Published: Wednesday, August 31, 2011, 7:37 PM By Michael Russell, The Oregonian The Oregonian Cartlandia brings food carts to SE Portland Roger Goldingay and his Cartlandia food cart pod on SE 82nd Ave. along the Springwater Corridor trail has brought food carts to southeast Portland. Goldingay, who played for the Portland Timbers in the 1970′s, …
Read more »POSTED: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 at 12:43 PM PT Portland, OR — A year ago the Federal Reserve was busy “creating” a few trillion dollars for “too-big-to-fail” Wall Street brokerage houses, automobile producers and mega banks. This recently minted currency helped stabilize some businesses in need of help. More solid firms found themselves afloat in …
Read more »POSTED: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 at 12:43 PM PT Portland, OR — On August 4, 2009, Terry Brandt sat as a witness before the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Small Business. Brandt, executive director of the Portland-based Albina Opportunities Corporation, told the committee of the potential of small, non-bank lenders to help the country’s …
Read more »POSTED: Tuesday, May 24, 2010 at 09:10 AM PT BY: RICHARD JONES Portland, OR — The economic climate got a bit brighter for women- and minority-owned green businesses as two funding operations joined hands last week. The Northwest Environmental and Self-Reliance Trust — NEST — approved the Albina Opportunities Corporation — AOC — as a …
Read more »POSTED: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 07:43 AM PT BY: DJC Staff In a struggling economy, people look for any reason to celebrate. On Tuesday evening, the Daily Journal of Commerce gave those in the building industry 10 reasons by naming the winners of the first DJC Minority Contractor Awards. The sit-down dinner and awards …
Read more »Albina Opportunities Corporation Microenterprise Loan Fund Posted March 1, 2009: Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Small businesses account for the largest number of jobs created in Oregon. Many of these businesses may want to expand but may not have the credit or collateral needed to qualify for more traditional bank loan funds, especially in today’s …
Read more »