Business Portland News & Event Round Up, February 10

Recent business stories of note:

• The Oregon economy rebounded sharply in December

• The Portland Development Commission has introduced a website that makes the case for locating a satellite Patent and Trademark Office in Portland

• Despite some turbulence, Portland continues to stay focused on wind industry

• A grant will keep Iberdrola Renewables in Portland

• Portland's Columbia Green Technologies, a provider of eco-technology for green roof systems, is expanding

• There is a push to pass Benefit Corporation legislation in Oregon

• Meet Boxx: A squared-off, self-contained electric scooter from Portland

• Former Metro Council president makes a link between New York and Portland

• Six areas in East Portland have been accepted as part of the Neighborhood Prosperity Initiative’s micro-districts

• Reed College’s Start Up Lab has launched seven new startups

• Cloudability, after graduating from the Portland Incubator Experiment, is now joining TechStars

• The “app economy” is credited with creating 466,000 jobs

• Neighborhood Notes has a round-up of education opportunities for Portland entrepreneurs

• Business accelerators are growing outside Portland

• Trillium Artisans has made its downtown pop-up store permanent

• Blue Collar Baking Co. will be opening soon in downtown Portland

• A tale of two Armories, one in Portland, Oregon and one in Portland, Maine

• Portland’s Typhoon restaurants recently closed, but the closures spotlight an evolving restaurant scene

• 23 locally owned businesses opened in Portland in January

• Target is officially coming to downtown Portland

• The Awesome State Co. has produced the Oregon is Awesome poster

• The Kauffman Foundation has introduced the State of Entrepreneurship 2012

Some business announcements and events of note:

• The Portland Sustainability Institute is seeking an Office Manager

• The Oregon Microenterprise Network is looking for a MarketLink Research Associate

• The Portland Incubator Experiment is currently accepting applications

• The National Endowment for the Arts is accepting applications for grants in creative placemaking

• Portland is getting ready to introduce PDX CitySync and ideas can be submitted through CivicApps

• A call is out for proposals for the upcoming EcoDistricts Summit

• The February issue of SmallBizConnection from the Portland Business Alliance is out

• February 13 and 27 there are information sessions for Supportland

• February 15 is ExPort Portland: A look at the region’s new export plan

• February 16 is Twitter: The Ultimate Listening Tool

• SearchFest 2012, Portland’s Premier Search Marketing Conference, returns February 24

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