Kidder Mathews Ribbon Cutting at JA BizTown®!

April 18, 2022

Kidder Mathews employees, Genevieve Klein and Olivia Arce, volunteer their time to teach students working at the JA BizTown® Kidder Mathews storefront.

Junior Achievement of Oregon and SW Washington is excited to announce Kidder Mathews’ new storefront in JA BizTown®! Kidder Mathews is the largest independent commercial real estate firm on the West Coast.

Junior Achievement (JA) is thankful to have great partners, like Kidder Mathews, who were ready and eager to step up during the pandemic. Kidder Mathews supports all Junior Achievement offices and students along the West Coast; Portland, Ore, has the only Kidder Mathews JA BizTown site! Therefore, we are extremely appreciative of this partnership and look forward to more collaboration in the future!

Two notable employees of the Kidder Mathews Team, Genevieve Klein and Olivia Arce, extended their days of celebration to volunteer within the Kidder Mathews business at JA BizTown®. Volunteer opportunities are of great importance and value to the team at Kidder Mathews, which makes our partnership an excellent match!

“I love JA BizTown®,” exclaimed Genevieve, “I wish I had gone through a program like this when I was younger. I have a business degree, and even in classes, I never learned personal finance in the way JA teaches it now. I only learned how to write a check, understand the difference between credit and debit, and the concepts of bad and good credit after college.”

Junior Achievement is successfully progressing through the challenges of the pandemic, in large part due to the strength, compassion, and generosity of our community partners. The ribbon-cutting at the Kidder Mathews storefront is truly an accomplishment worth celebrating!