THE BEE's "want ads" are called "Community Classifieds". An important innovation is that classified ads placed in THE BEE may also be available at the special Community Classifieds website, at the HotLink below!
In addition, Community Classifieds now offer the additional service of in-column photographs of vehicles and homes for sale. The photos can not only appear in THE BEE, but on the website as well.
Community Classifieds appear each month in THE BEE, and can also reach up to a half million additional readers by being published in any combination of the 24 other newspapers in the "Community Newspapers" group of Carpenter Media, including the weekly Clackamas Review, Oregon City News, Lake Oswego Review, and West Linn Tidings; the monthly Sherwood Gazette, and Southwest Community Connection; the weekly Gresham Outlook and Portland Tribune; and the other newspapers in the group.
To get information or place your classified ad by phone, here's the number to call: 503/620-7355!
Now, click on the logo directly below, and read the Carpenter Media online "Community Classifieds"!
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At the “Hive” in Sellwood’s SMILE Station, here playing with clay provided by sponsor Heirloom Ceramic Studios, are Summerville participants Derek Meer, Louisa Chen, June Schroder, and Caroline Schroeder. (Photo by David F. Ashton)
‘Summerville’ celebrated at Sellwood & Westmoreland businesses
By DAVID F. ASHTON For THE BEE
Saturday, August 3rd, saw the return of a Sellwood Moreland Business Alliance (SMBA) annual event – Summerville – among businesses in the Sellwood and Westmoreland business districts.
Some participants started out at a “hive” location – one of those being at SMILE Station in Sellwood – at any one of which they received a map of participating businesses and free “bee deely bobber” headbands. Other neighbors joining in just looked for balloons of bees and signage near the some 30 participating businesses.
What’s the “bee” connection? “Summerville’s theme is ‘BEE LOCAL’, to encourage people to support our local businesses,” SMBA organizer Angela Morrow told us. “We offer a kids craft, and businesses bring promotional materials to hand out, along with three selfie locations set up throughout the neighborhood for people to take photos with their ‘bee’ headbands.”
Participants chime in “It was so fun to see community members come out to support local businesses during Summerville. My daughter, Ella, and I set up at a Hive to help kids make friendship bracelets and they were so cute! We both love this community so much. It was really fun talking to kids who go to Llewellyn since my daughter went to school there many years ago...” – Robin Springer, Windermere Moreland Real Estate
“Summerville is the community event of the summer! Savory Spice had record foot traffic – but more importantly – the positive energy was contagious. After 12 years in business, we are continually grateful that we chose Sellwood-Moreland as our small business community. Summerville has been a blast, and we look forward to 12 more.” – Kimberly Brown, Savory Spice Shop
Disclosure: THE BEE newspaper is a longtime member of the SMBA, as well as other business associations in Inner Southeast Portland.
The savory scent of the food being prepared in the “Retrolicious” food truck got Brooklyn residents lining up – at the “Best of Brooklyn” BBQ, at Brooklyn Park. (Photo by David F. Ashton)
Business Association hosts ‘Best of Brooklyn’ BBQ
By DAVID F. ASHTON For THE BEE
Brooklyn Park on S.E. Milwaukie Avenue, a couple of blocks south of Powell, was the location for the 2024 “Best of Brooklyn” BBQ on the late Thursday afternoon and evening of Thursday, July 25.
“Essentially, this is a street fair! But, instead of it being held in a street, we’re hosting it here in Brooklyn Park,” explained Greater Brooklyn Business Association (GBBA) President Melaney Dittler of “More Realty”. “The first 150 Brooklyn neighborhood residents to come by will get a free meal from the ‘Retrolicious’ food truck!
“And several of our GBBA members – 13 of them, so far – have booths and canopies set up here in the park – as also have several Portland City Council candidates.”
Additionally, every exhibiting business had provided a raffle prize; lucky winners’ tickets were drawn between sets of live music performed by the Kivett Bednar Band.
“Our ‘community partner’ is Friends of Brooklyn Park, who is not only partnering in putting on this event, but is also selling raffle tickets to help raise money for summer programs here in the park.
“The Best of Brooklyn BBQ is very important, because it helps connect our neighbors to our business community, and to one another,” Dittler reflected.
