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VOTE!!!
The APNBA does not support candidates or measures, but it does support civic involvement. This month we vote in primary elections for federal, state, and local leaders as well as various petitions and bond measures. Make your voice heard. Vote!
Business Vitality Grants
Vitality grant selection is not complete. Names of winners will be posted on www.apnba.com when they become available.
Annual Meeting
 The APNBA's 2008 Annual Meeting is Monday, April 28, 2008, from 5:30-8:30 PM at the Ambridge Event Center, 300 NE Multnomah St., Portland, OR 97232.
There will be a brief business meeting followed by guest speaker, Janet Minton, of Employer’s Reference Source Northwest, Inc., presenting Find the Liar before you Hire. Dinner, catered by the Ambridge Event Center, is included. Cost for the meeting is $25.00 in with reservation, $30.00 at the door. Cash, checks payable to APNBA, VISA® and MasterCard® accepted. Contact Galadriel Breezy by phone at 503-477-9648 or by email at gbreezy@apnba.com to RSVP. Advance reservations must be in by April 25, 2008.
APNBA Conference
Our conference, postponed from last October, is scheduled for
Thursday, June 12, 2008, from 7:30 AM – 12:30 PM at the Doubletree Hotel Lloyd Center.
Fourteen speakers in two tracks will follow an opening session. Conference participants will hear the "best practices" of their fellow business districts plus speakers from the business community as they share insights into building, growing, and maintaining a thriving organization.
Registration Fees: APNBA BDA Members $50.00 per person in advance, $55.00 at the door; non-members $60.00 per person in advance, $65.00 at the door, 10% discount for three or more participants from the same BDA when registering together. Cash, checks payable to APNBA, VISA® and MasterCard® accepted. Contact Galadriel Breezy at 503-477-9648 or by email at gbreezy@apnba.com to register. Advance registration ends May 30, 2008. Fee includes continental breakfast, coffee break, conference participation and a copy of the proceedings booklet. Click on the Conference flyer for the complete program and registration information. Registration is limited to 100 participants. No refunds after June 1, 2008.
The APNBA BDA Conference is your place to gain valuable insights into how to help make your business district association even more valuable to your members businesses.
APNBA Grand Re-Opening/Open House - Jon Turino, APNBA Executive Director
A grand time indeed was had by all who attended the opening of APNBA’s new office at 107 SE Washington Street, Suite 244, Portland, OR 97214. The event on March 28th was elegantly catered by Dalton’s Northwest catering and the 150+ people who came for the ribbon cutting enjoyed wines, microbrews and a variety of gourmet seafood, meats, cheeses, fruits and desserts in the lobby of the building as well as tours of the APNBA office. Dignitaries present included Mayoral candidates Sam Adams and Sho Dozono and several candidates for Portland City Council seats. The Portland Development Commission and the City of Portland Bureau of Planning were also well represented and a great many APNBA business district association members made time to stop by, wish the APNBA well as it embarks on a revitalized program of support for Portland’s neighborhood business associations and to enjoy the party. Our thanks go to the East Portland Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors for their help with the ribbon cutting.
Portland Plan
The City is hosting a meeting on Thursday, May 22, 2008 from 7:30 – 9:30 AM at the Ambridge Event Center, 300 NE Multnomah St (across from the Convention Center).
The purpose of this meeting is two-fold. The first is to walk everyone through the Plan's preliminary documents:
- Assessment Introduction
- Central Portland Plan Assessment
- Comprehensive Plan Assessment
- Periodic Review Evaluation
The second is to gather responses and comments on these documents as the Bureau of Planning scopes the Work Plan for the actual Portland Plan. For more information and to register for the meeting, contact Christine Appleberry at 503-823-9907. To read the documents, go to http://www.portlandonline.com/portlandplan/
Local Business - Michael Taylor, Parkrose BA President - Statistics from ILSR
There is good reason to support your local businesses. Not only do they offer variety, unique goods, and employment opportunity, they:
Support the Economy
Every $100 spent with a local firm leaves $68 in the local economy; $100 spent in a chain store leaves $43. For every square foot occupied by a local firm, the local economic impact is $179, versus $105 for a chain store. Dollars spent at an independent business deliver twice the economic impact of those spent at national chains.
Support the Community
Small firms give an average of more than two and a half times the amount per employee than do medium or large firms (small firms give $789 per employee, medium firms $172. and large firms $334).
Support Themselves
Wal-Mart has received more than $1 billion in economic development subsidies from state and local governments across the country. Taxpayers have helped finance not only Wal-Mart stores, but also the company's huge network of distribution centers, more than 90 percent of which have received subsidies.
While we can be friends with our "big box" neighbors, we should remember that the small, medium, and local businesses are the lifeblood of our communities. Next purchase, make it local! Make it count!
Business District Events
May 1: First Thursday, Pearl District, 5:00 - 9:00 PM, http://www.firstthursday.org.
May 2: First Fridays
Multnomah Village, 5:00 - 9:00 PM, Joan Steinbach, 503.245.3936.
Division/Clinton, 6:00 - 9:00 PM, Rin Carroll Jackson, rinzart@spiritone.com.
Greater Brooklyn, 5:00 - 9:00 PM, Madeline Janovic, 503.231.8346.
May 4: First Sunday, Old Town Chinatown, June Schumann, 503.224.1458.
May 10: St Johns Parade North Portland Cornelius Swart, 503.287.3880
May 10: Gateway Golf-A-Rama Glendover Golf Course Alan Sanchez, 503.256.3910
May 15: Third Thursday, Hollywood District, Rachelle Markley, sgbooks@qwestoffice.net
May 17: Gateway Fun-O-Rama Parade 1260 NE 132nd Ave. and Gateway Community Fair NE Halsey St at 111th St Alan Sanchez, 503.256.3910
May 17: Alberta Art Hop NE Alberta Street, Kparnell@keystonrpdx.com
May 29: Last Thursdays, 13th - 30th on NE Alberta, Allan Oliver, 503.493.1909
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Volume 16 No. 5
The Business Voice is published 12 times a year
by the Alliance of Portland Neighborhood Business Associations
107 SE Washington #244
Portland OR 97214
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Editor: Jean Baker
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