6 • The Southwest Portland Post
BUSINESS
August 2017
Business association announces Airbnb promotional partnership
THE COUNTRY STORE
By Erik Vidstrand
The Southwest Portland Post
Multnomah Village Business
A s s o c i a t i o n l e a d e r s re c e n t l y
announced collaboration between
t h e A i r b n b c o r p o r a t e o ff i c e ,
southwest Portland Airbnb hosts,
and participating MVBA member
businesses. Also participating is
Choose Local Media who produce the
hard copy Multnomah Village maps
and a mobile app map.
“This promotional partnership,”
said MVBA chair Jason Lensch,
“is designed to specifically direct
Airbnb guests to Multnomah Village
to shop at participating businesses
throughout the year.
“Participating businesses will offer
a promotion of their own choosing for
Airbnb guests.”
Lensch said that the promotion can
be changed whenever and as often
as the business would like, similar
to the Golden Ticket promotion that
happens over the Christmas holiday
season.
A list of all participating businesses
describing details of their specific
promotion will be generated. Airbnb
will produce an informational flyer
for all Southwest Portland Airbnb
hosts. In addition, each host will be
encouraged to list this information
on their rental website under their
personal recommendations.
There are nearly 50 Airbnb rentals
within walking distance of the village.
“Each participating business will
be given an Airbnb logo sticker to put
in the window of their shop,” Lensch
said. “This will be helpful for guests
to quickly identify businesses who are
participating.”
Airbnb guests can identify
themselves to the businesses in any
number of ways: show an Airbnb
itinerary, show a business card from
their host, or bring the flyer listing all
participating shops.
“This will be a great way to further
develop this unique relationship
between local hosts and village
shop owners and staff,” said Randy
Bonella, MBVA representative to
Multnomah Village Apartments
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Local resident and architect Matt
Engstrand said he is aware of a few
properties within a mile or so of the
Village that are not currently zoned
for multi-family homes but have
been proposed for re-zoning under
the City’s Comprehensive Plan.
“These properties are far better
suited to handle the impacts of
large scale multi-family and mixed-
use development than the Village
is,” Engstrand said.
Engstrand explained that an
early assistance program basically
means the architect and developers
have a design concept about which
they are seeking advice from the
city regarding its feasibility. It is
common for architects to seek early
feedback to learn how the various
departments and bureaus will view
the project’s impacts.
“Very often the information from
this meeting drives significant
c h a n g e s i n d e s i g n o r p ro j e c t
Venture Portland. “We’re hitting
a demographic that doesn’t know
anything about us.”
According to Bonella, there are close
to 20 village businesses signed on to
participate in the program.
Airbnb will be hosting occasional
social mixers in Multnomah Village,
supplying food and beverages. The
first one was held on July 25 at
Riversgate Church.
Choose Local Media will be actively
involved in supplying the local hosts
with the Multnomah Village maps.
For further information about
the promotion, please contact Jason
Lensch 503-329-5966 or benji10@
comcast.net.
SOUTHWEST CORRIDOR PLAN
“Hurry Back” says the gas station
attendant in the mural where a 40-
unit apartment building is under
consideration by developers.
(Post photo by Erik Vidstrand)
development,” Engstrand said.
Early assistance is recommended
in situations where applicants
have lots of questions, or have a
complicated site or issue.
Applications must be submitted
with a written project description,
several site plans drawn to
measurable scales, and nominal
fees.
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“Some development would take
place, but it would mostly center near
the stations,” said Bihn.
The steering committee is
anticipated to narrow down remaining
options to a preferred alternative in
early 2018. Further outreach, design,
and environmental analysis will take
place before a final decision is made
on what to construct.
Kehe said that Metro will have an
information booth during the Multnomah
Days street fair on Saturday, Aug. 19,
and at the Hillsdale Farmer’s Market on
Sunday, Aug. 27. The next community
advisory committee meeting will be held
on Monday, Aug. 7 from 6:15 – 8:45 p.m.
at the Multnomah Arts Center.
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