Laurie Lewis, left, and Renee Neely of Portland’s Hip Chicks do Wine, say business at Portland’s oldest urban winery has dropped off markedly since the end of the pandemic. (Courtesy photo)
Hip Chicks do Wine’ asks for community support after ‘very tough’ year
By DANNY PETERSON KOIN-TV-6 News
“Hip Chicks do Wine” has been a staple of Southeast Portland since 1999. Now its owners, Laurie Lewis and Renee Neely, say they’ve been “struggling” to keep the doors open since the COVID-19 pandemic.
“It has been a very tough 2024, and we are way under in walk-in sales and traffic. And we could use a little bit of community support,” Lewis said. “And it’s not just us. It’s small businesses throughout the Portland metro area. It is wineries across Oregon. COVID-19 hit us hard. All the closures hit hard. As much local support as we had during all those pandemic closures, it kinda felt like once all the businesses opened up, a lot of that local support kind of dried up.”
The owners said they’ve now launched a GoFundMe account with the goal of raising $10,000, just to help support the “day-to-day operations” of Portland’s oldest urban winery, at 4510 S.E. 23rd Avenue, just off Holgate Boulevard, in the Brooklyn neigfhborhood. (Lewis is a leader in the Greater Brooklyn Business Association.) If you’d like to contribute, here’s the webpage to go to – https://tinyurl.com/3y43wyf3
KOIN-TV-6 is a news partner of the Carpenter Media Group of Oregon newspapers.
After months of construction, Brooklyn’s imposing new apartment building, dubbed “The Frankie”, is leasing its 111 apartments of various sizes, two blocks south of Powell Boulevard on S.E. Milwaukie Avenue. (Photo by Rita A. Leonard)
Brooklyn’s tall new apartment building opens as ‘The Frankie’
By RITA A. LEONARD For THE BEE
The new apartment building that has been under construction for some months – in the space across from the Aladdin Theater, Brooklyn Pharmacy, and Brooklyn Park, where once there was a US Bank branch – is officially opening in September as “The Frankie”.
The large new building at 3260 S.E. Milwaukie Avenue stretches from S.E. Franklin to Kelly Streets, and eastward from Milwaukie to S.E. 12th Avenue. In August, potential renters were being offered tours of the units, which range from studios to three-bedroom apartments. The property is managed by Greystar.
The outdoor walls of the imposing building are painted a pale gray color, and are surrounded by sidewalks, newly-planted trees, and water features. Work was completed by Truebeck Construction Company. There are 111 units for lease on five floors, an outdoor BBQ with community tables, an exercise and fitness Studio, a bike storage and repair station, a Maker Space with kitchen, a pet-friendly policy – and additional amenities include stacked washers and dryers, air conditioning, and electronic keyless entry.
In case you were wondering about that name, “The Frankie” is a combination of two adjacent street names FRANKlin Street and MilwaukIE Avenue, according to the management. There are 43 on-site parking spaces in the “parking stacker system”, and storage lockers for rent. The owner of the property is “Highstreet Residential”.
52nd Avenue Hardware and Building Supply owner Steve Besaw [front row, far left] gathered his family and workers for a photo as they celebrated 52 years doing business on 52nd Avenue. (Photo by David F. Ashton)
“52nd Avenue Hardware” celebrates 52 years: Monday, July 29, Brentwood-Darlington’s 52nd Avenue Hardware and Building Supply Company celebrated 52 years on 52nd Avenue. “In an age of big-box stores, our family businesses has thrived, because we have really good customers who have come to know they’ll get impeccable service from us,” said owner Steve Besaw. “We take care of individual homeowners – some of them have shopped with us for generations – as well as builders, and larger corporate clients – making us one of the only ‘five star rated’ hardware and lumber yards in Portland.” Because of the service ethic, the company continues to be Portland’s leading supplier of set-building supplies and hardware for television and motion picture companies producing films and TV shows in the Portland area – and is currently is supplying three different production companies. You’ll find them where they’ve been for 52 years – at 7100 S.E. 52nd Avenue – or online: http://www.52ndhardware.com
Ten years of “Woodstock Gives Back”: On Sunday, September 15th, the Woodstock Community Business Association (WCBA) will be hosting the 10th Annual “Woodstock Gives Back Day of Giving”, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. – an event that brings the community together, while raising funds and awareness for local nonprofit organizations. For shoppers, participating stores in Woodstock and Brentwood-Darlington will be offering sale items and/or special events. Home businesses are also participating along the avenue. Watch for the balloons on September 15th. Start at the Woodstock Farmers Market, or at KeyBank, to collect everything you need to participate. For more on the WCBA, go online – http://www.woodstockbiz.com
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