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Local businesses are the lifeblood of our community. The Mid-county Memo offers this section to our business neighbors for news, advancements, promotions, expansions and other noteworthy events to be shared with the community at large. Business Memo submissions for the June issue are due by Thursday, May 15. For best results, email Darlene Vinson at editor@midcountymemo.com. You may also mail submissions to 3510 N.E. 134th Ave., Portland, OR 97230.

Parkrose Farmers' Market opens season at new location
Parkrose Farmers' Market season opens May 3 and runs every Saturday through October 11 at its new home in the parking lot of Parkrose Community United Church of Christ at 12505 N.E. Halsey St. Maryhill Orchards & Vineyards has been a market vendor every year, and returns for the season.
Tim Curran, the Mid-county Memo
The newly reorganized Parkrose Farmers' Market ushers in spring with fresh produce and 25 craftspeople and vendors Saturday, May 3 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., and runs every Saturday through October 11. New this year, the market adds a second day. Beginning July 2, the market opens Wednesdays from 2 to 7 p.m. through Sept. 3.

Planted at a new location in the parking lot of the Parkrose United Church of Christ at 12505 N.E. Halsey Street, next to Bi-Mart, the market is hoping to attract new and former customers. The old board resigned and a new board was elected with high hopes of reviving lagging sales last November. The market moved from its home of six years in the Parkrose High School parking lot of on N.E. Shaver Street.

“We're going to have some of our favorite people from the previous market when we were at the high school,” said Ron Glanville, new president/marketing manager of the market's five-member board of directors. “People really remember and love them from that market, and there are new people, so it's exciting.”

Returning vendors include Maryhill Orchards & Vineyards with fresh fruit and vegetables and Herr Family Farm, selling produce and flowers. New vendors are Profarm Produce and Mai's Fresh Organic Produce.

Gabriel's Bakery will be back, along with two new ones: Kalama Bakery and Sweetheart Baking, which bake cookies, cupcakes and tarts.

Locally processed food vendors are Sara's Tamales and Paitong Thai Cuisine. Nectar Cafe will offer coffee and chai tea. The Hummus Stop is back, along with Nature's Wild Harvest, offering wild mushrooms and forest products.

Crafts people include Scott's Woodworking, which sells “wonderful planter boxes,” he said, along with Bountiful Garden, which sells vegetable starts and plants. Another new vendor is Northwest Potter's Guild, which sells “the best pottery in the Northwest,” Glanville said.

For more information, visit parkrosefarmersmarket.org.

Help for ADHD patients available locally
Northwest ADHD Treatment Center opened at 10735 S.E. Stark St., Suite 206 earlier this year. This is a joint venture between area psychologist Daniel Lennen and psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner, Danell Bjornson. The center will provide comprehensive evaluation and treatment of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) as well as other mental health conditions, including depression, anxiety and bipolar disorder for children, adolescents and adults.

The founders recognized a growing need in the community for accessible mental health treatment. Wait times at area clinics for patients to see therapists or medication prescribers can be six-weeks or longer. It is especially difficult to be seen for medication management because of a relative shortage of providers. Lennen and Bjornson have worked together for three years, and share a passion for treating ADHD. This is the clinical focus of the center. However, both are experienced treating other mental health and psychiatric conditions and accept clients whether or not ADHD is present.

The clinic offers evaluation and assessment, skills-training groups, individual therapy, and medication management. In the fall, it will also be a training center for master and doctoral level psychology interns as well as advanced practice-nursing students. Once these internships are established, the clinic's scope will expand to include in-home and classroom observation for children with ADHD.

Clients will be able to refer themselves or be referred by pediatricians, primary care providers or other mental health clinicians for treatment. At this time, Lennen and Bjornson accept Aetna insurance and expect to be paneled with several other commercial insurances in the coming months, as well as the Oregon Health Plan. Clients with out-of-network benefits are welcome to schedule at any time.

In addition to meeting the mental healthcare needs of individual patients and their families, Northwest ADHD Treatment Center offers consultation with local schools and primary care clinics.

Center hours are 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays.

You can learn more about Northwest ADHD Treatment Center at nw-adhd.com or by calling 503-255-ADHD (2343) to set up a phone consultation.
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