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Portland Real Estate Blog Goes to Vancouver Olympic Game

Charles Turner — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:55:15 +0000

We decided that having the 2010 Winter Olympic so close it would be a shame not to make the trip north. Sure, our hotel room would probably costs a quarter of what it does today but even if we don’t get to an event (ticket off in our future), the atmosphere is great. Watching the USA Hockey beat Canada (5-3) on the flat screens in the lobby of the Pan Pacific Hotel just blocks from the Olympic Cauldron almost justifies the trip by itself. Google says it is just over a five hour drive to Vancouver, BC from Portland. We were in Seattle in under three hours where we met the usual downtown traffic even mid-Sunday. With toddler-stops and lunch, it took just over seven hours in North Vancouver. The wait at the border might have been 90 seconds.

Portland: 90 minutes to the beach and mountains, three hours to Seattle, five to Vancouver and so much to do in between. What will you do with your day off?

Happy Christmas from the Portland Real Estate Blog

Charles Turner — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 21:10:06 +0000

Merry Christmas to all of our readers.

Charles, Jenny, Annie, Lisa, Susan and Vicki

St. Vincent Breast Cancer Awareness Pink Glove Dance

Charles Turner — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:16:58 +0000

This is a pretty cool fund-raising concept: the Pink Glove Dance. The email I received from my aunt, a nurse in Toronto:

Emily (MacInnes) Somers created, directed and choreographed this in Portland last week for her Medline glove division as a fundraiser for breast cancer awareness. This was all her idea to help promote their new pink gloves. I don’t know how she got so many employees, doctors and patients to participate, but it started to really catch on and they all had a lot of fun doing it.

When the video gets 1 million hits, Medline will be making a huge contribution to the hospital, as well as offering free mammograms for the community. Please check it out. It’s an easy and great way to donate to a wonderful cause, and who hasn’t been touched by breast cancer?

The video was shot locally at St. Vincent Hospital.

Home Improvement Show Lowers Ticket Prices to Auction Benefitting Make-A-Wish

Charles Turner — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:42:53 +0000

Here’s a reminder that The Oregon Remodelers Association’s 34th annual Home Improvement Show auction event will benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Oregon and southwest Washington is at 5:00PM this Thursday, September 24th, the first day of the show. Like the rest of the show, is at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland (not the Expo Center). Tickets prices, which include admission to the show all four days, are now 2 for 1.

Guests can enjoy the show, visit exhibits and bid on tremendous packages that will be auctioned off, while enjoying food and wine from local restaurants and wineries. 100% of the proceeds from the live and silent auctions will benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Oregon. [check out the website for a list of silent and live auction items].

Wristbands for the event will be pre-sold for $55 per pair and will also allow entrance to the show throughout the entire weekend. 70% from each wristband sold will benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Oregon.

The Home Improvement Show’s hours are:

Thursday, September 24th 2:00pm-8:00pm
Friday, September 25th 11:00am-8:00pm
Saturday, September 26th 10:00am-8:00pm
Sunday, September 27th 10:00am-6:00pm

Oregon Remodelers Benefit Make-A-Wish Foundation

Charles Turner — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:39:55 +0000

The Oregon Remodelers Association’s 34th annual Home Improvement Show auction event will benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Oregon (and southwest Washington). The event is at 5:00PM on Thursday, September 24th, the first day of the show, like the rest of the show, is at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland (not the Expo Center).

Guests can enjoy the show, visit exhibits and bid on tremendous packages that will be auctioned off, while enjoying food and wine from local restaurants and wineries. 100% of the proceeds from the live and silent auctions will benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Oregon.

Wristbands for the event will be pre-sold for $55 and will also allow entrance to the show throughout the entire weekend. 70% from each wristband sold will benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Oregon.

The Home Improvement Show’s hours are:

Thursday, September 24th 2:00pm-8:00pm
Friday, September 25th 11:00am-8:00pm
Saturday, September 26th 10:00am-8:00pm
Sunday, September 27th 10:00am-6:00pm

Make-A-Wish Summer Wishes

Charles Turner — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:34:07 +0000

This Saturday is the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Oregon Jr. Board’s Summer Wishes event at Motocorsa in northwest Portland. I am a member of the Junior Board. The format is a repeat of last year’s event with a fashion show featuring local designers and a silent auction. Online ticket sales ($35) go through noon on Friday and then tickets can be bought at the door for the Saturday 7PM event ($50). Take a look at the Summer Wishes website for more information about the event or the Oregon chapter of the Make-A-Wish-Foundation site to see how your participation helps grant wishes in the Oregon and SW Washington area. Please join us for an evening of fashion, food, and fun while raising money to support local wishes.

Portland Street Trees

Charles Turner — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:02:13 +0000

Screwed up yesterday. Could have been fined. Long story short: don’t touch a Portland street tree without a permit. We hired an arborist to clean up, not cut down, the street trees that haven’t been maintained in years at NW Hoyt (PGE cuts the portion in the wires but nothing else). Ironically, the stop work order came as I was at the Bureau of Development Services getting our building permit (issued and approved). I’m meeting with Urban Forestry (who issue tree permits) on Monday to discuss the street trees. City code has provissions for fining and/or jailing both the property owner and the contractor hired! Ignorance may not be bliss (or an excuse)!

Million Clicks For Make-A-Wish

Charles Turner — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:35:19 +0000

Thanks to everyone that participated. It took only 10 days to reach 1 million clicks and for Make-A-Wish to receive $5000 donations from us and Kaiser.

Make A Million For Make-A-Wish

Charles Turner — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 09:30:00 +0000

Today is the K103 Radiothon for Make-A-Wish. We’ll be on the air at 1:30 as part of the kick off for A Million Clicks for Make-A-Wish. Make-A-Million for Make-A-Wish started out as a drive to raise 1,000,000 pennies for the Foundation. That’s $10,000 and the average wish cost is up over $7,000. This is the first year of A Million Clicks for Make-A-Wish and we are one of the ifive sponsors. Now it is up to you to help hit the goal of 1 million clicks on the special Make-A-Wish logo on the K103 website in the next month. When the goal is met, we will write our $5,000.00 check to Make-A-Wish along with the four other sponsors for a total of $25,000. It’s us, not Prudential Northwest Properties as a whole, that are the sponsors.

Make-A-Wish Radiothon

Charles Turner — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:00:21 +0000

Regular readers know that I am on the Junior Board for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Oregon and that we support them with our charitable dollars. This Friday is the K103 Radiothon being held at the Macy’s from 5AM-7PM in the Clackamas Town Center. It is also the kickoff for your opportunity to spend $5000 of ours! Stay tuned.