http://leftbankproject.com Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:01:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 http://leftbankproject.com/2012/01/changing-the-neighborhood/ http://leftbankproject.com/2012/01/changing-the-neighborhood/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:58:36 +0000 Joanna Agee - Leftbank Project http://leftbankproject.com/?p=3872 The City is looking hard at this neighborhood in their planning process for the next 25 years. At the center of the conversation (and the geographic location) is the I-5 and I-84 interchange that happens at Leftbank’s back door. City planners, area stakeholders, ODOT, PDOT and citizen activists have worked over the last [...]]]> http://leftbankproject.com/2012/01/changing-the-neighborhood/feed/ http://leftbankproject.com/2012/01/beautiful-work-beautiful-building/ http://leftbankproject.com/2012/01/beautiful-work-beautiful-building/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:49:41 +0000 Joanna Agee - Leftbank Project http://leftbankproject.com/?p=3865 Sometimes I keep my head down and slog through the decidedly unsexy parts of my work. You know, drafting agreements, tracking budgets, connecting dots between tenants and property management… And sometimes I take a breath, I look up, and I notice the fantastic range of things that are made, decided, or first conceived [...]]]> http://leftbankproject.com/2012/01/beautiful-work-beautiful-building/feed/ http://leftbankproject.com/2012/01/leasing-now/ http://leftbankproject.com/2012/01/leasing-now/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:20:52 +0000 Joanna Agee - Leftbank Project http://leftbankproject.com/?p=310 Follow this link to see a slideshow of some of the incredible spaces that add up to Leftbank.  The building is nearly full and the community nearly complete.  To learn about workspaces that are still available or to join the wait list, email us - or click the ‘leasing’ tag to the left for more information… LEASING INFORMATION Created with [...]]]> http://leftbankproject.com/2012/01/leasing-now/feed/ http://leftbankproject.com/2012/01/portlands-finest/ http://leftbankproject.com/2012/01/portlands-finest/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:05:47 +0000 Joanna Agee - Leftbank Project http://leftbankproject.com/?p=3857 If you like Leftbank, you must love Portland.  And if you love Portland, you must know Portland Monthly magazine.  The current cover story is “The 50 Most Influential Portlanders” edited by Zach Dundas.  I’m a not-so-secret admirer of several folks featured there. One of them is Jonathan Maus of bikeportland.org.  Though Jonathan works from a downtown office [...]]]> http://leftbankproject.com/2012/01/portlands-finest/feed/ http://leftbankproject.com/2011/12/cre8tivegirl/ http://leftbankproject.com/2011/12/cre8tivegirl/#comments Tue, 27 Dec 2011 21:58:01 +0000 admin http://leftbankproject.com/?p=3850 Yvonne Perez Emerson is Creativegirl, an award winning designer and art director with 15+ years creating conceptual design solutions– from local start-ups to global brands. Specializing in brand identity, website design, creative promotions, packaging, and collateral. Client work includes: Snapfish, DreamWorks, Disney, SEGA, Nickelodeon, The Pioneer Woman and HP. ]]> http://leftbankproject.com/2011/12/cre8tivegirl/feed/ http://leftbankproject.com/2011/12/gift-giving/ http://leftbankproject.com/2011/12/gift-giving/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:28:49 +0000 Joanna Agee - Leftbank Project http://leftbankproject.com/?p=3840 What do William Shatner, The Dooby Brothers, Phyllis Diller, The Lone Ranger and Tonto, Eartha Kitt, Jimmy Stewart, Kenny Rogers, Ronald Reagan and Bugs Bunny have in common?  They’ve all worked in support of the Toys for Tots Foundation.  This season Leftbankers join them and the Marine Corps (who started the whole thing). Bring a new, unwrapped toy to [...]]]> http://leftbankproject.com/2011/12/gift-giving/feed/ http://leftbankproject.com/2011/11/10111984/ http://leftbankproject.com/2011/11/10111984/#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:22:09 +0000 Joanna Agee - Leftbank Project http://leftbankproject.com/?p=3833 Every year since 1984, PNC Wealth Management has calculated the cost of the 12 days of Christmas.  You know, like in the song.  Someone (several someones, I imagine) adds it all up and puts a pricetag on all the gifts together.   This article by Nick Carbone and published by Time turned me on to this year’s findings.  I was first struck [...]]]> http://leftbankproject.com/2011/11/10111984/feed/ http://leftbankproject.com/2011/11/jeff-freeman-photography/ http://leftbankproject.com/2011/11/jeff-freeman-photography/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:00:56 +0000 admin http://leftbankproject.com/?p=3814 Jeff Freeman is a freelance photographer based in Portland Oregon, and available for assignments world-wide. As a commercial & advertising photographer, he specializes in shooting interiors & exteriors (architectural photography) & people, with a passion for shooting food. He creates images with integrity–speaking to the character of the person, place or ingredient. A self-proclaimed photo-geek, [...]]]> http://leftbankproject.com/2011/11/jeff-freeman-photography/feed/ http://leftbankproject.com/2011/11/hitting-our-stride/ http://leftbankproject.com/2011/11/hitting-our-stride/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 02:40:43 +0000 Joanna Agee - Leftbank Project http://leftbankproject.com/?p=3806 The Hive is a work in progress.  I don’t mean that it’s unfinished.  I mean that it’s active, evolving, and…  ok, maybe it’s never finished.  Originally conceived as this dynamic entity, this vital force on Leftbank’s ground floor, we always imagined the Hive would feed the fire.  It’s a co-working space, so we saw lots of people working individually: passionate, nimble and brimming with inspiration.  [...]]]> http://leftbankproject.com/2011/11/hitting-our-stride/feed/ http://leftbankproject.com/2011/10/beat-corp/ http://leftbankproject.com/2011/10/beat-corp/#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:17:14 +0000 Joanna Agee - Leftbank Project http://leftbankproject.com/?p=3802 Certified B Corporations address social and environmental issues through the power of business. Currently 454 companies have met rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, accountability and transparency and earned certification. Why does certification exist? Why do companies get certified? From the B Corp website: “B Corporations’ performance standards enable consumers to [...]]]> http://leftbankproject.com/2011/10/beat-corp/feed/