Portland Oregon newspaper serving Gateway & Parkrose neighborhoods



A Portland Oregon newspaper since 1985 – Solely supported by advertising, the monthly Mid-county Memo newspaper circulates 15,500 copies in the Gateway and Parkrose neighborhoods in the Mid-Multnomah County area of east Portland. Over 13,500 newspapers are directly mailed free of charge to Portland homes in the area bounded on the east and west by Northeast 82nd and 162nd avenues, with Sandy Boulevard and East Burnside Street on the north and south. The remaining 2,000 newspapers are distributed at popular gathering places throughout the area. To find the latest updates on information, go to our Memo Web log at: MEMO BLOG.

Vol. 24, No. 4 • Mailed monthly to over 13,600 homes in the Gateway & Parkrose Communities Free • August 2008

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FEATURE ARTICLES

		Giusto Farms: a family tradition

		Streetcar supporters, foes battle it out

		SLOW down, you won’t move too fast

		East Portland Action Plan near completion

		School districts to Portland Development Commission: What about us?

		Giusto Farms: A story of Italian immigration to America

		Park proposals plan something for everyone

		Carothers’ patient appreciation picnic held at Oaks Park

		Correction


		About the MEMO
		MEMO Archives
		MEMO Advertising
		MEMO Country (Map)
		MEMO Web Neighbors
		MEMO Staff
		MEMO BLOG

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Giusto Farms: a family tradition

A man of many facets, Agostino “Augie” Giusto, family patriarch. In addition to being an expert farmer, Augie is a self-taught and natural mechanic, an expert in the construction of farm buildings, a custom woodworker and truck-bed builder, and he also taught himself how to build, operate and maintain cold storage units for his farm produce.

Giusto Farms is — and isn’t — your typical family farm.

Giusto Farms is typical in the way it offers local and regional produce from its location just south of Sandy Boulevard on Northeast 162nd Avenue.

Atypical in that Giusto Farms’ produce barn offers fruits and vegetables later than most other local farms — it’s open from the middle of July to the depths of winter in February.
One thing that customers notice is the wide variety of produce offered at the Giusto Farms produce stand.

...read the complete story here.

The Mid-county Memo newspaper –
serving Gateway and Parkrose in east Portland.

Founded in May 1985, the monthly Mid-county Memo neighborhood newspaper is mailed to every home in a geographic-specific area of Portland, in the middle of Multnomah County, Oregon.

Completely advertiser supported, the Mid-county Memo circulates 15,500 copies in the Gateway and Parkrose neighborhoods of east Portland. Over 13,500 papers are directly mailed, free of charge, to homes in the area bounded on the east and west by Northeast 82nd and 162nd avenues, and Sandy Boulevard and East Burnside Street on the north and south. The remaining 2,000 copies are distributed at popular gathering places throughout the Mid-Multnomah County area of Portland.

The Mid-county Memo focuses and reports on positive forces and people in the Gateway and Parkrose communities of Mid-Multnomah County.

The Memo reports on, and encourages participation, in civic affairs, thereby serving as a means to promote active citizenship and civic participation.

Every month the Mid-county Memo publishes and disseminates pertinent school, neighborhood and business news.

Community, library, church, senior, social and fraternal organization meetings and events in the Gateway and Parkrose communities are also published monthly.

In this way, the Mid-county Memo enables Gateway and Parkrose community members to communicate with themselves and others, strengthening cultural participation and engagement. The Mid-county Memo neighborhood newspaper serves as a vital cultural resource in east Portland.

The Memo publishes news and perspectives of the diverse neighborhoods of east Portland that include Parkrose, Hazelwood, Russell, Parkrose Heights, Wilkes, Glenfair, Mill Park and Madison South, strengthening Mid-County’s cultural vitality.

By being rooted within the community, the Memo serves as a means to strengthen connections and deepen understanding across the diverse Gateway and Parkrose communities of east Portland and Mid-Multnomah County. The Mid-county Memo neighborhood newspaper represents and reflects the Gateway and Parkrose communities of east Portland.

The Mid-county Memo circulation area encompasses one school district in east Portland entirely, the Parkrose School District, along with two others partially, David Douglas and Reynolds school districts.

In 1985 Tom and Marcia Pry founded the Mid-county Memo. At the time, the Memo was one of seven community newspapers the Prys owned in Portland.

In September 1991 the Prys sold the Mid-county Memo to Advertising Manager Tim Curran and Executive Editor Rich Riegel, who continue to this day to publish the Memo. The Mid-county Memo is one of Portland’s oldest community newspapers.

The Mid-county Memo mailing address is 3510 Northeast 134th Ave., Portland, Oregon97230.
Phone: 503.287.8904
Fax: 503.249.7672
Website: www.midcountymemo.com
E-mail: advertising@midcountymemo.com
E-mail: editor@midcountymemo.com