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THE BEE
COMMUNITY CLASSIFIEDS
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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INNER SOUTHEAST PORTLAND'S
BUSINESS NEWS!
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| “Woodstock Gives Back” participant Jeremy Daniels, co-owner of the Viking Soul Food restaurant on Woodstock Boulevard next to the ACE Hardware Store, said the proceeds from their cookie-decorating craft activity would go to supporting the Woodstock Pantry at All Saints Church. (Photo by David F. Ashton) |
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Annual ‘Woodstock Gives Back’ promotion hits stride in 10th year
By DAVID F. ASHTON
For THE BEE
Balloons marked the location of the many merchants participating in the “Woodstock Gives Back” promotional event’s tenth annual outing, on Sunday, September 15th.
Put on by the Woodstock Community Business Association (WCBA), the promotion was created to bring the community together, while raising funds and awareness for local nonprofit organizations.
Each of the 15 participating businesses offered a unique way of supporting their charity of choice – including games, activities, raffles, and silent auctions; some chose to donate a percentage of all their sales proceeds from that day.
Neighbors were invited to begin the day at the WCBA information booth, at the Woodstock Farmers Market in the KeyBank parking, to obtain lot for a list of participants.
Then, they circled back to deposit tickets collected at each of those merchants into one of several jars from which were drawn winning tickets for prizes. In total, more than 200 prize tickets were returned by the close of the market that Sunday afternoon.
Sponsors of this year’s event included OnPoint Community Credit Union, Kaleafa, John L. Scott Realtors, The UPS Store/Woodstock, Toast, Viking Soul Food restaurant, KPM Business Services, and THE BEE.
Find out more about the Woodstock Community Business Association by visiting their website – http://www.woodstockbiz.com
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| This illustration, provided by the store prior to the move, shows the expected appearance of the new store’s location – situated next to the Brooklyn Post Office, fronting onto Powell Boulevard. (Courtesy of Brooklyn Grocery Co-op) |
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‘Know Thy Food’ store in Brooklyn moving, changing name
By RITA A. LEONARD
For THE BEE
The “Know Thy Food” store at 3434 S.E. Milwaukie Avenue in the Brooklyn neighborhood announced in early September that it would not renew its lease at the end of the month – and instead, the business would move – and change its name, as well.
Starting October 1 this store is to be known as “Brooklyn Grocery Cooperative”, and it’s now next to the Brooklyn Post Office, in the space formerly occupied by “Mano Oculta”. Since the new location (at 1420 S.E. Powell Boulevard) has a full kitchen on-site, the co-op also hopes to begin serving breakfast there, as well as continuing to offer its grocery business.
“Know Thy Food” was begun in 2010, and became a certified food cooperative in January of 2016. It’s currently a member-owned cooperative, loosely chaired by Brooklyn Action Corps leaders Guy Berliner, Alex Iverson, and Brent Paes. They hope to expand the cooperative with more neighborhood volunteers, and would like to partner with organizations that promote connections between local customers and the food that they eat.
Paes told THE BEE that they are depending on volunteer help to continue providing customers with coffee, tea, smoothies, Kombucha, wine, and beer – as well as “sustainable” grocery items, which they hope will become cheaper and more accessible. “We also sell a variety of baked goods, health and wellness items, vitamins, toiletries, meat, and dairy products.”
The new version of the cooperative store will be a bit smaller than at the old site, but it plans to provide customers an online catalog where “members will have access to our full list of farmers and vendors, as well as useful input for current Brooklyn Grocery Cooperative events, according to Paes. “There will be a colorful mural atop the new site, and we will offer the use of a kitchen and meeting rooms for neighborhood gatherings, such as BAC and GBBA meetings.
“Currently we are looking for Coop members with special skills such as bookkeeping, Marketing, Engagement, Fund-raising, volunteer organizing, and digital support. We also hope our ‘open hours’ will start earlier in the morning, so as to cater to TriMet operators and passengers who are looking for breakfast items before heading on in to work.”
Meantime, the landlord of the 3434 S.E. Milwaukie Avenue property discloses plans to continue to offer a grocery destination, “in hopes that the Brooklyn neighborhood will no longer be considered a ‘food desert’, without established grocery stores.” The tentative decision is to call the new space “The Brooklyn Closet”.
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“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
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![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.](images/spacer.gif)