[OMS_MANAGERS] Legislature Advocacy

Tue Dec 1 14:48:41 PST 2020

Hi Kevin, thank you for keeping us all in the loop.
We had to shut down our Beaverton and portland locations The ship tavern
and Broadway saloon again this last week.  this was heartbreaking as our
employees who live pay check to pay check were just beginning to get back
on their feet.  we were operating at a small loss with the increased FTE
needs and reduced inside dining footprint, but it was a small loss that we
could absorb and keep our team employed which was nice with the help of the
March PPP.

Now that the money for that is gone, the restricted interior foot print of
these two locations doesn't allow us to do a great business and although we
tried takeout for over a week, the sales weren't even close to supporting
the FTE needed.   I'm sure i'm speaking to the choir here.

up here in The Dalles I'm a bit better off as the community supports our
location a bit more and i'm able to be onsite while i work my day job.
this allows me to keep some of the employees on to subsidize their
unemployment with curbside takeout.  it's not paying the overhead other
than FTE but i'm hoping on wednesday that the outside seating i have
available will help somewhat...

honestly i'm not sure cocktails to go will benefit us much but i'm willing
to try in The Dalles location but i wouldn't open either Broadway or The
Ship for takeout cocktails without some form of grant help.

Personally i think what all businesses need (if we are really talking about
a prolonged closure, ie more than a month) is another round of grant
funding that will take us through to re-open at normal levels.  otherwise i
think that a lot of these businesses including ours in beaverton will be
closed forever.

that's my two cents.  thanks for listening.

Todd

On Tue, Dec 1, 2020 at 12:57 PM W Darin Rutledge, Executive Director <
darin at downtownklamathfalls.org> wrote:

> I think it’s a good idea! I know I’ve mentioned these things to one of our
> legislators, but an organized push might actually create the impetus to
> make it happen. The only caution is to make sure we don’t dilute the OMSRG
> advocacy with this messaging, or vice versa. That’s probably more of a
> concern with some legislators than others, but with everything that’s on
> their plate right now, many legislators are already getting itchy about not
> having a voice in policy matters and may already have other priorities for
> a special session. We certainly don’t want our efforts to become white
> noise.
>
>
>
> Maybe the right approach is to include the issues below as a “follow up”
> to our OMSRG efforts, so that it’s all-inclusive of a support package for
> Main Street businesses?
>
>
>
> Also, Governor Brown is set to address the media in a few minutes
> regarding her recommended budget for the 21-23 biennium. That may help
> shape some of our messaging. The link for the press conference is
> https://oregon.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=41b11f32beefba0380ee8ecb5&id=941862c6c5&e=de2a7ea0b2
> in case anyone wants to watch.
>
>
>
> D
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> *From: *OMS_MANAGERS <oms_managers-bounces at omls.oregon.gov> on behalf of
> Kelly Haverkate <kellyjhaverkate at gmail.com>
> *Reply-To: *Oregon Main Street program managers <
> oms_managers at omls.oregon.gov>
> *Date: *Tuesday, December 1, 2020 at 12:33 PM
> *To: *Oregon Main Street program managers <oms_managers at omls.oregon.gov>
> *Subject: *Re: [OMS_MANAGERS] Legislature Advocacy
>
>
>
> 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
>
>

-- 
Thanks,
Todd Carpenter
PO Bo 2688
The Dalles, OR 97058
Cell:  503-705-2889
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