Portland Metro Area

First Person: Commentary by Laura Fitzpatrick, lingerie entrepreneur

December 2006
Friday, December 01, 2006
More than 2 1/2 years ago I was burrowed behind stacks of books as the finance director of the Multnomah County Library Foundation, when I first considered opening an intimate-apparel shop in Portland.
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Gold-n-Soft margarine celebrates 40 years

December 2006
Friday, December 01, 2006
Forty years ago, Portland native Robert M. Gregg got fed up with hard sticks of butter and came up with an easier way to add flavor to his toast.
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Gresham

December 2006
Friday, December 01, 2006
${safe_alt_text}$ Mt. Hood Community College plans to use a grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to start a practical nursing program.
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Lake Oswego

December 2006
Friday, December 01, 2006
${safe_alt_text}$ Greenbrier has purchased Meridian Rail Holdings Corp. for $227.5 million. Meridian manufactures replacement wheel sets for railcars at its locations throughout the United States and Mexico.
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Portland

December 2006
Friday, December 01, 2006
${safe_alt_text}$ A 14.7-Mile TriMet rail line between Beaverton and Wilsonville will be the first suburb-to-suburb train for commuters in Oregon and one of just a few in the country.
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From Oregon Translational Research and Development Institute: OTRADI today announced its plans to open and operate a 13,000 square-foot multi-tenant bioscience complex in the Willamette Wharf building at 4640 SW Macadam Avenue. Slated to be complete in spring 2013, the OTRADI Bioscience Incubator (OBI) will house up to six companies.

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MEDIAmerica, publisher of Oregon Business and Oregon Home magazines, announces a new retail website: HalfOffOregon.com. The website offers lodging, dining, recreation and many other items at half off their regular cost.

The doors are open to Vernon's NEW Office location

As you probably know by now, The Vernon Company is a national leader in the promotional products industry with annual sales of over $60 million. We are a family owned business, led by the fourth generation of the Vernon family.