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Closing the Loop: From Trash to Bike Bags

Closing the Loop: From Trash to Bike Bags

Take a look inside North St.'s upcycled program. Event tents and banners often get tossed once they’re out of date, despite being in perfectly usable condition. Deadstock is thrown out. And it’s true, things just aren’t made the way they used to be. With the rising costs of inflation, labor, materials, production, and transportation, many manufacturers skimp on quality to keep familiar prices, inadvertently decreasing product lifespan. All of this leads to more materials piling up in the landfill—but it doesn’t need to be this way.
Curtis Williams

Mississippi Street Fair - Designer Flea

Saturday July 12th, 10AM - 5PM North St. Bags is stoked to have a booth in junction with one of the cities best street fairs. This Saturday we'll be posted...
North St. Bags

Bike Camping - Champoeg State Park - Get Outta Town!

Summer is almost here, and that means it's time to go Bike Camping. For those wrapping up the school term, the end is in sight with finals approaching next week....
Liz Clarkson

Join Our Growing Production Team!

Do you love working with machines? Are you detail-oriented? Pumped on kaizen practice? Were you a line cook, Starbucks partner or bike mechanic? Portland-born North St. Bags is currently seeking...
Curtis Williams

Made with pride in the USA

Our bags are cut and sewn by us in our Portland studio, but our “Made in USA” label means more than that.  Manufacturers are required to specify country of origin...
North St. Bags

For the year's resolution, focus on Kaizen

Are your New Years Resolutions already forgotten?  This year, simply focus on Kaizen.  A Japanese term meaning “good change”, kaizen is one key concepts of Lean Manufacturing.  The basic premise...
North St. Bags

Woodward Convertibles - Now $215 for stock colors

After months of tweaking and refining our production process,  I am thrilled to announce the launch of North St's stock production line. We are now offering the popular Woodward Convertitle...
curtis

2011 Updates

It's a new year, which means a new way of doing things here at North St.  I've finished up the (quite long) list of of orders I got over the...
curtis