[OMS_MANAGERS] Legislature Advocacy

[Kevin Teater]

Hey everyone,

We talked a lot about advocating for the Main Street Revitalization Grant with our state legislators. How would you all feel about advocating your legislators to return for a special session to implement some commercial relief strategies? It sounds like they are thinking about it<https://pamplinmedia.com/pt/9-news/489405-393623-restaurants-ask-legislators-to-help-in-time-of-need#>.

What are some of the strategies you feel would be most helpful in your communities? These three are on the top of my mind:

  1.  Commercial eviction freeze extension.
  2.  To-go cocktail approval.
  3.  Financial relief for restaurants (at a minimum. Businesses of all types could use it though).
     *   I'd want to see some equitable unrolling of financial relief though. Organizations like ours can help people apply if there is enough time in the process. First-come, first-serve hasn't worked well here.

Kevin Teater (he/him)
Executive Director
Beaverton Downtown Association
www.downtownbeaverton.org
PO Box 311
Beaverton, OR 97005
(503) 332-5419
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