Cabbage shipments increased 70% during St. Patrick’s Day week this year, according to WalletHub. About 13 million pints of Guinness will be consumed today worldwide, according to the same report. What does the celebration look like for Irish pubs in Oregon? We asked Gerald McAleese, owner of Kells in Portland; Barbie Walker, owner of Pint … Read more
Near the corner of SE 50th and Division in Portland is a food cart pod that was a great place to grab a quick bite to eat. The A la carts Food Pavilion was home to more than a dozen trucks serving a variety of food from tacos and burritos to Thai stir-fry, fish and … Read more
Reports of a dining demise have been greatly exaggerated.
During a panel discussion held Tuesday night at the Joinery, a group of small business owners, startup executives and a developer grappled with the entrepreneurial challenges and opportunities of sustainability: how to define the term, obstacles to implementation and the need to catalyze a bold new era of clean, green leadership in Oregon.
The private sector needs to play a bigger role in increasing the amount of affordable housing for Portland’s low- and moderate-income residents, said panelists at a breakfast seminar hosted by Oregon Business magazine today.
The problems facing rural Oregon won’t be solved by ceding control of federal land to the locals.
China, oil, the Fed, U.S. recession … the headlines for the first few weeks of 2016 haven’t given investors any complacency. While investing isn’t always for the faint of heart, this year certainly has proven that adage. In this piece, we will briefly address some of the headline concerns and put 2016’s volatility in perspective. … Read more
As someone who has run a business and served my community in Oregon for 4 years, I fully support Initiative Petition 28. My name is Marci Pelletier, I own Shwop in SE Portland, and I am a proud member of The Main Street Alliance of Oregon. I love my community — I try to do … Read more
Affordable housing has risen to the top of the legislative to do list. Portland mayor Charlie Hales has delared homelessness an emergency, and House Speaker Tina Kotek says housing is her priority for the 2016 legislative session. We asked readers to rank the seriousness of the problem, and to offer up a few fixes. Research … Read more
