Originally featured on Portland Business Journal’s Website By Andy Giegerich, Managing Editor, Portland Business Journal After 15 years with Comcast, David Tashjian has a plum job. The new-ish regional VP of the Oregon/SW Washington region oversees 1,200-plus employees who serve nearly 1 million subscribers. It’s a position that, in 2020, became about much more than […]
Salem Area Boys and Girls Club Become Oregon’s First Comcast Lift Zone Sites
By Sue Bloom, Chief Executive Officer, Boys and Girls Club of Salem, Marion and Polk Counties Boys & Girls Clubs are all about hope – to even the playing field for the amazing, wonderful youth we serve. Clubs provide youth a safe place to belong where they can broaden their vision of what is possible […]
Powered by Ambition: Black-owned Food Cart Batter On Deck is Comcast RISE Recipient
“I’m an ambitious guy,” said Isaiah Bostic, owner of Batter On Deck, a SE Portland food cart known for its creative battered eats. Isiah’s ambition is obvious—he opened a business in the initial throes of COVID. Batter on Deck will receive free advertisement from Effectv to draw more customers and boost sales. The food cart […]
Black-Owned Italian Restaurant, Amalfi’s, Focuses on Survival After 62 Years of Success
“My grandfather started this restaurant in 1959,” says Kiauna Floyd with justifiable pride. “It was then called The Pizza House. But my grandfather wanted to be at the top of the listings in the Yellow Pages, so he changed the name to Amalfi’s, in honor of his visit to the Amalfi Coast of Italy.” Sixty-two […]
R.A.A.P. and RISE: Supporting People of Color Struggling With Mental Health Issues
“I’m passionate about de-stigmatizing mental health in the Black community,” says DeShawn Williams, a licensed clinical social worker. “We don’t want to be seen as weak. No one wants to say, ‘I have a problem.’” Providing Black youth and families in Portland with mental health counseling is the mission of his business, R.A.A.P. Counseling and […]