tdenney

Sure thing! As for actual people to contact. http://twitter.com/turoczy is the writer for Silicon Florist and has ties to Pie. https://twitter.com/stevemorris is the director of OTBC.

There are a lot of co-working locations in Portland and I think the list continues to grow. There are all types from small startups, incubators, and hackerspaces. It has been a few years since I was involved in Portland's tech community but here are a few I can remember: OTBC: http://www.otbc.org/ Nedspace: http://nedspace.com/ PIE: http://www.piepdx.com/ Portland Startup Incubator: http://www.pdx.edu/accelerator/ Collective Agency: http://collectiveagency.co/ Flux: http://fluxlab.io/ ADX: http://www.adxportland.com/

Silicon Florist is the premier blog on Portland's startup scene. http://siliconflorist.com/

Calagator is an aggregator for events: http://calagator.org/

Calagator also provides a list of venues: http://calagator.org/venues?all=1