Vendor profile: A traveling poet finds a place in Portland By Cole Merkel, Staff Writer Like most Street Roots vendors, Harold Thompson has experienced poverty up close. In 30 years of traveling, he says he has visited all 50 states and has spent extended ...
24 Aug 2012 - Street Roots
Vendor profile: A New York state of mind By Cole Merkel, Contributing Writer Earl Bennett speaks frankly about homelessness, poverty, the American government and the need for social change. Perhaps he derives these perspectives from a lifetime of living i ...
6 Jun 2012 - Street Roots
Vendor profile: Building real relationships with each sale By Cole Merkel, Contributing Writer The morning rush hour traffic on Northeast Broadway is almost deafening. Automobiles accelerate toward the I-5 on-ramps at the Rose Quarter, cyclists commute to ...
23 May 2012 - Street Roots
Vendor profile: Never give up hope By Cole Merkel, Contributing Writer Willie Bradford has strong, defined features: large hands, broad shoulders, a tall body, a deep voice and a big smile. When Bradford speaks, his words trail out softly. He smiles a lot ...
26 Apr 2012 - Street Roots
Vendor profile: Staying positive a rewarding role for vendor By Cole Merkel, Staff Writer Brian Schmidt sells Street Roots like a corner newsman at the turn of the 20th century. “Great articles in today’s Street Roots, read all about it for a couple quart ...
1 Feb 2012 - Street Roots
Vendor profile: Getting to know people, in a small town way By Cole Merkel, Staff Writer Rhonda Radowski prefers the small-town familiarity and smiling faces of St. Johns and Sauvie Island to the hustle and bustle of downtown Portland. That’s in part beca ...
12 Sep 2011 - Street Roots
How Street Roots, vendors give perspective [caption id="attachment_5587" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="SR vendor coordinators, left, right Art Garcia, Becky Mullins, Kaisa McCrow, center"] [/caption] by Kai ...
2 Aug 2011 - Street Roots