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Fun fact: When he started Reverend Nat’s, there was no Angry Orchard.
Nat West spent the past 12 years running his cider business, Reverend Nat’s Hard Cider, which he started in an old house he and his wife bought in the Woodlawn neighborhood. After he closed the business in late 2023, he became a bus driver for TriMet.
“I drove 29 different routes over my time at TriMet,” he tells WW. “I loved seeing different parts of the city. I loved seeing so many different kinds of Portlanders ride the bus.”
West, 47, is now running to represent District 2. He says he wants to use his can-do attitude acquired from running a small business to tackle the issues he saw while driving his bus routes—from public drug use to unsafe road design for cyclists.
