About Inside Gresham
A guide for the people who live in Gresham, Oregon and would rather hire the business down the road than a call center three states away.
Why We Built This
Look up a plumber or a bookkeeper in Gresham and the first results are usually Portland companies, lead-selling sites, and ads. The people who actually live here and do the work end up on page two, even when they're the ones neighbors keep recommending to each other.
Inside Gresham puts them first. It's a directory of owner-run businesses that serve Gresham, from historic downtown on Main Avenue out to Rockwood and Pleasant Valley. Any Gresham business can have a free listing. Featured spots are by invitation only, and they go to businesses that earned a good name with customers before they ever heard of us.
When the owner lives nearby, answers the phone, and runs into customers at the farmers market, doing the job right is personal. Those are the businesses this site is built to help you find.
What Makes Us Different
Invitation-Only
Every business can have a free listing, but Featured spots are by invitation, based on how customers talk about them.
Community-Driven
Featured businesses are suggested by people in Gresham, and each one starts with a conversation with the owner.
Written, Not Scraped
Each listing is written by hand from that interview, not pulled from a database, so you learn what makes the business different.
Meet the Founder
I'm Anthony Martinez. I started Inside Gresham so people here could find the local businesses worth supporting.
The work hasn't changed: talk to the owners, learn what they do better than anyone else, and say it plainly. A business only gets Featured here if I'd be comfortable sending my own family to it.
Ready to Support Local?
Start with the Gresham businesses your neighbors already trust.