Archive for July, 2010
The Street of Dreams is Back!
2010 NW Natural Street of Dreams Features Dreams In All Shapes and Sizes From a 6,000 sq. ft. forest oasis to a hip ideabox home, this show’s got it all! For its 35th anniversary, the NW Natural Street of Dreams has evolved to highlight dream living, 2010-style. The show runs July 31-Aug. 29 and is [...]
… Read MorePortland’s Food Carts Top World’s Best Street Food List
CNN.com just rated Portland as having the best street food in the world! Portland’s food carts have been around for a while but the trend recently exploded – with over 450 registered food carts in the city of Portland – an increase of 25% in the last two years. As an L.A. Times writer pointed out [...]
… Read MoreSolexant Chooses Gresham for New Solar Manufacturing Plant
On Monday, July 19, 2010, the Portland Tribune reported that Solexant, a San Jose, California-based company that develops and manufactures thin film solar cells, will build the world’s largest solar nanotechnology manufacturing plant in Gresham, Oregon. To start Solexant will be employing about 170 local workers. Over time that number is expected to grow to 1,000 employees. [...]
… Read MorePETA names Portland the Second Most Vegetarian- & Vegan-Friendly City
On July 19th, 2010 PETA named Portland the second most vegetarian- and vegan-friendly city among cities with a population of 300,000 or more in the United States and Canada. Washington D.C. took the top honor. Completing the top ten were Albuquerque, Atlanta, L.A., New York, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto and Vancouver, B.C. The ranking was [...]
… Read MoreSand in the City – Portland’s Livingroom Gets Beachy for a Good Cause
This weekend Pioneer Courthouse Square aka Portland’s Living Room will be filled with 450 tons of sand where amateur and master sand scupltors alike will duke it out in scuplting competitions the results of which will bring a smile to anyone’s face! Add to the mix that Yoshida’s Sand in the City, sponsored by Pacific [...]
… Read MoreSherwood’s Robin Hood Festival Will Be Fun For All Ages
Every year since 1952 Sherwood has held their annual Robin Hood Festival. This year the festival falls on July 15 & 16. Sherwood’s Robin Hood Festival is just plain ol’ smalltown American family fun. Food vendors and crafts booths will be on hand and you can partake of entertainment on both a main stage and a family stage. [...]
… Read MoreCity of Portland’s Graffiti Abatement Grants Promote Community Murals
Among many other tasks, the City of Portland’s Office of Neighborhood Involvement (ONI) works with concerned neighbors and business-owners to identify, report and remove graffiti from public and private property. It was recently announced that ONI will be providing the seven Portland neighborhood coalitions with up to $42,000 in grants, based upon the differnent coalitions [...]
… Read MoreWhy Now is the Time to Buy a Home!
We’ve being saying for a while that we are in a “perfect storm” in the real estate market for home buyers. Here are some concrete reasons why this is true: 1. Distressed sales are prevelant and create opportunity. In 2009, 1 in 45 homes in America received a foreclosure filing notice and 36% of sales were [...]
… Read MoreNew Lead-Based Paint Law’s Implications
For a long time it has been a requirement that buyers involved in a real estate transaction be made aware of the possible existence of lead in paint and other building materials in homes built before 1978 because of the serious health consequences of ingesting or inhaling lead – in particular for children. In April 2010 the government implemented a [...]
… Read MoreGet Your House “Hot” for the Summer Selling Season
Looking for some ways to make your house stand out while selling this summer? As a buyer’s representative I have a few thoughts on things that my buyers routinely comment on. 1. Make sure your front door doesn’t stick and is easy to unlock. The porch should be spiffy and tidy too. The buyers are going [...]
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