwest. Legacy Health has formed an affiliation with Silverton Health System, former Southwest Washington Medical Center became part of the PeaceHealth organization and Providence Health & Services and OHSU have expanded their market footprints via acquisition, merger and partnerships. OB is working on a story about health care consolidation; in the meantime, we asked readers to weigh in on the issue. Reader sentiment is leaning negative; post consolidation, costs will go up, and quality will go down.
In just a few weeks, Stoel Rives, Oregon’s largest law firm, will move into its new headquarters in the Park Avenue West. Managing partner Wally Walkenburg discusses the firm’s new offices, disruption in the legal profession and why Stoel Rives is still just saying no. Describe your new space All the office walls will be … Read more
Vigor Industrial’s work with community action group Neighbors For Clean Air is a model for how businesses can engage with the community to reduce concerns over air pollutants, said Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) interim director Pete Shepherd at a City Club of Portland meeting last week.
The concept of sharing office space in Portland arguably got its start with developer/architect Kevin Cavenaugh more than ten years ago and has since grown to include dozens of startup incubators and most recently venture backed startups like WeWork that scale the idea nationally. Now, in yet another spin on “everything old is new” lifestyle … Read more
Credit unions’ exemption from paying federal income tax has always been a bone of contention with banks that compete with the sector for customers. But lawmakers’ efforts to reform the tax system have reignited the debate over the special tax status.
On June 1st, we will reveal our 8th annual 100 Best Green Workplace rankings at an awards luncheon in the Nines Hotel. In anticipation of that event, we conducted brief interviews with a few of the organizations on the list regarding their green workplace practices. Here is the second in a series: a Q & A with Hope Howard, Director of Resources at Willamette West Habitat for Humanity.
On June 1st, we will reveal our 8th annual 100 Best Green Workplace rankings at an awards luncheon in the Nines Hotel. In anticipation of that event, we conducted brief interviews with a few of the organizations on the list regarding their green workplace practices. Here is the first in a series: a Q & A with Refinement Wagner of TMT Development.
It’s widely recognized that there are two Oregons: one centered on the Portland metropolitan area and another composed of the state’s smaller cities and rural areas.
Performance reviews have been deep-sixed at Ninkasi Brewing Company.
Cheryl Collins, Eugene-based Ninkasi’s chief people officer, shared this bit of news with a capacity room at the Oregon Manufacturing Extension Partnership (OMEP) summit held in April. People gasped and hands shot into the air. How is that possible? How is that working?