We appreciate your participation and support of the vendor program! The nomination form for 2014 Vendor of the Year is now closed. The Street Roots Vendor of the Year program seeks to recognize one vendor for his or her outstanding contributions as an amb ...
24 Jul 2014 - Street Roots Staff
“I’m grateful for the community around me. Those who buy Street Roots, those who smile or give me a nod for the work I do selling SR. And I’m grateful too for the work SR does. Coming into the Street Roots office is a blessing.” — Marlon Crump "I ...
24 Dec 2013 - Street Roots Staff
Alan chronicled Street Roots vendor Allen Bennett’s day as part of the Oregon Project Dayshoot+30, commemorating the 30th anniversary of the original Project Dayshoot which documented in pictures he lives of Oregonians on a single day. Allen carries his c ...
25 Sep 2013 - Alan Borrud
Customers rally to restore a vendor’s pearly whites It’s been months since Raymond Thornton has felt comfortable smiling. “With my teeth missing or infected all the time, I was always guarded with my smile,” says Thornton, who started vending newspapers f ...
13 Aug 2013 - Alex Zielinski
Vendor column: Finding a caring community keeps this vendor standing tall Marlon Crump By Marlon Crump, Contributing Writer “Community cannot feed for long on itself; it can only flourish with the coming of others from beyond, their unknown and undiscover ...
23 May 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: ‘It’s not the cards you’re dealt, it’s how you play them’ by Cole Merkel, Contributing Writer At 19 years old, Jacob Anderson may look young, but a difficult past has forced him to grow and brought him a lot of wisdom in the process. “I’ve ...
16 Feb 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 portraits — what does SR mean to you? Street Roots has more than 250 vendors experiencing homelessness and poverty that sell the newspaper each year to improve their quality of life. Photos by Israel Bayer Photos by Israel Bayer Find out more about ...
22 Dec 2011 - Street Roots
Vendor profile: The new face on the block By Kaisa McCrow, Contributing Writer The corner of NW Lovejoy and 11th Avenue where Starbucks is located doesn’t quite pick up foot traffic until noon, when the sun finally hits that side of the pavement. The tal ...
7 Jun 2011 - Street Roots