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Wednesday • October I, 2014
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A staple of the Portland African American community, former NBA Star Terrell Brandon is celebrating 20 years as a local business owner with many o f his business and
entertainment ventures coming under his nameplate Tee Bee Enterprises.
Firmly
Planted
at Home
Retired NBA star celebrates 20
years o f local business ventures
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Terrell Brandon’s Barbershop, which opened in 1994, was
something the retired NBA player used to think about doing
as a kid. Brandon had a friend at Harriet Tubman Elementary
that used to cut his hair. Brandon used to joke if he ever made
it big, he’d get a barbershop and give people in the commu­
nity a place to hang out and share stories. Decades later, the
dream is a reality.
The barbershop was constructed as part of a new complex
on the comer of Northeast 14th and Alberta, attached to
Brandon’s other lucrative and beloved businesses, includ­
ing the Cigar Bar, a private cigar club; a limousine service
company; and other ventures; many coming under his busi­
ness and entertainment nameplate Tee Bee Enterprises.
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on page 16