On 10/30/09, David Letterman gives a ’shout out’ to Portland, Oregon and the KEEN Arroyo. Click on the image below to see the video footage. The excerpt begins at minute 8:40 and ends at minute 9:36.
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The Late Show with David Letterman and the KEEN Arroyo
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009KEEN Fans in PDX - Check Out What’s Going On @ 1st Thursday
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
ArtCrank Portland 2009 is set for Thursday, October 1st at The Cleaners at The Ace Hotel. ArtCrank is a bicycle art poster show/sale. Along with the posters KEEN will be displaying our bicycling specific collection. Chrome will also be showing product at the show. All attendees will be treated to a free Pabst beer!
Also going on during at the same time is the Subaru Go Love Adventure Tour at REI. Connecting the events is a scavenger hunt which will be open for anyone participate in. Participants can turn in their answers to the scavenger hunt questions at either location and for entering the raffle they will get a free key chain and chances to win FREE KEEN SHOES! There will be also be an art contest for people to participate in at the Go Love Adventure Tour spot at REI.
If you’re out and about for First Thursday, stop by The Cleaners at The Ace Hotel and REI for some KEEN events!
Why Do People Volunteer for the Day of Stewardship? Watch the Video . . .
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009Nearly 300 volunteers came out for Forest Park Conservancy’s annual Day of Stewardship to help protect and restore the park’s health. The park is 5,000-plus acres, with more than 70 miles of trails. The Conservancy works with Portland Oregon’s Bureau of Parks & Recreation in year-round efforts to pull aggressive invasive vegetation that chokes native habitat and to keep trails maintained.
Click here to see pictures from the event.
KEEN Hosts Vancouver BC Urban Study Trip Tour of Portland, Oregon
Friday, May 29th, 2009
Living the HybridLife: (left to right) Mayor Gregor Robertson of Vancouver, BC; James Curleigh, President of KEEN; and Mayor Sam Adams of Portland, Oregon.
KEEN hosted the Vancouver Board of Trade on the afternoon of Friday, May 28, 2009 during their 3-day study tour of Portland, Oregon. We also had the honor of hosting Mayor Sam Adams of Portland, Oregon and Mayor Gregor Robertson of Vancouver, BC.
Key objectives of the trip included:
- Learn best practices that can be implemented in Vancouver BC
- Inspire new learning
- More than meetings: include experiential learning models
Topics covered during their visit to KEEN included:
Sustained Regional Economic Development
- Peter Cunningham, Business and Industry
- Gerald Baugh, Urban Development Portland Development Commission
Topic: Authentic Emerging Economies - How Portland’s culture, taste, & attitudes are leveraged into effective economic development strategies.
- Dr. Sheila Martin, Director, Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies, Portland State University
Case Studies: Discussion of emerging industries are true and authentic to Portland.
- James Curleigh, President and CEO KEEN, Inc.
- Alex Sokol Blosser, Co-President, Sokol Blosser Winery
- Michael Kelly Brown, Direct Sales Manager, Sokol Blosser Winery
The afternoon meeting was followed by a reception with Mayor Sam Adams of Portland, Oregon.
A Hearty Group of Volunteers Make it Happen in Boring, Oregon
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009
Friday May 15, 2009 representatives from KEEN, Lizard Lounge, REI, Moon Photography, Save our Wild Salmon, Trout Unlimited, Clackamas River Basin Council, WaterWatch and Friends of Boring Trails joined forces to be the first hands on the ground in a new four-acre park in Boring, Oregon.
Volunteer crew
The group started the day removing English Ivy and Himalayan Blackberry; tough jobs cutting through the ivy vines that were choking the existing trees and enduring the thorns of the blackberry.
Dan with Friends of Boring Trails
Through perseverance we saved over 50 trees and cleared enough land to reestablish the area with a variety of native species. We planted over 200 plants including big leaf maple, alder, vine maple, flowering red currant, oregon grape, cascara, western red cedar, sword ferns and service berry.
Invasive species removal (Himalayan Blackberry)
See what’s going on with the Backyard Collective here.
Truffle Shuffle
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009My good pal Jason and had a pretty successful truffle hunting trip a few weekends ago. I think the season for Oregon White truffles is pretty much up now…so all that remains are wonderful memories and a few creepy pictures.
"Hello, I'm Jason and I'm really nice though i don't look it."
"Hello, I'm Marty. I'm a truffle tracking manimal."
A match made in heaven.
Marbel-y Goodness!
Ta-Ta!