82nd Avenue Business Association
By Nancy Chapin
In May the Business Association celebrated its 45th year of serving 82nd Ave. and its businesses and neighbors!
17 years ago, in 2006, the Association started planting Rose Gardens at several businesses. A few remain and there are more to come. Eilene Curtiss, long time member of the Portland Rose Society, helped then and is again sharing her expertise with the 82nd Avenue Business Assn.’s current Rose Garden project. The Rose Garden Team is looking for business owners or managers of businesses on or very near 82nd Ave. with dirt spaces or planters that the business will support to plant small (three to nine roses) Rose Gardens. The Team has 71 roses waiting for new homes. To get more details, contact 82ndaveba@gmail.com.
We were very happy to be among the sponsors of the 17th Annual 82nd Avenue of Roses Parade. It was so good to celebrate our community with “Roses in the Heart of Portland” and the Impala Car Club Cruise In. Mark your calendars for next year’s parade, April 27, 2024!
Foster Area Business Association
By Jeff Lynott
Celebrate the summer season on Foster! Join local businesses and the Foster-area community on Saturday, June 24 for sidewalk sales, pop-up shops, live music and other festivities. From 12-6 pm, enjoy live music and a special activation at Laurelwood Park (6315 SE Foster Rd.); enjoy the Meet Your Maker Market and their 25+ artists and makers between SE 65th and 68th Aves.; take in other sidewalk sales and festivities along Foster between SE 50th and 72nd Aves. Learn more at fosterarea.com/summersoiree or follow FABA on Instagram (@fosterareapdx).
If you are a local business and would like to get involved with the Foster Area Business Association, contact fosterarea@gmail.com or attend our monthly Board meeting, held the second Tuesday of each month at Bar Maven, 6:30–8 pm.
Hawthorne Boulevard Business Association
By Nancy Chapin
The Hawthorne Street Fair (HSF) planning is in full swing! Returning vendors, new businesses and music groups are already committed to joining us on our Sunday, August 27 carless section of the Boulevard. Toyota is once again sponsoring the Main Stage and we would be happy to welcome a sponsor to the 31st Avenue Stage. Special aspects of the street fair are that many of our brick and mortar businesses join the visiting vendors and service providers in the street and there are even more places to eat and drink than usual. Mark your calendars, invite your friends and relatives and join us at the 40th Annual Hawthorne Street Fair on August 27. More details to follow.
Email Administrator@hawthorneblvd.com if you would like a copy of the HSF Coloring Contest page or if you don’t get our regular Boulevard News by email.