Vendor joins Street Roots board of directors By Cole Merkel, Contributing Writer With three years as a Street Roots vendor under his belt, Darren Alexander has been steadily building on a good thing. He has been selling at the Alberta Food Co-op since sum ...
28 Mar 2012 - Street Roots
Vendor profile: A welcoming sight for new arrival By Cole Merkel, Contributing Writer Union Station, often bustling with activity, is a gateway to the city for many commuters and visitors. Situated adjacent to the Bud Clark Commons, it is also at a crossr ...
15 Mar 2012 - Street Roots
Vendor Profile: Inspired from within and without By Cole Merkel, Contributing writer Oregon’s relentless rainy months between late summer and late spring are difficult for many, including Debra Knauf, who admits that the winter is probably the hardest tim ...
29 Feb 2012 - Street Roots
Vendor profile: Staying positive a rewarding role for vendor By Cole Merkel, Staff Writer Brian Schmidt sells Street Roots like a corner newsman at the turn of the 20th century. “Great articles in today’s Street Roots, read all about it for a couple quart ...
1 Feb 2012 - Street Roots
Vendor Profile: Northwest’s Shaman in training By Cole Merkel, Staff Writer Saul Cortes watches over the community around him. During our interview at his sales location, the Whole Foods at Northwest 13th Avenue and Couch Street, he had conversations with ...
19 Jan 2012 - Street Roots
Vendor profile: Arriving home after a long journey homeless [caption id="attachment_6435" align="alignleft" width="500" caption="Street Roots vendor Charles Yost gets his key"] [/caption] By Cole Merkel, Staff Write ...
25 Dec 2011 - Street Roots
Vendor Profile: J.Neal Carr By Cole Merkel, Staff Writer Neal Carr is a philosopher at heart. He has always been philosophically minded, he says, and the existential question, along with Eastern religion keeps him optimistic and hopeful, “I know,” Neal sa ...
27 Oct 2011 - Street Roots
Vendor profile: A world traveler lands in the Northwest By Cole Merkel, staff Writer Don Grubb commands few pretensions. His quiet, friendly smile and shaved head don’t easily lead on to the fact that, in a few short years, he has seen more places outside ...
12 Oct 2011 - Street Roots
Vendor profile: A vendor with presence, and presentation By Cole Merkel, Staff Writer Marlon Crump is a self-described Renaissance Man, in that he is able to undertake many challenges and multi-task in order to help others solve their problems. “If they m ...
28 Sep 2011 - Street Roots
Vendor profile: Getting to know people, in a small town way By Cole Merkel, Staff Writer Rhonda Radowski prefers the small-town familiarity and smiling faces of St. Johns and Sauvie Island to the hustle and bustle of downtown Portland. That’s in part beca ...
12 Sep 2011 - Street Roots