Volunteer spotlight: By Ann Ereline A lot of ingredients are needed to make the Taste of Nations tent a rousing success year after year. The food part is handled by the remarkable chefs from our diverse local communities. The organization and communications are also in the hands of experts from People – Places – Things. […]
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Festival sponsor East Garden delivers authentic tastes of China
Business Spotlight: By Ann Ereline Danny Wong does a bit of everything, from taking deliveries to doing meetings and the books, for the East Garden restaurant. A bit of everything, except the cooking. That most essential job is left to his father who, Danny says beaming with pride, “is an excellent cook” of dishes you’d […]
End of Summer Cruise-in Closes Festival Season
The third weekend in September will be busy in East Portland, with back-to-back fun Sept. 17th and 18th before the rain returns. The 2016 Festival of Nations by Division Midway Alliance will get things started (insert link to story), and the End of Summer Cruise-in will close things out Sunday. The Cruise-in is an East […]
DMA Transitions to new Board of Directors Officers
By Lori Boisen In May, DMA’s President Lorelei Young announced she was stepping down from the board. A general sense of sadness and loss swept the Board at her announcement. Ms. Young has been involved with DMA for over four years. Lorelei was DMA’s secretary for three years before serving as president in 2015-16. For […]
Lorelei Young Completes Term as DMA Board President
The DMA May Board meeting was humming along just as usual, until the bombshell went off near the end. Board President Lorelei Young announced that she would not be seeking a second term at the June elections and would be stepping down from the Board altogether. Before serving as president, she was board secretary for […]
Midway cleans up with new trash cans
By Lori Boisen During DMA’s visioning process, the Capital Improvement Committee heard the community’s voice loud and clear, “The district needs trash cans.” The committee collaborated with TriMet, Midway businesses and PDC to clean up the district. Committee member Travis Fanucchi walked the district and determined strategic trash can locations. Travis targeted areas with large […]
Casa del Sol Improves Storefront with Grant from DMA
By Lori Boisen Every year, Santiago Asael, the owner of Casa del Sol, makes visible improvements to his restaurant at 14324 SE Division Street. Since purchasing the restaurant Santiago has repaved, fenced and painted the exterior of Casa del Sol; he has also remodeled much of the interior as well. This past year, thanks in […]
Business spotlight: Changes afoot but Mail Room Plus still go-to spot for service
By Kem Marks If you’ve had occasion to stop by Mail Room Plus lately you may have found yourself asking, “Where’s Fred?” Ask and you’ll learn that officially Fred retired earlier this year and is currently living a life of leisure with business owners Andy and Melody Bittner. Even without Fred, Mail Room […]
Sponsoring the Festival of Nations helps your business
Many reasons may prompt business owners to sponsor DMA’s Festival of Nations: 1) to support community organizations and the communities they serve 2) to increase goodwill and exposure to potential clients and increase sales 3) to gain access to business support services for their own business DMA provides a number of ways that a sponsoring business […]
East Portland NPIs Host Jobs Fair
The East Portland Neighborhood Prosperity Initiatives (NPIs) hosted a jobs fair May 11 for East Portland residents. Historic Parkrose, Division Midway Alliance (DMA) and the Rosewood Initiate, the three NPIs east of I-205, brought together 26 Portland employers to connect them to local job seekers. The employers included the Portland Police Bureau, Metro, FedEx, Human […]
