Standalone home offices increase in popularity
Produced by the marketing department of Oregon Home
Ever been trapped on a crowded freeway at rush hour and wish you could have walked to work? Well, that’s exactly what happened to Mark Welker. A recruiter for a major insurance company, Welker grew weary of the nearly one-hour drive into Portland from his home in Canby.


At age 25, Cam Curtis, founder of Curtis Homes LLC, has already achieved his first dream: to live and work in a small but vital Pacific Northwest town and make a success of his own business.
Herb Heagh-Arvitt was committed to finding an energy efficient solution for heating water, but his electric heat pump water heater was not doing the trick. He hit the ceiling when his system took nearly all day to recover enough hot water for his guests to get a shower.
Heather Vogel Frederick is best known for the Mother-Daughter Book Club series. She writes from her home office in Portland’s Garden Home neighborhood.