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Job: Mechanic – Sellwood Cycle Repair

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Job Title

Mechanic

Company / Organization

Sellwood Cycle Repair

Job Description

Sellwood Cycle Repair is seeking a new member for our team. We are a diverse group of folks, committed to creating and maintaining a healthy and energetic workplace. We’re proud to say we employ all types of folks who enjoy riding, repairing, and selling bicycles. We strive to offer our customers exceptional sales and service experiences.

An applicant will have a strong work ethic, positive attitude, and–critically–ability to work as part of a team. An ideal candidate will have mechanical aptitude. (Shop experience is prioritized but not required.) Work will involve a variety of tasks, from sales to service–and that in between.

The position is full-time, meaning 30-40 hours per work week. (Saturdays are required.) Hours can be flexible. Pay is competitive. Health benefits are available. Thanks for considering us!

How to Apply

Email resume to shop@sellwoodcycle.com

It’s official: Mayor Wheeler adds Sam Adams to his team

Sam Adams at a Safe Routes to School event in north Portland in 2010.
(Photo: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland)

Former Portland mayor and transportation commissioner Sam Adams is back.

Mayor Ted Wheeler has confirmed a strong hunch we shared earlier this month that Adams would be added to his staff.

In a statement published today, Wheeler said Adams will serve as his director of strategic innovations and, “lead work on key second-term policy priorities.”

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Alleged auto violence perpetrator Paul Rivas pleads ‘not guilty’ to all charges

Rivas admitted he was driving this silver Honda SUV.
(Photo: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland)

Who could do something like this? And why?

Those are the questions many people asked themselves following the mass weaponized driving incident that left one person dead and many others injured on Monday, January 25th.

Three days later, a picture of the man who perpetrated this violence is beginning to emerge.

64-year-old Paul Rivas made his first appearance in court on Wednesday where he pleaded not guilty to all 14 felony counts against him. (Note: It is standard practice for a defendant to plead not guilty at arraignments.)

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No bike groups are represented on I-5 Bridge Replacement project advisory committee

Current biking conditions on the I-5 Bridge.
(Photo: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland)

Wednesday evening is the first meeting of the community advisory group (CAG) for the I-5 Bridge Replacement program — the new effort from Washington and Oregon departments of transportation to improve the crossing of the Columbia River between Portland and Vancouver. It’s one of three advisory groups that will help the DOTs avoid the fate of the failed Columbia River Crossing project.

Getting to the bridge and crossing the river is currently terrible for bicycle users and this project could attract billions of federal dollars to make it better. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make it easy to bike between these two growing cities — both on the bridge itself and on street connections on both ends.

However, despite the importance of bicycling in this project and the project’s own contention that the CAG will, “develop recommendations to help ensure the program outcomes reflect community needs, issues and concerns,” the 32-member body does not include anyone who represents a cycling advocacy group.

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