At some hotels, more than guests say strange occurrences are common. At The Heathman Hotel in Portland, Ore., for example, the staff has no doubt the hotel is haunted. “I guarantee that if I asked the question, half my team would say they encountered a ghost,” says Chris Erickson, The Heathman’s general manager, who has never seen one.
Archive for February, 2010
2/26/10
2/05/10
Dutch Bros.’ Sales Increase in 2009; 10 New Stores Projected for 2010 - BusinessWire, February 5, 2010
BusinessWire - Despite a slow economy, Dutch Bros. Coffee ended 2009 on a high note that included a nearly six percent sales increase over last year and a rise in company giving.
Founded by two Southern Oregon dairy farming brothers in 1992, the fun-loving and spirited private coffee company opened 13 new stores in 2009. There are now 153 locations across Oregon, California, Washington, Idaho, Nevada, Colorado and Arizona, with plans to open an additional 10 stores in existing markets throughout 2010.
2/04/10
“My Little Waiting Room” Opening at St. Vincent Medical Center - Co-founders: Amy Paterson and Melissa Moore
PORTLAND, Ore. - Providence St. Vincent Medical Center is opening a new drop-in child care soon called ‘My Little Waiting Room.’
Two moms came up with the idea after one of them, Amy Paterson, went through a battle with breast cancer. She went to 144 medical appointments in a year and had to arrange for child care each time.
“We believe that since retail stores, gyms and movie theaters offer drop-in child care, so should hospitals, where families are often in crisis and could use it the most,” Paterson said in a press release sent out by the hospital.