Friendly front desk host! The place was clean and well appointed. I had wished that the desks were…read morea bit more spacious for the floating desk space, but it worked out fine because the place wasn't particularly crowded. The only issue I ran into was that I was a guest trying out the space, and therefore, didn't have a keycard. I couldn't really go use the bathroom with agency which was a little frustrating.

Incredible atmosphere full of amazing people! I'm always excited to go work in this environment…read morebecause my productivity increases when I'm working next to people who are passionate about their careers and great at what they do. They also have a very friendly staff who's always open to suggestions on improvement! I'd highly recommend this space to anyone and everyone!

When we have a heavy rain the basement floor/kitchen area floods and has for a very long time…read more Water in any building, especially a 100+ building brings concern for mold. This building also has the outdated lead water pipes causing lead to be in all water including water used to cook and drink. The Grange is rented out for public and private events as well as housing the TIGARD GRANGE COMMUNITY FOOD PROJECT located in the very place that floods, the kitchen! This grange needs to update the pipes and professionally test for mold to assure the safety of its volunteers and renters. Mold can be very dangerous!

About two months before my wedding, i broke down and hired Soiree. Our wedding event was a pretty…read moresmall gathering (around 60 people in total, us included), and I totally thought that I could handle it all on my own. Haha, I was wrong. I called Soiree and lucky me, they were still free for Labor Day weekend. I talked to Molli and Krissa, and they were able to lower their rate (since I picked a venue they knew well) that was within my wedding budget. They offer a great variety of services, and had I known sooner that planning a wedding required so much work, I would have totally hired them to do the whole thing from the start. Since I'm not local, most of our "meetings" and information exchange was done over the phone and via email (yay for modern technology). Krissa was able to coordinate and effectively handle all the follow ups and pointed out a lot of details that I had totally either forgotten or not known about. She was available to discuss my last minute changes and ideas and make recommendations for our wedding. Our wedding was a complete success. Most people have told me it's been one of the best weddings they've been to (definitely ranking high on the "best wedding food" list as well). I'm glad everyone had such a great time - and I know it wouldn't have run as smoothly if I hadn't hired Soiree. Even the smallest weddings require a lot of planning, and as a bride on the big day, there are many other things to be pretty and dolled up for - no need to worry with a great wedding coordinator!

We did the day-of package, which actually started two months before our wedding…read more They did a pretty good job organizing things and making everything run smoothly. I'm glad we hired them and I'm glad we spent the money to have a coordinator to take care of the day so none of us had to! The reason they don't get 5 stars is that the actual day-of, I had a hard time finding the coordinator. I was the bride, I was busy, obviously, but people kept coming to me with questions. Vendors, people involved in the wedding. I kept having to tell them "please find the coordinator." I didn't want to be involved in any of the logistics on that day, which is why we hired Soiree. It was frustrating having to tell so many different people involved to do this and that really irritated me. I also felt like I never saw the coordinator. I wanted someone to be on top of the timeline and coming to tell us when we needed to be somewhere for something (example: is it time to do the first look pictures, etc?). But that never really happened. I realize that she was busy coordinator all the behind the scenes stuff that I wasn't involved in, but some guidance would have been nice. I don't regret hiring Soiree but I do wish that they had been a little more accessible on that day.

Very peaceful setting on a Thursday morning. The troll was lifting up a roof side to check for…read moreyummy things within "the red cookie jar". Came for the nature trail and the nature troll, saw the restaurant from the outside path. Went inside and took a couple danishes fresh from the oven back to the picnic tables to eat and listen to all the birds. Just lovely.

Always a treat to pop into the Nordic Northwest compound, as it usually serves up some good…read morearchitectural vibes, a hit of natural scenery and a couple of shots of whimsy -- all necessary things in my day to day. The modern Scandi design at the Nordia building is very cool, and ya gotta love the Ole Bolle Troll sculpture and the surrounding area. A couple of small trails wind around the green, wooded grounds and it's all free to visit. There's a restaurant onsite too (separate post).

We had a great experience for our Holiday work party. Our boss, brought in lunch for us and we had…read morea craft day. I did not know what to expect. She gave us a wood pallet and we selected a stencil. From there we chose colors and she gave us a step by step lesson on creating a DIY Wood Sign. It was so fun and the 2 hours flew by. I learned a lot of my co-workers and some are pretty artsy. I would highly recommend doing this for any team bonding event. This is a local company that used to have brick and mortar locations, "live, laugh,love, Art" but is currently an online company. Go to www.Diyartinabox.com for more information.

I gifted the husband a glass blowing session here for his birthday, and he loved it. The instructor…read morehad great energy, switching between doing things himself and letting us handle parts of it. You pick up the finished product a few days later. Only complaint is that they could have scheduled the sessions in a better way. A bunch of different people were scheduled in the same session and we had to wait for our turn, while other people got a turn before us. We basically saw the whole process repeated a few times and it got repetitive. But it was still fun to go through it ourselves. There are a lot of other activities to do here as well, like painting, art welding and wood sign painting. Worth a visit!