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It’s Main Street Mavericks Day Three, where we head from Cannon Beach to Corvallis. From a popular tourist destination to a busy college town, but some of the same small business challenges persist.
Come meet Corvallis business owners and hear about how we spent our day supporting small businesses.
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To learn who the Main Street Mavericks are and what road trip we’re on, head on over to our Day One Main Street Mavericks Blog to learn all about us and our adventures around Oregon! We are on a mission to meet as many small businesses in Oregon as possible on a six-day road trip across Oregon. We’re coming to Corvallis from Day Two in Cannon Beach.
We started our morning in Cannon Beach, ready to tackle the four-hour drive to the valley by stopping at the popular and tasty Cannon Beach Bakery in downtown Cannon Beach. Loaded up with our baked goods and coffee, we hit the road.
Our first stop of the day was at the food cart pod Common Fields. Owner Jacob Oliver has a unique business model where he runs the food truck pod in its entirety — each of the food carts is owned and operated by his staff vs. contractors. This ensures that when you show up to Common Fields, your favorite food truck is always open.
Check out our spotlight on Common Fields.
We then made our way to the visually stunning and equally delicious Greenhouse Coffee & Plants — a vegan coffee shop that also sells, yes, you guessed it: plants. This business wins for having the best bathroom of the entire trip — a whole jungle theme with your own bathroom theme music. If you are in Corvallis, be sure to check it out.
Read our full spotlight on Greenhouse Coffee & Plants.
After loading up on caffeine, we ventured not too far away to the Valley Rock Gym! This climbing gym, co-owned by Johanna Garcia, the gym was born to fit a need in Corvallis to create an inclusive place for people to move their bodies. With a health focus, the Valley Rock Gym team is committed to a whole-health approach — come climb at the gym and then stay for a farm-fresh smoothie at their cafe, Ants On A Log.
Read our full spotlight on Valley Rock Gym.
Heartland Thrift Shop in Corvallis is a nonprofit that helps bring in the operating budget for Corvallis’s humane society. Nonprofits can have similar needs as small businesses when it comes to POS and software, and we got to chat with the manager Tiga Evans about that and her current obsession with a John Wayne full-size standee someone donated.
Check out our full spotlight on Heartland Thrift Shop.
We had wanted to interview the owner over at Treebeerd’s Taphouse, where we stopped for a quick drink after all our interviews, but we just missed him. We stayed for a drink, though, because otherwise it would have been rude.
Then, we went to support another small business in Corvallis by having dinner at Thai Home Kitchen.
And finally, we ended our night at the Hotel Corvallis — an adorable motel recently updated. Summer months find community movies, and we were pleasantly surprised to find that it came with breakfast at the cafe next door.
From Corvallis to Ashland! Stay tuned!
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