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Port Targets Small,
Minority Businesses
Cannon’s
Takes Top
Honors
C annon ’s Rib Express at 5 4 10
N.E. 33rd Ave. won two national
aw ards from C itysearch, the
nation's leading online Yellow
Page Directory.
Die restaurant w as nominated tor
the 'Best Barbecue Award’ by local
barbecue aficionados, one o f which
claimed theeatery has the best hotl ink
sandw ich and sauce in town.
"Cannon’s is, as the kids say, 'da
bomb!" another review read.
C'annon’salso was2002 Editorial
Winner for Best Barbecue. The res
taurant was rated X.6 for food quality,
P hoto m M ark \Y vshiaigtox / T i i i P o r ii w d O bsfrv hr
6.4 forambience, 7.5 forserviceandh Wayne Cannon. Andrienne Coleman. Tanikka Brosseau, Erin Harris. Shana Hoggatt and Shon
for value.
Wiley o f Cannon's Rib Express proudly display the restaurant's Best Barbecue Award.
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Portland Observer endeavors to meet the needs o f our readers and
Online registration system provides
better access to business opportunities
Nearly I .(MM) companies, inelud-
¡ng 170 certified small businesses,
have signed up to do work w ith the
Port o f Portland via a new on-line
"Supplier Registration" system.
The se n ice, which began in June,
m akes it easier for small, minority-
owned and wom en-ow ned busi
nesses to com pete head to head for
Port business opportunities. Since
July 17, the Port has posted 37
solicitations foraviation, marine and
adm inistrative contracts.
"W e wanted to make it easier for
all companies, large or small, estab
lished or start-up, to leant about the
Port's business needs,” said Port
ofPortland Executive Director Bill
Wyatt "This m akes it a lot easier
for sm aller com panies to get on our
radar screen and gives us a stron
ger connection to our community
as we work to meet this region's
c ritic a l tra n s p o rta tio n acc e ss
needs.”
O nce registered, a business
gains improved access to Port busi
ness opportunities through ben
efits including autom atic e-mail
notification o f opportunities that
match a firm 's registered capabili
ties, along with dow nloadable so
licitations and related documents.
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P o rt o f P o rtla n d w e b s ite at
www.portofportland.com.
Added Warehouse
Expands Poweils.com
P ow ell's Books recently an
nounced the purchase o f a 60,000
square foot warehouse two miles
from its flagship dow ntow n store.
The facility will accom m odate an
increasing online inventory and
expanded order ful ti I Intent and ship
ping functions for the com pany's
w ebsite, Pow ells.com .
“ W e consider ourselves ex-
Coast Internet retailers haveclosed
shop or scaled back. Powells.com
reported 22 percent growth in O c
tober 2002 over the previous year;
and O ctober sales represented the
site's most geographically diverse
custom er base on record
only 14
percent reside in the com pany's
backyard, the Pacific Northwest.
More than 70,000 surfers visit
With all that the new facility offers —
extra space for hooks and upgraded
systems — we 're positioned to thrill more
and more readers in the United States and
around the world.
— Miriam SontzofPowell's Books
tremcly lucky to find a suitable
warehouse within city limits and
near some o f our other locations.”
said Miriam Sontz, Pow elTsCEO of
Development. "W ith all that the
new facility offers extra space for
books and upgraded systems
w e're positioned to thrill more and
more readers in the United States
and around the world."
The O regon-based bookseller's
national reputation continues to
grow at a time when many West
Powells.com every day to browse
among more than a million used
books, including many rare and out-
of-print editions, as well as a wide
selection o f new, frontlist titles.
Tlie new warehouse, thceompany’s
second in Portland, resides on a three-
acre lot and is nearly six times the size
o f the building in which Powells.com
currently operates. Structural renova
tions have begun, and the first opera
tions are scheduled to move there in
late spring of2003.
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Adams High Awaits Wrecking Ball
The Portland School District has proclaimed that
there will be a new Whitaker Middle School to
replace the empty and former Adams High School
at 5700 N E 39th Ave Of course the new building
will look very different and will bring new housing
with it — something that makes nearby existing
neighbors a little nervous
Hitting the Jackpot
A Chinook Winds Casino patron from Portland takes home a
$10.000jackpot after striking it big Jan. 9 on a $1 Wild Cherry
slot machine. The Lincoln City casino and convention center
draws many area residents to its large variety of gambling
opportunities. The casino also offers childcare and an arcade for
youngsters.
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Despite program cuts and budget shortfalls, returning Northeast
Police Precinct Commander Bruce Prunk is positive the
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