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From manufacturers to microbrewers, creative services to coffee carts and bike shops to bookstores, neighborhood business districts serve the diverse residents that call Portland home. Stretching from Rosewood to Sellwood, St. Johns to Multnomah Village and Columbia Corridor to Central Eastside Industrial, these critical commercial corridors employ Portlanders, grow the economy and meet regional, national and international demand for goods and services.
Neighborhood Leaders
Portland’s neighborhood business districts, like Venture Portland, are managed by a passionate group of volunteers working hard to make their businesses and communities succeed. Leaders from diverse business districts make up the Venture Portland board of directors and contribute more than 1,000 volunteer hours annually in addition to the hours spent running their business districts and own businesses.
Venture Portland is a key partner in the city’s economic development efforts to create new jobs and stimulate neighborhood business vitality. Venture Portland also supports the Portland Plan’s goal of ensuring access for all Portlanders to a healthy, connected neighborhood.
Board
Venture Portland is comprised of an all-volunteer board of directors and professional staff. The board is made up of delegates from member business districts that simultaneously serve on Venture Portland’s board and contribute to their business district while also working at their own businesses. Per the organization’s bylaws, directors are elected each April by Venture Portland’s membership.
Executive Committee
| Eleni Gerding, President/Equity and Outreach Committee Chair Stadium District Business Association N2 Publishing |
Nicole Tignor, Treasurer Old Town Community Association Old Town Coffee |
| Amanda Triskele, Secretary Williams Vancouver Business Association Unitus Credit Union |
Eric Larpenteur, Vice President Montavilla East Tabor Business Association |
| Liz Smith, Past President St. Johns Boosters Bizzy Lizzy Social Media Marketing |
Directors
| Michael Chase Raleigh Hills Business Association MF Chase Websites |
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Danielle Deschenes |
Carol Tricoche St. Johns Boosters Carol’s Escapes |
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Carolyne Holcomb |
Greg Madden NW Industrial Business Association Madden Fabrication |
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