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Job: Bike Shop Manager – WashCo BTC Community Bike Center

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Job Title *
Bike Shop Manager

Company/Organization *
WashCo BTC’s Community Bike Center

Job Description *
The non-profit Washington County Bicycle Transportation Coalition (WashCo BTC) operates the Community Bike Center (CBC) in downtown Hillsboro to sell refurbished bikes and related parts and accessories, as well as full bike service. We’re seeking an experienced Shop Manager to run the business including:
• Supervise shop employees.
• Recruit, schedule and supervise volunteers (Intel groups, individual bike mechanics, etc.).
• Sell bikes and related merchandise at retail.
• Order parts, accessories, tools and supplies, as needed.
• Receive, sort and store donated bikes and prioritize them for refurbishment.
• Manage all shop inventory and shop-owned tools and equipment.
• Promote the business by advertising bikes and services, as appropriate.
• Develop and implement processes to assure safety, productivity, and to support the business.
• Manage income and expenses to meet annual profit goals.
• Manage the point of sale system including cash on hand.
• Provide reports to the Executive Director and/or Board of Directors, as requested.
• Support WashCo BTC programs (loaner bikes, mechanic services at events, etc.).
• Perform basic bike repairs, when needed.

Ideal candidates will have at least 2 years related experience, excellent verbal and written communications, basic PC skills including familiarity with websites and social media. This is a permanent, part time position (approx., 30 hours per week). Salary depends experience and includes profit sharing.

Please send your qualified resume with cover letter to info@washcobtc.org.

How to Apply *
Contact Nancy at info@washcobtc.org
Please send us your resume. This will be reviewed by our executive team and you will then be contacted.
Please include the best way to contact you.

Job: Office Manager – Cycle Oregon

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Job Title *
Office Manager

Company/Organization *

Cycle Oregon

Job Description *
Position Type: Part-time, 15-20 hours per week. Requires flexibility season to season to accommodate the needs of Cycle Oregon events.

Mission statement:
Cycle Oregon is a non-profit organization dedicated to transforming individuals and communities through bicycling. Proceeds from the ride go to the Cycle Oregon Fund, which helps preserve and protect the special places of Oregon and supports community development projects in the regions through which we ride.

Position Details:
Cycle Oregon is seeking an experienced Office Manager with at least 3 years of experience in non-profit finance to support the financial and administrative operations. This position also provides on-event support and requires some over-night travel.

The Office Manager reports to the Executive Director and is responsible for the operation and maintenance of the financial records; performs accounting duties of simple to moderate complexity; provides administrative duties in the areas of human resources and information technology as follows:

Finance and administration responsibilities
• Under the direct supervision of the Executive Director, performs accounting to ensure accurate processing of accounts payable and accounts receivable.
• Maintains, reconciles, and analyzes the general ledger on a daily, weekly and monthly basis and prepares financial statements.
• Classify payments by program and write checks; ensure that invoices are collected and follow up on outstanding receivables in a timely manner
• Review and monitor credit card expenses and reconcile bank accounts
• Assists in preparing annual budget
• Compile and organize information for annual audit of financial statements; implement changes recommended by BOD, Finance Committee, auditor, etc.
• Manage vendor contracts. Respond to inquiries from vendors and resolve issues
• Manage the communication of financial results to the Executive Director including explanation and analysis of results
• Ensure that receipt, safeguarding, disbursement, and recording of funds comply with generally accepted accounting practices.
• Assist with inventory management; purchase and replace inventory under the supervision of the Executive Director; conduct periodic inventory on fixed assets.
• Provide administrative support and general clerical duties for Cycle Oregon team including duties related to vendors and donors.
• Provide meeting support to the Board of Directors

Human Resources
• Legal compliance with federal, state and local requirements
• Maintain human resources records; on-board new hires
• Train internal staff on office protocols and processes
• Provide benefits administration in the areas of open enrollment, employee eligibility, etc.

