Mosaic 221: Community Feedback
Thank you for your interest in Mosaic. We’re proud to share our neighborhood’s unique stories with you and look forward to getting your feedback. Please feel free to comment or share a story of your own.
Sincerely,
Michael Stueve
Wells FargoStephen Yau has been at the CEID branch Wells Fargo for the last twelve years. Over that time, he has seen many changes to the neighborhood. Wells Fargo is the top lender to small businesses, both in Oregon and nationwide. That focus on small businesses makes them a major asset to the neighborhood. Besides fostering small businesses, Wells Fargo supports many charitable causes, with a focus on improving the lives of low- and moderate-income individuals. In Oregon, the organizations they support include local chapters of Habitat for Humanity and United Way, and Reading First, and program to help young readers build their skills.
Learn more about Wells Fargo’s work in Oregon here wellsfargo.com.
MacforceWhen Macforce opened in 2001, it was one of the first retail stores in the CEID. Macforce and its employees are passionate about sustainability and green causes—owner Shane Spiess brags that he is a “recycling fiend.” The Macforce fleet of fuel-efficient cars can often be seen around the CEID, and they’ve encouraged their clients to go paperless.
Shane recognizes the lack of recycling standards in the electronics repair field, and is committed to reducing the amount of electronics (and toxic byproducts) that end up in landfills. This effort includes refurbishing old Macs, which Macforce then gives to low-income children through their program Macs 2 Kids.
For more about Macs 2 Kids, including information about how to donate your old Mac, please visit macs2kids.org.
Portland Store Fixture / Warehouse C2010 marked the 6th consecutive year that Portland Store Fixtures donated all manner of fixtures for the Waterfront Blues Festival, an annual event benefitting the Oregon Food Bank. This year’s event broke all records by raising $650,000 and collecting over 100,000 pounds of food.
Learn more about Portland Store Fixtures at portlandstorefixtures.com.
Pratt & LarsonPratt & Larson designs and creates custom ceramic tile that are sold all over the U.S. and Canada. Over the past three decades, the company has used a sustainable manufacturing plan to significantly reduce its carbon footprint. From getting raw materials locally and without any packaging to firing their tiles at the lowest temperature possible, Pratt & Larson makes every decision with the environment in mind.
Pratt & Larson recycles blemished, flawed, and broken tiles by donating them to Habitat for Humanity and local school art programs.
Learn more about Pratt & Larson’s green initiative and to see pictures of their beautiful tiles visit prattandlarson.com.
Portland Store Fixture / ShowroomKat Schon is co-owner of Portland Store Fixtures and founder of the SAT (Sponsor a Teacher) program, an organization dedicated to connecting small businesses directly with teachers and school programs in need of funding.
As Kat says, “These kids are the same ones that we will want to employ in the near future, their parents shop in our community and it just makes sense to help if we can. Everyone involved sees that it is a small business sponsoring, not the government, not a big corporate company, just a regular business in the neighborhood. This, we hope, will promote more involvement from the community to be engaged in our future, and remember that an investment in our children is an investment in ourselves.”
If you have any questions or need help finding a teacher to support please email to kat@portlandstorefixtures.com. Make a difference today in your community. Sponsor a teacher.
Hog WildHog Wild designs, manufactures and distributes free-thinking toys and gifts throughout the US and internationally to 24 countries. In addition to voluntarily exceeding all requirements of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, such as lead content and choking hazard, Hog Wild is committed to bettering the lives of those less fortunate.
Recently Hog Wild partnered with Toy Bank Disaster Relief Fund and Learning Express to deliver toys to families that lost their homes and personal belongings in the floods of Nashville.
Learn more about Hog Wild at hogwildtoys.com.
Portland Store Fixture / SE MadisonPortland Store Fixture is one of the largest supporters of SCRAP (School & Community Reuse Action Project), a non-profit organization that inspires creative reuse and environmentally sustainable behavior by providing education programs and affordable materials to the community. The SCRAP Reuse Center combines a retail shop offering an ever-changing variety of materials suitable for art, craft and school use with a public workshop room, inspirational ideas and instruction. In 2009 SCRAP diverted 64 tons of material from the waste stream. SCRAP’s Education & Outreach Programs provide inspirational art and environmental activities at community outreaches, schools and other public events.
Learn more about Portland Store Fixtures at portlandstorefixtures.com.
Michael Stueve, AIA
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