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• Arcimoto preorders rise as EV maker gears up for retail production

  14-08-2018 23:50 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Preorders for Arcimoto Inc. vehicles continued to rise in the second quarter as the company worked toward an end-of-year start to retail model manufacturing.Arcimoto said on Tuesday that preorders of its three-wheeled Fun Utility Vehicle stood at 2,800 as of June 30, up from 2,461 at the end of the previous quarter and 1,523 on June 30, 2017. By the late last week, they’d climbed to 2,907, according to the company’s latest quarterly report.Preorders require a $100 refundable deposit.
  
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• Home of the Day: Pacific Seawatch View House

  14-08-2018 22:44 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  By Mary J. Jones, Co-Founder/Real Estate BrokerHome of the Day is presented by the Portland Business Journal with Nestucca Ridge Development. This is your invitation to view some of Portland's most-luxurious properties. Come inside and take a look around. Click on the gallery image to view today's featured property.7770 Brooten Mountain Loop, Pacific City, OR 97135 | $990,000This gorgeous custom home sits at the top of Pacific City's premier Pacific Seawatch community. The private clubhouse&hell
  
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• Why a Portland marketing firm — now celebrating 40 years — almost didn't make it to year 20

  14-08-2018 20:08 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  It was around 1978 when Jeanie Coates, then the art director at an advertising agency in San Francisco, learned that her father back home in Portland had become ill. She moved back, eager to continue to her career in Portland, but the job market in her chosen field left her unimpressed."There just weren't job opportunities with agencies I was interested in in Portland," said Coates. "So I went freelance and bought art supplies and business cards. Next thing I knew, I was in business as a sole pr
  
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• Here are Oregon's 50 best public high schools for 2019

  14-08-2018 19:29 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  The roster of Oregon's top public high schools is dotted with representatives from the Portland area.However, it's not quite as Portland-centered as one might think. Indeed, the top-rated public high school sits far outside the Portland metro area. What's more, such cities as Corvallis have multiple representatives on the list, which is based on information Pittsburgh-based researcher Niche.com prepared in advance of the 2018-19 school year.An examination of top public high schools provides busi
  
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