MBA News

Midway July Member Meeting Join us on Wednesday, July 13th from 4:30 PM-6:00 PM at Pizza Baron.   We are thrilled to partner with the Portland Street Art Alliance and MBA member, Octapharma Plasma, to bring a community mural to the Midway neighborhood. You will have the opportunity to review the work and vote for your favorite artist, learn about the PSAA and their wonderful mission to empower artists to activate places where we live, work, and play. Pizza and beverages will be provided.

SE 155th Ave & Main St, Portland, OR 97233

Saturday July 23, 2022

Our Agenda includes a check in by members, an update on staffing and Board Members, and an update on our current Mural project.  Yes, we received a Venture Portland grant for a Mural project that is  planned for the corner building on 122nd & SE Powell, Plasma Building.

The MBA has chosen to use Portland Street Art Alliance for many reasons, particularly their offering of almost all services necessary for completion. They will assemble ideas from various regional artists, and we will make a selection with guidance from our members.  We will review four of their Artist's work to come up with our final selection. Your input is very important so please vote online if you cannot make it to the meeting.

We will provide  pizza and soda! We look forward to seeing you and your staff/volunteers on Thursday. Lorelei Young, Board Secretary  

MBA mixer this Thursday May 19th at 4:30- 6pm

Guest Speaker: PBOT's Steve Szigethy

Thursday at Pizza Baron at 4:30. -6 pm

2604 SE 122nd Ave, Portland, OR 97236, USA

Come when you can.  Bring your appetite and some questions for PBOT's Steve Szigethy. He will have a quick presentation for us. We will also be giving away some plants and flowers from Tony's Garden Center. Please get in touch with questions: midwayba@gmail.com

See you there!

-MBA

Pizza Baron

2604 SE 122nd Ave, Portland, OR 97236, USA

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Business Mixer Was Enjoyed by Many

Thank you to all the Businesses that came to our first large event since Covid shut everything down.  Its was wonderful seeing everyone again, sharing stories and catching up.  The Portland new Early Response Crisis Team provided a detailed update on their new program.

Membership Drive:  We have not been taking membership dues since 2019.  The MBA has changed  sign up time from January 1st instead of June.  So, if you haven't signed up yet, you can do this online.  Your membership keeps us in compliance with Portland Business Association requirements, it helps us with matching funds for many of our projects, and funds a couple of our major events throughout the year. You probably have all met Rich Reece by now.  He has been doing alot of our Board's business since November.  Rich was hired and his job is funded by Ventu…

Join us this Saturday  April 23rd, 2022 at 10am for a Community Clean UP. Safety supplies are provided by Solve. This is a neighborhood driven event with support from Solve and Centennial Neighborhood Association.  MBA members are welcome to come out.  We will be there. We will meet at the Regal Cinemas at SE 163rd and Division.

It's been a long time since the MBA hosted an event for Businesses in our District because of Covid.  We posted the event and had a wonderful turn out.  Stay in touch for our 2022 plans! Thank you David Ashton of the East PDX News for attending and writing this article on our recent Membership Event.  Please click here for the full article.  

David Douglas High School Dad's Club Fundraiser (min. donation of $5. per box/bag is requested) Saturday, April 17th 10am - 2:00 pm Located in the parking lot of Extended Home Cabinets & Countertops: Drive Thru Event 14410 SE Division Street See flyer for more information

Our new President is Crista  Cortmaker from Relay Resources.  Crista has big shoes to fill but we have no doubt that she will be great!   Dr. Day has retired from his Chiropractor business!  For anyone who know him, Dr. Day is also a Musician and  a radio show host.  Dr. Day has been a very active member of the Midway Business Association for a great number of years.  We are hoping he will stay on as a member.   Marsha Zimmerman was also one of our former Presidents who worked very hard making connections with other businesses in Midway.  She also made sure we always had interesting and resourceful speakers at our membership meetings.  Marsha moved her property management out of our area so needed to focus on her own changes.