My love for Portland started over 15 years and I cannot imagine it ever ending. I tried to leave twice, both times to great cities: Austin and NYC. But each time, Portland drew me back. I missed the trees, the people, the sense of community and all of the creative energy expressing itself in different ways depending on the neighborhood. Portland is where my people are. But what does that mean? Who are my people? Who are the people of Portland? How am I like them and how are they like me? Why did we come here and what makes us stay? For the Love of Portland! continues. Over the coming weeks and months,...

Check out the podcast here I am working on a book that documents the burgeoning food cart scene in Portland, Oregon in collaboration with Kelly Rodgers of Confluence Planning, Brett Burmeister of foodcartsportland.com, Paul Gerald breakfastinbridgetown.com, Carol Mayer-Reed and Michael Reed of mayerreed.com, and Andrew Burdick of andrewburdickphotography.com. The book documents the history, architecture, place making, culinary, cultural, sustainability and business model aspects of the Portland food cart phenomenon. The book will be filled with lots of beautiful photos of the people and carts that make...

Welcome everyone to my new and improved website. Thanks to Devin at WordPress Theming Inc for all of his hard work. Devin is amazing to work with and I would highly recommend him. Fast and cost effective! My two favorite things. So, just a little intro to the new site and the new blog. Thinking of starting a business? Start here. Own your own business and want to make more money? Look here. Find out more about our Book Projects including, The Food Carts of Portland, Oregon, to be released in June 2010, here. Work on our Invest in Portland campaign here. Partner with us on a development project...