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Event Name: 5% Day for BTA
Event Start Date: 6 January 2011
Web Site: http://wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/laurelhurst/
Event Description: 5% of todays net sales will benefit the BTA and their work in our community. Please shop with us on this day. We’ll also have giveaways for folks who traveled by bike and also a $75 gift basket with delicious food and BTA goodies to raffle.
Contact Email: helen.lee(at)wholefoods(dot)com
Event Name: Bike Artisan Fair
Event Start Date: 6 January 2011
Start Time: 11:00:00 AM
Web Site: http://wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/laurelhurst/
Event Description: Our Bike Artisan Fair will feature many of your favorite artists including Cycle Dog, Microcosm Publishing and Sopra. This will be a free outdoor event in our covered eating area and there will be heat lamps and hot cider. Bike artisans will pay a $10 admission fee which is donated to Whole Planet Foundation. This event also occurs the same day as our 5% Day for BTA so come and show your support. We currently still have a few spots open if you are interested in participating.
Contact Email: helen.lee(at)wholefoods(dot)com
Whether it’s his amazingly well-lit bike, his tireless activism, or the fact that he rides around with pruning sheers in his panniers, Beaverton resident Jim “K’Tesh” Parsons tends to attract a lot of attention.
On one recent night he attracted the wrong kind of attention and was egged by two young kids in a car. But instead of getting mad or getting even, Jim got two new bikes for kids in need that will someday turn into many more.
Here’s the story…
Tomorrow the Gateway Green project will pass its most important milestone since citizen activist Linda Robinson and East Portland developer Ted Gilbert first unveiled their vision back in May 2008. A host of major electeds, supporters, and other bigwigs will come together for a ceremony to officially sign the project’s “Declaration of Cooperation.”
The Portland Tribune and The Oregonian are both reporting that the Clackamas County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously today to approve a $5 vehicle registration fee that will go toward $22 million in funding to pay for reconstruction of the ailing Sellwood Bridge.
The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation began the public process on three projects aimed to improve biking in and around the Lloyd District this morning.
The three projects (which we first reported on back in May) include: improving bike traffic flow through the NE 12th Ave/I-84 overpass; making NE Holladay Street into a bike corridor; and closing the bikeway gap on Vancouver Ave near the Rose Quarter. The first meeting of the Stakeholder Advisory Committee was held this morning and was hosted by Scott Bricker (hired as a public outreach consultant) and PBOT project manager Ellen Vanderslice.
Despite the soggy forecast, we’ve got another great weekend guide with plenty to do and see around town, so bundle up, ride safely, and enjoy yourself!
7:00pm and 8:30pm: The Cyclocross Meeting, a film by Brian Vernor
A documentary on cyclocross and the personal experiences and connections it has inspired around the world, Brian Vernor’s new film screens this Thursday at the Clinton Street Theater. Treat yourself to free beer and door prizes at one of the two showings, and a Q&A with the filmmaker and a few cyclocross professionals. $10, tickets available at 21st Avenue Bicycles or online here.
7:00pm-10:00pm: Crank Bicycles Grand Opening
Yet another addition to the already long list of new bicycle businesses in Portland, Crank Bicycles will be opening their shop this weekend in the bike-centric SE Buckman neighborhood. Stop by 2725 SE Ash Street and enjoy beer, door prizes, and more!
Event Name: Citybikes Drop-In Wrench Night
Event Start Date: 12 December
Start Time: 6:00 PM
Web site
Event Description: Every Second Sunday of the month at the Annex (734 SE Ankeny), we host a drop-in night from 6-9pm where the shop mechanics will help you learn how to fix your bike issues.
Love to wrench already? Come by and make use of the bench tools, we’ll only interrupt if you need us. These workshops continue through March.
You pay for parts and extra-special services (TBD by you and the mechanic on staff)
Wrench Night at Citybikes is a free-of-charge event for our cycling community.
Contact Email: adsoc@citybikes.coop
Job Title
Inside Regional Sales Manager
Company/Organization
Showers Pass
Job Description
This position has been filled.
Showers Pass is seeking to expand its inside sales team. The position requires a highly motivated sales person to assist the company in meeting and exceeding monthly, quarterly and annual sales goals.
Responsibilities include:
– Communicate with existing and potential new dealers everyday. No less that 25-30 calls per day mixed between existing dealers and potential new dealers.
– Answer incoming calls from dealers and consumers.
– Process orders.
– Update and maintain existing CRM.
Qualifications:
– Must have excellent and professional phone/customer service skills interacting with existing and new dealers, as well as consumers.
– Need to be a self-starter, detail-oriented with driven sales abilities.
– Must possess excellent time management skills and eye for attention to detail.
– Must have the ability to travel.
– Good PC skills including MS Excel, Work and Outlook.
– Experience with Salesforce CRM a plus.
– Medical and dental benefits available.
– Compensation commensurate with experience.
How to Apply
Please email a cover letter and detailed resume to ed@showerspass.com
[Note: This story was originally published with an outdated bridge graphic. The one below is more current.]
“Alcohol use leads to a host of unsafe bicycling practices, increased head and brain injuries, and costs to the cyclist and community.”
— From the conclusion of a January 2010 study published in American Journal of Emergency Medicine
A story reported by the Associated Press today underscores an issue I’ve had in my story queue for a long time: bicycling under the influence.
The story was about an Oregon Court of Appeals ruling that said a citation for bicycling while intoxicated still counts toward the “three strikes” rule. The court ruled that the state could revoke the driver’s license of a man who was guilty of biking drunk in 2008, even though a driver’s license isn’t required for operating a bicycle.
Like it or not, BUI comes with the same consequences as DUI. However, unlike DUI, drunk biking has nowhere near the cultural awareness drunk driving has. As more people use bikes to get around, is it time to up our awareness and education around this issue?
