Patrick Young is the winner of Portland’s Healthiest 90-year-old competition!  Patrick is 94 years old; he and his wife Sadie workout 3 days a week at OHSU march wellness & fitness center.  His workouts include a weekly game of water volleyball!

Didn’t get a chance to experience last month’s Streetcar Mobile Music Fest in person?  Watch a fascinating video about this unique and entertaining act of civic enthusiasm here.

In partnership with Oregon’s statewide launch of Drive Less Connect, Metro is rewarding 90 commuters $50 each for logging bike, transit, walk, or carpool trips.

Sign up now by going to www.DriveLessConnect.com. Record your biking, walking, carpooling, and transit trips on the calendar page.

Haven’t been logging trips? No problem. The Drive Less Connect trip calendar allows you to record trips up to three weeks in the past. To qualify for gift cards, participants must log at least 15 days of non-drive-alone trips and live within the Portland metro region. Trips logged on or after November 14 will be included.

The daily drawing begins December 5, 2011 and continues for 90 days until March 3, 2012. Each day, one lucky person will be awarded with a $50 Fred Meyer gift card. Each participant may win only one Fred Meyer gift card during this incentive period. Winners will be drawn Monday mornings and notified by email. Gift certificates will be mailed using certified mail. Participants should confirm their mailing address in their Drive Less Connect profile.

For more information, please contact Metro Regional Travel Options at rto@oregonmetro.gov or 503-813-7566.

Purchase a $300 gift card and receive a wrapped 16 piece Box of Moonstruck Chocolates.  Purchase a $500 gift card and receive an extra $50 gift card and a 16 piece Box of Moonstruck Chocolates.  Purchase a $1000 gift card and receive an extra $200 gift card.

Offer not valid with any other offer or discount.  Please visit Spa at the Avalon Hotel for this offer (address below); offer not available online.

Spa at the Avalon Hotel
4650 SW Macadam Avenue, Portland, OR Map It
www.avalonhotelandspa.com | 503-802-5912
Home to Aquariva Italian Kitchen and Wine Bar

Stylefront is having holiday specials! Bearpaw boots, Jet jeans, and Cheap Monday denim jeans are 30% off.  Bring this ad for 20% off on regular items.

Sales valid through December 31, 2011
STYLEFRONT
0740 SW Gaines Street, Portland, OR Map It
www.style-front.com | 503-477-5481

Ever think of making art as a wellness activity?  Did you know that in ancient times Japanese Zen Buddhists practiced painting and calligraphy as a form of meditation?  Join instructor Cindy Lommasson to learn and explore Chinese brush painting for relaxation and stress relief.  An introductory class is required prior to the subject matter classes, if you have experience please review with Cindy.  Subject matter classes require your own paper and paint, or you may purchase them at class for $3.

Introduction
Saturday, November 19, 10:00 am – 11:30 am
Chrysanthemum
Saturday, November 19, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
OHSU march wellness & fitness center
3303 SW Bond Ave, 2nd Floor, Portland, OR Map It
503-418-6272 | marchwellness.com

MEMBER $25, NON-MEMBER $30

Can you picture the heart at its molecular level? In this talk, Jonathan Lindner, MD, will explain – and show – images of the heart that bring disease out of hiding, before it becomes deadly. New technologies using “smart” contrast agents allow scientists and physicians to see things that were invisible before, and that may lead to revolutionary ways of detecting heart attacks or coronary artery disease.

Thursday, November 17, 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
OHSU Auditorium
3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR Map It
503-418-6272 | marchwellness.com

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
SEATING IS LIMITED; RSVP IS REQUESTED AT 503-494-0768 OR www.ohsu.edu/mhlectures

Join Christy Hegstrom, LMT, for an educational hands-on class.  Find out about different massage modalities including; Swedish, Thai, pregnancy, deep tissue, and trigger point.  Learn and practice introductory massage techniques including self-massage to help reduce pain, decrease anxiety, and improve relaxation.

Tuesday, November 15, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
OHSU march wellness & fitness center
3303 SW Bond Ave, 2nd Floor, Portland, OR Map It
503-418-6272 | marchwellness.com

MEMBER FREE, NON-MEMBER $15

The South Waterfront Bike Tool Library is ready to use.  If you need to give the ol’ ride a tuneup, fix a flat, or administer any other kind of love and care to your bike, call South Waterfront Community Relations at 503-972-3289 or 503-972-2830 to let us know you’d like to stop by and then come on in to use the variety of tools and bike stand.

Spring 2012 will feature more interesting and informative bike riding and maintenance classes to help keep you safe and having fun!

Monday through Friday, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (please call first) Community Relations Townhome
Atwater Place, Suite 115
0841 SW Gaines Street, Portland, OR Map It

FREE AND OPEN TO SOUTH WATERFRONT RESIDENTS

The Portland Development Commission contracted with Marketek, Inc. in April 2011 to prepare a grocery market study for four potential grocery sites in the City of Portland.  The purpose of the analysis is to identify and analyze factors affecting grocery supply and demand in general and in specific Central City market areas for the RiverPlace, North District (OHSU/ZRZ properties), PSU (SW 4th & Harrison) and 10th & Belmont sites.

Following the market analysis and evaluation of each site, Marketek identified grocer candidates that would potentially be a good fit for trade area demographics and central Portland locations.  The prospect list focused on full service operators actively seeking expansion in the Portland market, with four candidates emerging – Barbur World Foods, Market of Choice, New Seasons, and Whole Foods.  Via in-person meetings with representatives of each company, Marketek shared market and site information and gathered feedback regarding each company’s level of interest in the proposed grocery sites.

Based on market data and grocer responses, a site located in PSU, such as the 4th & Harrison site, is the most attractive site for a store location in the immediate future.  Grocers anticipate being able to readily pull from the immediate PSU consumer base as well as from residents of the West Hills neighborhood and South Waterfront area, to some extent.  A South Waterfront location also holds some promise for a full service store over the longer term and a smaller specialty convenience grocer in the near term.

Follow this link to view the full report with a summary of market research, site assessments, grocer interviews, and next steps.