2016 100 Best Green Workplaces in Oregon
More than 15,000 employees and volunteers from the for-profit and nonprofit sectors took part in this year’s 100 Best Green Workplaces in Oregon survey.
june 2016
Downtime with Robert “Skip” Rung
Skip Rung, president and executive director of the Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute, discusses work, life and play
Hooking a New Generation
Lincoln County is diversifying beyond marine sciences and education. Will young entrepreneurs take the bait?
Launch: Greening the foundation, startup tips, where they are now
Greening the Foundation As a child growing up in rural Indiana, Doug Krause witnessed what would become the inspiration for an innovative new wind-energy technology. Week after week, he watched workers pour concrete foundations to form a base for wind turbines on a local wind farm. “That was a eureka — sitting in a corn … Read more
The Proprietor
The founder and owner of Provenance Hotels talks about new projects, Airbnb and the hotel as public space.
Storyteller-in-chief: Signals From the Top
Oregon’s chief hog herder Matt Alford describes his former life as technology worker.
Credit Unions: To Tax or Not to Tax
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.