BY JESSICA RIDGWAYSKANSKA, one of the country’s largest construction and development firms, has launched a program in Portland called Building with the Objective to provide Opportunity through Sustainable Training (BOOST), an 8-week course aimed at educating and enlarging the sub-contractor pool.
BY CASEY BOGGSThis past quarter, we’ve seen an increase in business leaders contacting us concerned about their company’s reputation.
BY TOM COX | OB BLOGGER
To give customers better experiences, business owners need to understand the stories customers tell themselves about interacting with a given company.
BY MARK BLAINE | OB BLOGGERLocal news is valuable, but for nearly two decades, digital publishers have struggled to scale a sustainable local news product. Portland is about to be the testing ground for one of the next round of innovators as GoLocalPDX gears up to launch another local news website.
BY ERIC FRUITS | OB BLOGGERSomething has happened to Oregon over the past decade to cause steep declines in incomes and willingness to work.
BY JOE ROJAS-BURKE | OB BLOGGERGiven Oregon’s green reputation, it’s jarring to see how badly the state ranks on measures of injustice in exposure to air pollution.
BY HANNAH WALLACE | OB BLOGGERThe revamped Lostine Tavern is one of a growing number of local sustainable food purveyors in Wallowa County.
Too many of us in business choose to reorganize rather than fix underlying issues.
BY CLIFF HOCKLEY | OB GUEST CONTRIBUTORProposed regulations protect Portland’s strict zoning codes and hotel operators, but they may have an adverse effect on Airbnb’s business.
The “polar vortex” of 2014 seems to have finally thawed and we believe this change in weather will bring more sunshine to the U.S. economy as well.