B-Line Sustainable Urban Delivery
Building on their core business of last-mile distribution to Portland’s urban core, B-Line manages cold storage and warehousing at the Redd, and is offering a la carte services to local food entrepreneurs, like packaging stations and co-working office space that is modular enough to meet the needs of a growing business.
Last-mile distribution, cold storage, and warehousing are key pieces of infrastructure that will enable a new food system to take root. While these services readily exist for larger players, there is growing sector of food business focused on social and environmental good that is often left behind. At the Redd, we’ve created a system of services that can be scaled to meet the needs of growing businesses and offer them in the context of a community of entrepreneurs who have already begun to build a tight network of collaboration and partnerships. The distribution, logistics, warehousing, and cold storage services offered at the Redd are managed by B-Line Sustainable Urban Delivery, one of Portland’s original bike delivery services. In addition to managing the infrastructure offered at the Redd and their last-mile delivery into Portland’s urban core, B-Line offers a la carte services to local food entrepreneurs, like packaging stations and co-working office space that is modular enough to meet the needs of a growing business.
As a transportation company, B-Line’s vision is to redefine how goods and services are transported in our increasingly urban environment by providing the right tool for the job. B-Line also offers unique, flexible advertising and promotion opportunities to businesses interested in reaching city dwellers transfixed by our trikes. As a community member, B-Line is passionate about creating a company that is part of a solution and a partner in living. We seek to enrich the fabric of our cities by reducing congestion and CO2 emissions, developing local green-collar jobs, partnering with local manufacturers and small businesses, doing our share to help those in need in our community, and generally believing in the premise that business can be a catalyst for positive change and has a responsibility to the common good.
At the core of B-Line’s business model are collaborative relationships that honor and build upon one another; flexibility, simplicity, and playfulness; a a commitment to elevating the the voice, leadership, and passion of our community in the quest for a healthier planet; and growing a business that is profitable yet unwavering in its commitment to community and sustainability.