Oregon Business – Thriving in a New Business World

Businesses are beginning to feel a post-pandemic positivity, in part because the changes they made during the shutdown worked and they are now well-positioned for whatever might come next. In April 2021, the Central Eastside Industrial Council (CEIC) partnered with Comcast Business and Northwest architecture firm Mackenzie to provide additional support to retailers, restaurants, and venues as they emerged from the restrictions on gatherings. Pre-pandemic, these three Portland businesses — global marketplace Cargo, vegan goods shop Herbivore, and pantry provisioner Wellspent Market — focused primarily on walk-in customers and in-person events. Now, they are reaching a national customer base thanks to the support they received from this initiative, website improvements, and greater online reach.

The Herbivore Clothing Company
“It’s a huge story of resilience.”

Michelle Schwegmann co-founded Herbivore 15 years ago, and over that time her block became a world-renowned vegan destination, thanks to other vegan-oriented shops nearby. She started

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Hotel thriving write-up-COVID right after proprietor will take huge danger

When Aandrea Carter observed that the Rams Head Inn, a scenic waterfront assets on the legendary Shelter Island in New York, was for sale in April, she understood it was a at the time-in-a-life time prospect.

“Chaos does build a ton of options,” Carter explained on “Varney & Co.” Thursday. “So I believed I might suck up the bravery, have some internal fortitude and just go forth and depend on people.”

Although having a large threat to rebuild, renovate and reopen the area put up-COVID, Carter was forced to employ out-of-point out staff as it proved “really hard locating local workers.”

“We absolutely got them from Puerto Rico, California, Boston, Philadelphia,” Carter informed FOX Business’ Stuart Varney. 

In addition, she hired a staff of craftsmen from Florida who labored

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