This is a follow up story for Envi Adventures. If you're interested in reading how they got started, published over 6 years ago, check it out here.

Hello again! Remind us who you are and what business you started.

Almost five years ago I began the process of starting an aerial tour business based in the Portland, Oregon suburb of Troutdale. Just shy of four years in operation, we’re still here, still flying, and thankful. My business is Envi Adventures and my name is Corey Rust.

If you’ve ever been to the Portland area or you’ve ever been on Instagram, you’ve probably heard of or seen pictures of Multnomah Falls. It’s said that this waterfall is the most visited spot in Oregon with millions of visitors per year (pre-COVID of course). When I started Envi, I wanted to capitalize on that popularity by offering people the chance to visit the Columbia River Gorge and see this waterfall (and many others) by air. Not knowing if people would even want that, it was a bit of a gamble, but it turns out I wasn’t wrong and people do in fact like flying past waterfalls instead of dealing with headache-inducing highway traffic.

Since launching in 2017, we have seen year-over-year growth in revenue, passenger counts, and the number of flights being completed.

In 2020, we saw an increase of 121% in the number of flights we...

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