How do you open a brick-and-mortar restaurant in the middle of a pandemicâand thrive? One answer:
Break the paradigm and go co-op, Ã la Mirisata, Portlandâs only Sri Lankan restaurant, which is also vegan and entirely BIPOC- and worker-owned. The SE Belmont spotâs prospective owners prove themselves not with a fat wad of start-up cash, but via a few months of a trial working period. During the height of the pandemic, Mirisata went from pop-up to brick-and-mortar restaurant using small loans from customers and friends.
Another innovation: a buy-in membership program for $40 a year, which includes perks like discounts on orders. So far, Mirisata is Portlandâs only restaurant operating under a co-op model, but its worker-owners say itâs a way forward for those whoâve historically faced barriers, including women and people of color, to gain business ownership in a notoriously brutal industry.
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SMART and NASA Announce First Airless Alloy Tire for Consumers
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The SMART Tire Company is developing the first consumer application of NASA s shape memory alloy tire technology, a futuristic bicycle tire called METL™
METL tires are made from shape memory alloys developed at NASA
Shape memory alloys look extremely promising in revolutionizing the entire terrestrial tire industry LOS ANGELES (PRWEB) March 17, 2021 The SMART Tire Company, in partnership with NASA, is developing the first ever consumer application of NASA s airless shape memory alloy (SMA) tire technology, a cutting edge, eco-friendly bicycle tire called METL™. Originally invented by NASA for use on lunar and Mars rover missions, the SMA tire is made from advanced, lightweight materials known as NiTinol+, creating a tire that is elastic like rubber yet strong like titanium, exhibiting perfect shape memory without ever going flat.