IT and Risk Management
• Keep informed about technology improvements that will increase efficiency
• Ensure smooth operations of information technology and systems designed to support Cycle Oregon events and staff
• Ensure Cycle Oregon has a full range of adequate insurance that mitigates risk of losses
• Maintain information about emergency preparedness for the office; train staff in procedures
• Records retention

Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, business administration, finance or related field. Minimum of 3 years of nonprofit work experience in a non-profit accounting, bookkeeping/finance environment
• High proficiency with QuickBooks, Xero or other online accounting system and Microsoft Excel
• Suggest efficiencies in processes and procedures, and implement those that are approved
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills to interact with staff and external partners
Qualities:
• Flexible and a self-starter; highly detail-oriented
• Team player who is enthusiastic about organization and team success
• Ability and comfort in working in a varied and fast-paced environment

Salary and Status: This is a non-exempt, part-time position. Hourly rate: $17-18.

How to Apply *
To apply please send your cover letter, resume, three references and responses to the following questions:
• Describe your preferred communication and work style.
• How do you demonstrate commitment to a small team environment where everyone wears several hats?
To apply send your materials to annelee@theportablecoo.com.

Tens of millions in unused parks fees could boost bike-path projects

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Swan Island, north of the Fremont Bridge on the east bank of the Willamette, is home to a lonely segment of what could be a future North Portland Greenway.
(Photos: J.Maus/BikePortland)

The Portland Bureau of Parks and Recreation is rarely discussed as part of the answer to Portland’s transportation problems.

Instead of relying mostly on relatively costly off-street paths, which are the main channels for low-stress bike transportation in most of the United States, Portland generally prides itself on improving its actual streets for biking.

But the city’s parks bureau is currently facing a problem that many transportation advocates don’t know about: How to spend the tens of millions of dollars in fees from new development that have been pouring into city coffers for years now.

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RIP pedestrian ride today, Wed June 15 – 5pm

Two pedestrians have been mowed down by cars on Burnside sidewalks. Exactly 365 days apart. No citation was ever given to the 2015 driver.

http://tinyurl.com/bunside2016

http://tinyurl.com/bunside2015

This is a protest ride for June 15,2016.

5pm: South Sidewalk of Burnside Bridge. Slow ride up Burnside to SE 172nd Ave.

People can leave early for the 6 p.m. Take Back the Night ride at Colonel Summers park, or people can keep riding until we slowly arrive at 172nd and Burnside.

‘Cully Camina’ event on Sept. 18 will be a Sunday Parkways just for walking

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The route will include mostly residential stretches of Cully Boulevard and Alberta Street.
(Photo: J.Maus/BikePortland)

This fall, Northeast Portland will host a new experiment in humanizing streets: the city will open a one-day route from 42nd Avenue and Alberta to NE Cully Boulevard and Killingsworth just for walking.

“We want to give Portlanders a chance to see and experience their streets in a new way,” said Inna Levin, volunteer and outreach coordinator for the nonprofit advocacy group Oregon Walks, in a news release Tuesday. “We hope Cully Camina will be the start of something bigger, inspiring more people to walk and engage in their community.”

The free event is Sunday, Sept. 18, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Since there’s no Sunday Parkways scheduled in September this year (the fifth and final open streets event, Sellwood-Milwaukie Sunday Parkways, is set for Oct. 2) the new Cully event will in a sense be a sixth Sunday Parkways.

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How many people signed up for Biketown on Day 1? Here’s a rough idea

I started collecting member numbers for people that signed up for the bikesharing. I was curious about how the numbers clustered and who was fastest at registering when it opened at 6:30am. I thought I’d collect a few to use the German tank problem to approximate the number of signups. Later someone found a way to see a list of all registrants, so I was able to fill in some data, especially to get the most-recent signups.

I’d estimate that Biketown got 500 to 600 signups in the first 12 hours. Keep in mind this is an inference based on blackboxed data, and I could be completely wrong. Read on for more, including how early public figures signed up.

