Nason's Corner - the new local business center of Portland?

[Maya Lena]

Hi PBPAC,

Today, Allspeed Cyclery and Snow announced that they have purchased the long-vacant Rite Aid Building at 936 Brighton Ave.

Amazingly multiple vacant buildings in this neighborhood have been purchased by local people who are operating their own businesses in these buildings.

- Twin Swirls Ice Cream

- Downeast Pediatric Dentistry

- Sinful Kitchen

- Allspeed Cyclery and Snow

- (Brighton Ave Redemption was purchased by a local business owner but there are no stated plans at the moment).

Interestingly 3 of these buildings were once owned and operated by national chains (Rite Aid, Shell/Xtramart and Subway).

With all of this change over I really think it is important to highlight this neighborhood as a place where Pedestrian and Bicycle improvements must be prioritized!

Allspeed is centering itself at the junction of Brighton Ave and the Forest City Trail. The Metro 4 bus runs right along Brighton Ave. The potential is huge and I would love to see a big push from PBPAC and local leadership to really make this a priority, as we are awaiting the planned improvements to Brighton Ave. 

Maya

[Derek Pelletier]

Thanks for sharing that news, Maya. I'm glad to see that we'll finally have a bike shop off the peninsula again!

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