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.
Posts Tagged ‘Portland’
The Late Show with David Letterman and the KEEN Arroyo
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009Local Wait Staff Become KEEN Product Testers for PTC Professional Series
Friday, October 23rd, 2009Portland is one of the greatest cities for dining out with a wide variety of restaurants scattered around the city. So what does that mean to KEEN? Lots and lots of product testers for the new Professional Series called the PTC (Punch the Clock). Check out the video of KEEN’s newest product testers from Veritable Quandary psyched about getting their new product to put them to action on the restaurant floor!
KEEN 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.
130 Mile Paddle to Benefit Disabled Veterans and the Environment
Monday, August 31st, 2009
This week, a team of environmental activists, adventurers, and media professionals
are paddling the 130 mile stretch of the Columbia River from Portland, Ore to the Pacific Ocean. They’re doing the trip in conjunction with two organizations that provide services to disabled veterans–the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) and Team River Runner. Team River Runner uses paddling as physical and emotional therapy for recovering disabled veterans.
Portland’s DAV chapter #1 is one of the top chapters in the country, leading the way with innovative support programs for our returning troops.
The team will begin paddling today, August 31st, and will finish on Saturday, September 5th.
Follow the journey on twitter @amaser and @kitsunekeimou and through Live tracking of the adventure through SPOT Adventures. Find out more on The Century Paddle Facebook Group
PBS 5-Part Series — Blueprint America: Road to the Future Features Denver, New York and Portland
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
Blueprint America: Road to the Future, an original documentary part of a PBS multi-platform series on the country’s aging and changing infrastructure, goes to three very different American cities - Denver, New York and Portland, and their surrounding suburbs - to look at each as a microcosm of the challenges and possibilities the country faces as citizens, local and federal officials, and planners struggle to manage a growing America with innovative transportation and sustainable land use policies.
Click on the image to the right to watch this 5-part series.
You can learn more about Blueprint America here.
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.
Bike Rush Hour in Portland, Oregon
Friday, May 22nd, 2009
Streetfilms was in Portland, Ore recently for Filmed by Bike.
While here, Streetfilms teamed up with Crank My Chain CycleTV to put together a new, 3-plus minute film that takes a look at “Bike Rush Hour” on Portland’s Hawthorne Bridge.
Streetfilms produces videos that show how cities around the world are reclaiming their streets for pedestrians, cyclists and transit riders.