About Us
Healthy living entrepreneur Sharon Bruckman established Natural Awakenings magazine in 1994 in Naples, Florida, in response to her local holistic health community's need for an effective way to share information and connect with people searching for alternative therapies. Success of the original Naples/Ft. Myers edition was immediate.
Two years later, an avid reader convinced her to launch a second edition in Sarasota, Florida. Its destiny was to become the prototype for an unprecedented franchise network of like-minded people who value what this magazine brings to their communities.
In 1999 Bruckman formed Natural Awakenings Publishing Corporation to support the growing network of publishers. Today, franchise owners publish more than 60 local editions with new magazines being added each year. Currently, magazines are being published in cities and regions of the country as diverse as Miami, Atlanta, Phoenix, New Orleans and Sante Fe. In each market, thousands of free copies are circulated at hundreds of public distribution points.
When the Portland franchise became available again in the spring of 2009, a local team jumped at the opportunity to take the helm. Chiropractor Jason Cross and publishing entrepreneur Jeff Taylor linked arms with Portlanders Jason Baker and Felipe Perez to bring the Portland franchise to a new level within the Natural Awakenings family. Born and raised in Portland, Jeff Taylor and Jason Baker were excited to be able to step into publishing the Portland magazine with the partnership of Dr. Jason Cross and Felipe Perez Natural Awakenings offers a synergy that other local publications just can't match, with both a national and local focus seamlessly integrated into each issue. It's a free monthly publication dedicated to providing insights and information to improve the quality of life physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. We present special features, interviews with national figures, and guest columns right along with local news briefs, stories, resource directories and a community calendar. Each month brings fresh perspective around a timely theme sure to pique their interest.
Please look for our magazine in hundreds of key locations in the Portland area. You can find our magazine at health food stores, health and education centers, recreation centers, libraries, healing centers, practitioners' offices and wherever free publications are generally seen. Please contact us if you would like copies placed at your business. Natural Awakenings Portland is on a mission to expand our distribution and make our publication more readily available to our loyal readers. Please join us in participating in TARGET 1000, Our goal to have NA in more than 1000 locations and printing over 35000 magazines monthly.
Contact Natural Awakenings of Portland
Office: 503-419-6430
Advertising Info: 503-419-6430
E-mail: Publisher@NAPortland.com
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