Launching a Bigger, Better HERE
I'm one of thousands of Portlanders who loves this city and its independent businesses. HERE is a new organization for all the Portland businesses we run and love. It's for those who hung out a shingle, opened a shop, started a studio, or just decided to stay and make it work here.
Until now, that love has been fragmented. Yes, we declare it in where we shop and eat, in following our bands and in frequenting our markets. But we've never had a place for businesses to stand up together to say: we started here, we're staying here, we're opening doors for the next generation.
That's why the new HERE is launching at a PCXN gathering: PCXN is over a thousand of us building Portland's creative economy. HERE is what comes next: a free badge, a directory, more gatherings, and a referral network that turns our love for Portland into visibility, connection, and authentic business relationships.
Come be part of the public launch of the new HERE. If you're just getting started, you'll find visibility and real relationships with Portland's most established businesses. If you've already made it here, you can put your Portland roots to work. Either way, you'll be helping build something new: a place where all of us can rally our love for Portland, its independent businesses, and the amazing people who make Portland Portland.
Location: ADX
Launching a Bigger, Better HERE
I’m one of thousands of Portlanders who loves this city and its independent businesses. HERE is a new membership for all the Portland businesses we run and love. It’s for those who hung out a shingle, opened a shop, started a studio, or just decided to stay and make it work here.
Until now, that love has been scattered. We declare it in where we shop and eat, in following our bands and in frequenting our markets. Businesses have lacked a place to stand up together and say: we started here, we’re still here, we’re opening doors for the next generation.
That’s why the new HERE is launching at ADX Fest, Portland’s month-long festival for locally rooted artists, designers, makers, and businesses. On October 27, from 5:30 to 7:30 PM at ADX, the next version of HERE launches: a free badge, a directory of locally rooted businesses, gatherings, gear, a podcast, and a referral network that turns our love for Portland into visibility, connection, and real business relationships.
If you’re just getting started, you’ll find visibility and real relationships with Portland’s most established businesses. If you’ve already made it here, you can put your Portland roots to work. Either way, you’ll be helping build something new: a place where businesses belong to Portland and Portland belongs to them, and where all of us rally our love for this city, its independent businesses, and the amazing people who make Portland Portland.