Business Portland News & Event Round Up, January 6

Recent business stories of note:

• Portlandia Season 2 premieres tonight, and this is where you can catch it

• The Mercury has a round-up of articles regarding Portlandia

• Noisette, a new Fire on the Mountain and Bull Run Distilling all opened in December along with a slew of other businesses

• Revenue was up for Portland's holiday pop up retailers

• Portland Seed Fund participant Vizify scores $1.2M to turn social networking chatter into visualizations

• Portland-Vancouver area small business owners hired more people in 2011 than the year before

• The 10 Best Things about Portland according to Paste Magazine

• Stumptown Coffee has decided on a new headquarters location

• Two Portland economic development initiatives tied to clean technology are still alive and kicking

• Oregon is listed as part of a region to watch in 2012

• Paley's Place and Olympic Provisions both landed on the 2012 Saveur 100 list

• New Seasons has announced its next store in Northeast Portland

• Which industries are expected to grow the most in Oregon between 2010 and 2020?

• Who are the 10 emerging sustainable cities to watch in 2012?

• In downtown Portland, retailers rung up double-digit holiday sales

• Walmart Labs has acquired Portland’s Small Society

• And while the dream of the 90’s is alive in Portland, where is the Dream of the Suburbs?

Some business announcements and events of note:

• Neighborhood Notes has a reader survey open for business owners

• Applications are due by January 13th for Portland area scholarships in the Small Business Management Program

• There is a free marketing workshop offered for small businesses as part of the Sellwood Bridge Project on January 9

• A session on Local & Mobile Search is on January 10

• 2012 Economic Forecast is on January 11

• Also on January 11, the Software Association of Oregon and the Oregon-Israel Business Alliance are hosting a joint event

• Portland's Small Business Development Center is offering a free series in government contracting starting January 20

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

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