[OMS_MANAGERS] Legislature Advocacy

[Kelly Haverkate]

Hi Kevin,
My representative actually took me up on a meeting.  SO, I'm meeting with
him on Friday morning, downtown.
I'm happy to talk about all these things....  If there are more talking
points, let me know.

Kelly
Downtown Dayton

On Tue, Dec 1, 2020 at 12:02 PM Kevin Teater <kevin at downtownbeaverton.org>
wrote:

> 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).
>       1. 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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