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LOCAL BUSINESSES WIN GRANTS AT BEND BIKE SHARE GROWS AND WILL
VENTURE OUT FESTIVAL
DOUBLE BY NEXT SUMMER
Bend, OR (October 17, 2017)—Bend Outdoor Worx (BOW) announced the winners of the
Venture Out Festival, the first and only venture event focused solely on the outdoor in-
dustry, held at the Tower Theatre in Bend, Oregon. Tribe Pilot, an adventure planning tool,
won the $2,500 the Digital Ascent Award in the technology-based recreation category
and KidRunner, a high-performance, multi-terrain kid jogger, won the $10,000 Breakout
Award in the early stage category. The $5,000 Ready to Roll award in the growth stage
category went to Pedaling Innovations who has engineered a breakthrough in bike pedal
technology. An additional $75,000 growth stage award, presented by Business Oregon
through their Small Business Expansion Program went to Rugged Thread, a business
who specializes in repairs for technical outdoor and adventure clothing and gear. Addition-
ally, Mountain Mels, a line of herbal first aid products, picked up $25,000 from Business
Oregon in the same program.
A full house of outdoor enthusiasts attended the Venture Out event, part of the growing
outdoor entrepreneurial movement in Bend. The festival commenced with a performance
by Ro