Community leader who helped bring Nike to NE Portland reflects on the store’s closure

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Community leader who helped bring Nike to NE Portland reflects on the store’s closure

Earlier this month, Nike told the Soul District Business Association that the company would be closing its store in Northeast Portland permanently. Ron Herndon was one of the people who brought that store to Northeast Portland in the 1980s. As a leader in the community organization Black United Front, Herndon helped convince Nike to support and invest in the Black community.“Think Out Loud” host Dave Miller spoke with Herndon about the legacy of…