Business Voice A Publication of the Alliance of Portland Neighborhood Business Associations, Inc.
	February 2005

Welcome to the Business Voice - our monthly e-newsletter for Portland's Business District Associations. To stop receiving this, use the unsubscribe link at the bottom of the page. You can send a copy by using the Send-A-Friend box below or by forwarding to your email list. The APNBA Grants totaled $17,735 matched by $26,124 in cash, in-kind, and volunteer hours. APNBA awarded the following: Art on Alberta for metal street banners Division/Clinton for commercial trees and tree bags East Burnside for decorated trash cans Fox Chase for image development and place-making pilot project Hawthorne Boulevard for new banners Hollywood Boosters for national holiday flag project St. Johns Boosters for 2 Bicentennial Celebration signs Happy Valentine's Day Hillsdale 2001 Our Public Safety campaign started a conversation between the city and the county about how best to manage the police, public defenders, and jail spaces according City Commissioner Sam Adams and County Commissioner Maria Rojo de Steffy. Our next step will be to occasionally remind them that we are behind their efforts. The sample letter is available at www.apnba.com/proposal/htm. Multnomah 1999 One of the the APNBA's top projects for this year is a Capacity Building Conference. The APNBA grant program provided the seed money. Preliminary plans include a keynote speaker and a number of workshops perhaps including: Convincing communication - how to lobby city hall Urban design - creating a sense of place Business recruitment - filling shops and developing land Your public face - district branding, what it is, what it takes Marketing - getting customers to your district Fundraising - the who, what, and how of bootstrap fundraising Leadership - training leaders and building collaboration The conference is planned for late this fall or early next year. What would you like to see added? Contact president Rob Mawson with your ideas and suggestions. Sometime in March, the APNBA plans an Issues forum where the business districts can discuss issues and decide which ones should be the APNBA's focus. Details will be available in the March issue of the Business Voice and through the BDAs. Nancy Chapin is the contact. Trees are major capital assets in cities across the United States. The scope and condition of a community's trees and its urban forest is usually the first impression a community projects to its visitors. A community's urban forest is an extension of its pride and community spirit. Studies have shown that: Trees enhance community economic stability by attracting businesses and tourists People linger and shop longer along tree-lined streets Offices and apartments and offices in wooded areas rent more quickly and have higher occupancy rates Businesses leasing office spaces in developments with trees find their workers are more productive and absenteeism is reduced Street trees are a good long term investment for your business association. Plant some and enjoy the benefits. Instant replay The dancers at the Alberta Street Fair didn't appear with the initial issue of the January Voice and the Soap box speaker was mis-identified as being Mississippi. He and his audience are at an Alberta Street Fair. Apologies to both Art on Alberta and Historic Mississippi Business District. Alberta Street 2004 Alberta Street Speaker Division Dragon 2004 Volume 13 No. 2 The Business Voice is published 12 times a year by the Alliance of Portland Neighborhood Business Associations,P.O. Box 5123 Portland OR 97208-5123 E-mail: info@apnba.com Web site: www.apnba.com Editor: Jean Baker Support the APNBA - Help plan the conference!