⁄Contents⁄ June 2024 FEATURES 34 Super Fly Phase I of construction at Portland International Airport is due to wrap this summer after years of planning. 43 100 Best Green Workplaces in Oregon 2024 Cover Story One hundred companies and nonprofits putting sustainability front and center REGULARS 08 Editor’s Letter 10 Newsfeed 14 Tactics Jennifer Camota Luebke, CEO of Relay Resources, talks about how universal design principles can make everyone’s job more accessible. 22 Profile: Fighting a Plastic Planet Ridwell’s fight to get hard-torecycle items out of the waste stream 28 Spotlight: The Big Fix Small repairers talk about why they fought for a Right to Repair law in Oregon. 56 Powerlist Banks ranked by deposits in Oregon and Washington. Plus: Banks Keep Shedding Branches. 58 Policy Brief University of Oregon professor Douglas Toomey writes about an AI tool that could make firefighters’ jobs easier. Subscribe to our weekly e-newsletter featuring the best of OregonBusiness.com, plus articles from our print publication. To sign up, go to OregonBusiness.com. BRAND STORY 18 Get There Oregon Rethinking the workplace and commuting to enhance overall employee experience 2024 PLUS DELAYED DEPARTURE What caused the construction pause at PDX FULL CYCLE What Ridwell does with tricky trash June 2024 | OregonBusiness.com COVER ILLUSTRATION: Joan McGuire JASON E. KAPLAN CHECK OUT THESE EXCLUSIVES (AND MORE) ON OREGONBUSINESS.COM n Federal Marijuana Rule Change Could Save Oregon Cannabis Businesses Millions — Move to reclassify pot from the most serious drug category is lauded by advocates. n Daimler Staying Put in Oregon With Planned $40M Swan Island Expansion — The German automaker opted to grow its Portland footprint after considering two other sites. n Burgerville Announces New Investors, Plan to Add Restaurants — The popular PNW fast food chain considered selling to embattled investment firm Sortis Capital but instead will expand with new locations starting in Salem and Keizer. n Crux Lists Bend Taproom for Sale — Hoping for cash infusion, craft brewer floats unique lease-buyback. 100 BEST NEWS The 2024 100 Best Nonprofits to Work For in Oregon Survey Is Open! How satisfied are your employees with their jobs? Find out through our anonymous and confidential survey. Register at OregonBusiness.com/ NPregister. For information on how the survey works, visit OregonBusiness.com/Statements. Follow @OregonBusiness for breaking news, blogs and commentary. 60 Downtime Live, work and play with Nora Apter, director of programs, Oregon Environmental Council 62 Storyteller-in-Chief Stuart A. Wells, executive director of the Bird Alliance of Oregon, writes about the organization’s name change. 34 4
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