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Figo! Cool Bike Rack by Peruzzo

I SERIOUSLY LOVE MY NEW BIKE RACK!!!! I RECENTLY WON A CUSTOM BIKE AT A SHOW AND LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THAT IT MATCHES THE COLOR OF MY FAVORITE COLLEGE BASKETBALL TEAM–AS WELL AS MY ALUMNI.

The Figo! Cool Bike Rack by Peruzzo came on the scene nearly two years ago with its disribution partnership with Gear Up, Inc. I already had a Gear Up’s, Made in America Oak Floor to Ceiling Rack and I checked in a few months back and found the Figo!

My school colors are black and yellow, so I ultimately got the black Figo! and it looks great on the wall in my home office. Now my bike is like a work of art.

Thank you Gear Up! www.mygearup.com

Further ‘clean up work’ will delay west-side Willamette River path opening

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Patch connection (white) just north of the bridge.(Graphics: Multnomah County)
Patch connection (white) just north of the bridge.
(Graphics: Multnomah County)

The new path north of the west landing of the Sellwood Bridge opened briefly Tuesday morning, but then was re-closed and will remain closed for a matter of weeks.

Multnomah County spokesman Mike Pullen said in an email to BikePortland Tuesday afternoon that “some clean up work” is still needed after all, forcing the path to close:

I have some bad news. The westside regional trail between the Sellwood Bridge and SW Miles Place will not be opening for two to four weeks. … The trail did open this morning as scheduled. County staff found there is still some clean up work to be done on and near the trail that would not be safe to do with the public using the trail. Unfortunately, there are a number of subcontractors that need to be scheduled to do the work. So the public will be using the old detour route on the east side of Highway 43/Macadam for a few more weeks.

That’s all we know for now, except that the county’s new path still looks beautiful from a distance … and that ending Portland’s worst detour onto Macadam’s sidewalk can’t happen too soon.

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ODOT’s new Columbia Gorge Express bus has already carried thousands of riders

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“There was a really great energy in the bus,” our contributor Kate Laudermilk wrote about her trip. “I overheard a lot of conversations between complete strangers.”
(Photo: Kiel Johnson)

Three weekends in, the new bus line that offers $5 round trips between Gateway Transit Center, Rooster Rock State Park and Multnomah Falls is going gangbusters.

The buses, subsidized in part by the Oregon Department of Transportation, offer 12 departures a day from Friday to Sunday and each one has a rack that carries up to three bicycles.

Conceived as a way to cut congestion on Interstate 84 and take pressure off parking space in the Gorge, the buses carried more than 4,600 rides during their four-day launch weekend, including Memorial Day. Last weekend, the buses carried 1,477 rides.

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NW Portland is about to become one of the best bike-share areas on the continent

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A bikeway crossroads: NW 14th and Johnson.
(Photo: J.Maus/BikePortland)

Portland’s most underperforming bike quadrant is about to get a very big investment.

Despite their proximity to jobs, northwest Portland residents are significantly less likely to bike-commute than residents of inner southeast, north or northeast Portland. And that’s exactly why Portland’s Biketown system is putting its biggest bet on northwest.

Today’s announcement of a final station map comes on the very same day that a state committee will start debating the fate of the first major bike project for northwest Portland in many years, arguably the key to getting inexperienced bike users comfortably across Interestate 405: the proposed Flanders Crossing bridge.

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Should you buy a Biketown membership right now? Here’s the calculation

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There are a few scenarios to consider.
(Image: BIKETOWNpdx.com)

Now that we finally know the prices to use Portland’s new public bike sharing system, it’s time to start making a decision: What do you want to commit to?

Even broken out into $12 monthly payments, $144 a year is a pretty big commitment, though far cheaper than, say, an annual TriMet pass ($1,100). And unlike TriMet or most U.S. bike sharing systems, month-to-month passes apparently won’t be an option with Biketown. You can pay $12 for 24 hours or $12 each month for a year; nothing in between. Or you can put up $2.50 for a single ride any time you need one.

So what’s the best option for you? Here’s a short BikePortland guide to the $12-per-month decision.

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