Posted on June 21, 2011 at 8:47 am
By Emily Petterson and Anneli Ballard Hi-Tec Sports, a leading global outdoor footwear and apparel brand, celebrated the grand opening of its new North American Headquarters in Portland, Oregon on June 16 with an event drawing Mayor Sam Adams, officials from Senator Wyden’s office, prominent business people, and the media. Held in its new downtown [...]
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Tags: development, giving, Mayor Adams
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 5:00 pm
Do you bank at one of Pacific Continental’s Portland branches? If so, you can support Friends of Trees just by switching from paper to electronic statements. During the next eight weeks, Pacific Continental Bank will give Friends of Trees’ Green Space Initiative $10 for each client at a Portland location who makes the change from [...]
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Tags: development, Green Space Initiative
Posted on June 19, 2011 at 8:21 pm
By Kate Farrington Saturday, June 18, marked a new step in an ongoing project at Calvary Lutheran Church at 8026 SE Woodstock by Our Happy Block, a Southeast Portland neighborhood coalition formed by Terah Beth Varga to improve livability through sustainable community design and volunteer projects. After seeing the church parking lot become a center [...]
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Tags: planting, street trees, volunteering
Posted on June 14, 2011 at 9:14 am
By Emma Gray Local filmmaker and Friends of Trees supporter Martin Vavra was awarded not only best LGBT film but also best short documentary film at the 2011 Breckenridge Festival of Film this week. Vavra’s award-winning film Patrick’s Story follows a gay man who was removed from a Portland hospital as his partner lay dying. [...]
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Tags: education, Plant It Portland, video
