Business View Civil & Municipal l November 2022

21 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 3, ISSUE 9 CAL I FORNI A BUS INESS PROPERT I ES ASSOC I AT ION that professional soccer teams the Timbers and the Thorns, and the Portland Trail Blazers basketball team are also valued partners. As for what defines partnership, Claiborne remarks, “When I say partners, I’m going to use that term loosely. Some partners are investors, others are in kind for a particular project.” Recruiting from a wide range of industries, including food and beverage, bioscience, apparel, and outdoor, metals and machinery, and semiconductor, she expresses that partnering with companies to the World Athletics Championships track and field event in Oregon this summer. “We flew them in via Delta, to showcase our region. That’s important in the strategy, as well.” In terms of other partnerships, GPI has an extensive list of regional partners who Claiborne says are invested in the success of the community. Citing banks, law firms, accounting firms, and insurance companies, as some of those valued relationships, she adds Photo Credit: Courtesy Greater Portland Inc