Focus the Nation is a national non-profit headquartered in Portland, Oregon. It was founded in 1999 by professor and economist, Eban Goodstein. We believe in the science of climate change and the opportunity it presents to rebuild American communities and US leadership at the local and international level.

We are driven by a fierce commitment to empower young people with the leadership, educational and civic engagement opportunities that will accelerate our transformation to a more just and prosperous clean energy future.

If we are truly going to advance our priorities, Oregonians need to do more than just vote for change. We need to do more than just fight battles. We need to move forward an agenda that will improve the lives of working families in Oregon over the long run.   I believe the best Oregon is yet to come, and I am hoping you will join with me as we work to tackle our toughest problems.

Bill Bradbury

Strategies360 is one of the country’s leading strategic positioning firms. With offices across the Pacific Northwest and in Washington, DC, we are experts at negotiating the political landscape, crafting content, building coalitions and targeting communications.
…where ideas meet influence and action.

Designing innovative digital experiences goes beyond the improvement of technical enablers, of making technology do more, last longer, weigh less or go faster. It is about understanding how devices and services tap into people’s lives, about how and why we use technology in the ways we do.

Visere helps companies to shape digital experiences. Visere starts from the consumers: their behaviors, their expectations as users and their impulses as human beings. These functional and emotional enablers are the guiding principles to blend together code, screen and microprocessors in successful product experiences.

Gameplan specializes in capacity building for non-profit groups and organizations. We also work with businesses to improve their organizational health and to support their work in the community. We work with clients of all sizes and interests to provide expert advice and counsel in planning, management and operations.

Gameplan offers clients the expertise of senior professionals. Our commitment is to advise and serve our clients to enhance their own strengths, leaving clients stronger and more capable to meet the challenges of uncertain times when our work is completed.

Gameplan was founded by Laura Rose-Lewis, a long time Portland community leader with deep roots in the Pacific Northwest. Other senior team members bring years of experience in developing and implementing strategy, organizational strengthening, resource development and effective communications with businesses and corporations as well as the not-for-profit sector.

Gameplan’s unique business model is based on the principle that collective thought is a powerful tool and collaboration is the key to success. We offer our clients the expertise of senior professionals in the areas of strategy, planning, capacity building, development and event planning.

Leftbank Development takes on a single adaptive reuse project at a time.  This is the group that envisioned and created the Leftbank Project.

As a company, we’re passionate about empowering people to make a difference. We believe in balancing people, planet and profit. This triple bottom line is at the heart of all we do. We continually endeavor to build an enduring business with minimum ecological impact and maximum social value because it is simply the right thing to do. We believe it’s always people before technology and individual success comes with team success. We hope that FMYI inspires people to work together towards a common goal by enabling collaboration that inspires innovation and promotes sustainability. We hope that each FMYI workspace organizes details so teams are united in their shared mission because we believe it’s all for one and one for all.

The soul is fed in many ways.  Being part of a community that lives and breathes its values may feed one’s hunger for authenticity. But food feeds the soul too. Which is why the Leftbank Cafe is more than a convenient place to grab a sandwich.  Ideas often grow stronger when shared, especially over a drink or a meal. So we imagined the cafe as a place to break bread, forge ties, spark conversation (and who knows, maybe even fall in love).

Of course, we didn’t want to break just any bread. We wanted the best ingredients — sourced from neighbors who share our values.  We wanted a menu inspired by the seasons and we wanted to support an operation that reflected our culture.  That’s why we chose to partner with Bon Appetit:

At Bon Appétit, we recognize the great power and importance of food. We are a culture driven to create food that is alive with flavor and nutrition, prepared from scratch using authentic ingredients. We do this in a socially responsible manner for the well being of our guests, communities and the environment.

Together we’ve designed a menu featuring house-made pastries and desserts, local Stumptown espresso, freshly prepared sandwiches, healthful snacks and made-from-scratch soups. You’ll also find  regional wines and local beers featuring the Leftbank community’s own, Upright Brewing Company.

:: Catered Events :: From the beginning, we’ve wanted to weave food deeply into the fabric of community –  it’s at the core of the leftbank experience. For those who want the experience to come to them, the cafe offers full catering for events of any size…

To plan your event please call 503.341.7985 or email Beau Brousseau.

Café Hours

M-F 8:00am – 2:00pm

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We don’t drive shiny new VW Bugs with our logo on the side. We don’t have mail-in rebates. We don’t sell fancy extended service plans. We don’t have a uniform (unless you consider t-shirts and jeans a uniform).

We just have a deep, burning, somewhat unnatural desire to fix computers. Any computers. PCs, Macs, desktops, laptops, handhelds, servers, you name it. If it beeps, we’re on it. So give us a try. You’ll definitely be pleased with the results.

Old Town Computers