Nike's Portland Factory grants $100,000 for North & Northeast Portland development
24 Jun '05
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The store has been at its current location, 2650 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., since 2000. Nike chose to purchase the property and begin construction of a new site after outgrowing the store's original location just two blocks north.
As part of the day's festivities, Nike honored this year's grant recipients. Each non-profit organization was awarded a $5,000 grant to support programs in the following areas: youth sports and recreational/physical activity; education and mentoring; and economic development for minorities, women and youth.
Nike is a manufacturer of apparel, shoes and accessories. Nike Free footwear and the technology behind them are admittedly counterintuitive. Initial consumer reaction to this unconventional product has subsequently proved that traditional marketing methods may not be the best method. A glimpse of the Nike Free footwear hardly tells the full story.