Lents Commons 2011 Spirit of Portland Awards Small Business of the Year
Lents Commons has been honored with a 2011 Spirit of Portland Award for outstanding community partnership by a Small Business. Many of us visit Lents Commons daily, and this comes as no surprise! Ryan and Alex are outstanding community partners and have made fantastic contributions to the community the short time they’ve been business owners in Lents. These contributions are outlined in the nomination letter that earned them the award. Lents Founder’s Day
What does Lents Pride look like? The scene at Lents Park on Aug. 21 could well be a snapshot of community spirit.
Hundreds of Lents residents turned out for a celebration of Lents’ multicultural spirit at Founders Day: A Celebration of our Community. The event traditionally highlights the 19th Century pioneers that first called Lents home; this year, it also honored the new pioneers, immigrants and newcomers who have made Lents one of Portland’s hubs of diversity.
Ramona Street Fair: a premier event in Lents Town Center
Sunday July 31st promises to be your best day of the summer!
The Ramona Street Fair began as a Lents Town Center specific celebration on the day of the opening of TriMet’s MAX Green Line. The Ramona Street cul de Sac forms one of the primary pedestrian entrances to the Lents Town Center / Foster Rd light rail station and was a natural location for an annual event celebrating the accessibility and business friendly environment in Lents Town Center.
Light Up Lents
Did you notice that Lents Town Center looked a little more festive this winter?
In an effort to show how great Lents Town Center could look with a little added life the Lents Biz team set out to recruit local craft people, artists, designers and schools to fill the windows of our vacant storefronts with our own hyper-local version of Barney’s Holiday window displays. To make the project work, the Lents Biz team raised over $800 in seed funding via Kickstarter to buy basic materials to help spiff up the windows, light them and make them an all-around great canvas for the creative folks to do their thing.
Some great local artists and craftspeople lined up to help add to the festive feel, including Ashley Goldberg of www.kittygenius.com, the local multi-media gurus from Lents Creative - www.lentscreative.com, art by the kids at Lent Elementary, sparkling jewelry by Becca Stavenjord, artistic photography by Jessie McGrath and Maren Stoeber – two Renaissance Arts high school students, and Clarice Keating – sock monkey and monster maker extraordinaire. Many thanks to Portland Development Commission for their help with contacting property owners and the use of one of their properties for window display space. In addition, we’d like to thank the Farah Family for the use of their storefronts and their enthusiasm, and Lents Commons for hosting the “Lights On” celebration.