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  • August 2025

  • Sun 24
    August 24 @ 11:00 am - 5:00 pm

    Hawthorne Street Fair

    Hawthorne Business District 3557 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, OR, United States

    Join us for Portland's 42nd Hawthorne Street Fair. Enjoy great [...]

  • Tue 26
    August 26 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Audrey McCall Summer Beach Parties

    Audrey McCall Summer Beach Parties

    Audrey McCall Beach

    A series of free, weekly riverfront events at Audrey McCall [...]

  • Thu 28
    Featured August 28 @ 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

    Member Meetup: Stadium District

    Civic Taproom 621 SW 19th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

    Our Member Meetups are an opportunity for business district leaders [...]

  • Thu 28
    August 28 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Sound the Watch Stadium District Concert Series

    Sound the Watch Stadium District Concert Series

    Portland Firefighter Memorial sw 19th ave and sw alder st, Portland, OR, United States

    The Portland Firefighter Memorial is a historic and often overlooked [...]

  • September 2025

  • Thu 4
    September 4 First Thursdays on Fremont

    First Thursdays on Fremont

    Beaumont Business District NE 45th St and NE Fremont St, Portland, OR, United States

    Join us for First Thursdays on Fremont Street, starting May [...]

  • Fri 5
    September 5 First Fridays in Multnomah Village

    First Fridays in Multnomah Village

    Multnomah Village Business District 7859 SW Capitol Hwy, Portland, OR, United States

    First Fridays in Multnomah Village celebrate and support the diversity [...]

  • Fri 5
    September 5 - September 14

    Geek Week PDX

    Citywide Broadway and W Burnside St, Portland, OR, United States

    With events held at over 120 small businesses across the [...]

  • Sat 6
    September 6 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

    Clinton Street Fair

    SE 26th Ave and SE Clinton St SE 26th Ave and SE Clinton St, Portland, OR, United States

    Local artists and vendors, kid fair at Piccolo, Fam Jam, [...]

  • Wed 10
    September 10

    Mississippi Ave Back to School Fundraiser

    Mississippi Ave Business District Portland, OR, United States

    Join us on Wednesday, September 10th for the Mississippi Avenue [...]

  • Thu 11
    September 11 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Sound the Watch Stadium District Concert Series

    Sound the Watch Stadium District Concert Series

    Portland Firefighter Memorial sw 19th ave and sw alder st, Portland, OR, United States

    The Portland Firefighter Memorial is a historic and often overlooked [...]

  • Sat 20
    September 20 - September 21

    MLK Dream Run

    Soul District Business District 705 N Killingsworth Street, Portland, OR, United States

    Invest in the Soul of Portland The MLK Dream Run [...]

  • Sat 20
    September 20 @ 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm

    Midway Bazaar

    12348 SE Division St. 12348 SE Division St., Portland, OR, United States

    Join us on Saturday, September 20, 2025 at 12348 SE [...]

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Leah Kohlenberg

Leah Kohlenberg is a former journalist turned artist who has lived and painted in Portland since early 2012.   She currently serves as the volunteer president of Portland Open Studios, and also runs her own art school, including both online and in-person classes, called The Roaming Studio (www.theroamingstudio.com).  As a small business owner who runs a teaching business, an art sales business, and an off and on gallery business, she has a passion for small business and group marketing.  Though she’s a relative newbie to Portland, she grew up in Seattle, Washington, and considers the Northwest her stomping ground.

Sam Montanaro

Sam is an event planner, graphic designer, entrepreneur, activist, artist, musician, and thought leader who is passionate about bringing the Portland community together. On top of founding multiple event-based, community focused businesses, she has served on the executive board of Historic Parkrose since 2016 and has volunteered with Venture Portland since 2017. In 2023 she joined the Venture Portland team as their Events and Marketing Manager, bringing 20 years of visual communications, experiential marketing, event planning and community building.

Laura Martinez

Laura has been with Venture Portland since 2023. She was born and raised in the Los Angeles area but loves the weather and the melting pot of the Pacific Northwest. Her background is in event planning and in the music industry as an Artist Manager, promoter, music education advocate who has worked behind the scenes for over 20 years in the world music and jazz idioms. Curating cultural music programs, master classes, traveling marketplaces and art shows is her calling.

Blest Weter

Blest has been with Venture Portland since 2023. Born and raised right here in rainy little Portland, Blest came of age as Portland grew from a sleepy little town into the booming city it now is. Having owned and operated a number of small businesses in the city, Blest has a strong understanding of the joys and challenges that come with entrepreneurship. Blest is vey much looking forward to working with business owners to develop strong communities to weather the hard times, and celebrate the good!

Jeff Lynott

Jeff grew up in the Bay Area, but has lived in Portland for 17 years. Prior to Venture Portland, he worked in social services with youth struggling with behavioral and mental health issues. He also spent several years as a volunteer supporting the Foster-Powell community. Now at Venture Portland, Jeff loves connecting with the people and organizations that make up the Foster Area Business District.

Kathy Madore

Kathy has been with Venture Portland since 2019. She is originally from Boston, MA. Her background is in advertising and graphic design. She is an experienced designer/project manager with an eye to detail. She likes taking on challenges and coming up with creative solutions. She is very organized, a good communicator and problem solver. She has lots of energy and enjoys helping people. Her passions are traveling, eating out, playing tennis, hiking, walking her dogs, cooking, reading, knitting and watching Netflix.

Tanya Hartnett

Born and raised in Oregon, Tanya has a huge belief in and passion for community and the environment. Working her entire career overseeing departments and product categories in the Outdoor Industry for Portland based companies, Tanya understands the complete lifecycle of what it takes for a business to be successful and is excited to help the St Johns Boosters thrive. In her spare time, she volunteers for her children’s events, and loves to Ski, mountain bike, run, camp, knit, sew, bake…

Nana Hoerth

Nana is a first-generation American born, Ghanian and comes to Venture Portland with over 10 years of Business and retail banking experience. She is no stranger to small business, growing up in an entrepreneurial home, where her mother ran multiple businesses from African markets, to a Vacuum repair shop. In 2003, Nana moved to the Gateway area in NE Portland where she fell in love with the beautiful outdoors and the spirit of unity that welcomes so many backgrounds and cultures to the Pacific Northwest.

Jacob Falkinburg

Jacob has been with Venture Portland since 2013. Originally from Philadelphia, PA, Jacob has a diverse background that includes video production, marketing, non-profit administration and grantmaking with organizations like the Pew Charitable Trusts. A passionate advocate for Portland’s neighborhood business districts, Jacob has helped grow Venture Portland by developing new grant programs, trainings, marketing tools, and the Catalytic Investment Initiative.

Joy Church

Joy Church started with Venture Portland in 2019, serving as the Executive Director since 2020. She brings over two decades of  executive non-profit leadership experience to the role. Joy’s political work includes spearheading initiatives with Mayor Brown in San Francisco and organizing actions with Multnomah County Commissioner Loretta Smith, Congressman Blumenauer, and Governor Brown. Joy brings extensive human resources, finance, media, governance, and strategic planning to Venture Portland.

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