<div dir="ltr">My wife is the State Representative - District 55. Vikki Breese Iverson. I will make sure her and the colleagues get a copy of this report. <div>I don't weigh in a lot from Prineville, but I do appreciate the information that you all share. </div><div><br></div><div>Bryan Iverson</div><div>Prineville Downtown Association</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 2:17 PM Darin Rutledge <<a href="mailto:darin@downtownklamathfalls.org">darin@downtownklamathfalls.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<div>Very good. I think it would be great if all our state legislators got this information from their Main Street Managers. 👍</div>
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I did exactly that this morning, distributing the report to local office holders, stakeholders and merchants.<br>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 10, 2020 2:10:35 PM<br>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt">Good afternoon, all. Hopefully you’ve all had a chance to look at the results of the Main Street America survey (attached) which some of you and hopefully many of your businesses participated in. The results
are sobering, but certainly helpful in at least understanding the baseline from which we’ll be working for the foreseeable future.
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt">I delivered the report to our local elected officials because I think it’s useful information as they deliberate policy, and because it’s an opportunity to advocate and make sure they are thinking about
Main Street and specifically our organizations as they start putting together response/recovery plans.
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt">As I was sitting at my desk something stirred a thought in my mind that maybe I should share this with the rest of you and encourage you to take the lead with your elected officials and do the same … I
don’t know, maybe it was a random phone call that I received while I was sitting here? Anyway, I’m sure our OMS staff in Salem would be proud of us for advocating this way – but you know, they have to be careful about crossing certain lines. So, I’m passing
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt">Have a wonderful weekend, and a happy (if not non-traditional) Easter!</span></p>
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<p><b><span style="color:black">From: </span></b><span style="color:black">"W Darin Rutledge, Executive Director" <<a href="mailto:darin@downtownklamathfalls.org" target="_blank">darin@downtownklamathfalls.org</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Friday, April 10, 2020 at 12:27 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>Todd Andres <<a href="mailto:toddandres82@gmail.com" target="_blank">toddandres82@gmail.com</a>>, Kendall Bell <<a href="mailto:kendallbell945@gmail.com" target="_blank">kendallbell945@gmail.com</a>>, Matt Dodson <<a href="mailto:dodson1856@yahoo.com" target="_blank">dodson1856@yahoo.com</a>>, Kelley Minty Morris <<a href="mailto:kmorris@klamathcounty.org" target="_blank">kmorris@klamathcounty.org</a>>, Derrick DeGroot <<a href="mailto:ddegroot@klamathcounty.org" target="_blank">ddegroot@klamathcounty.org</a>>, <<a href="mailto:dboyd@klamathcounty.org" target="_blank">dboyd@klamathcounty.org</a>>, Representative
Werner Reschke <<a href="mailto:Rep.EWernerReschke@public.govdelivery.com" target="_blank">Rep.EWernerReschke@public.govdelivery.com</a>>, Senator Dennis Linthicum <<a href="mailto:sen.DennisLinthicum@public.govdelivery.com" target="_blank">sen.DennisLinthicum@public.govdelivery.com</a>>, <<a href="mailto:rep.VikkiBreeseIverson@oregonlegislature.gov" target="_blank">rep.VikkiBreeseIverson@oregonlegislature.gov</a>>, Dan Tofell <dtofell@klamathfalls.city>, Dan Tofell <dtofell@klamathfalls.city>,
Phil Studenberg <pstudenberg@klamathfalls.city>, Carol Westfall <cwestfall@klamathfalls.city><br>
<b>Cc: </b>LIEBE Annette * GOV <<a href="mailto:Annette.LIEBE@oregon.gov" target="_blank">Annette.LIEBE@oregon.gov</a>>, STUART Sheri * OPRD <<a href="mailto:Sheri.Stuart@oregon.gov" target="_blank">Sheri.Stuart@oregon.gov</a>>, Nicolas Phair <<a href="mailto:nphair@klamathinsurance.com" target="_blank">nphair@klamathinsurance.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>FINDINGS & POLICY IMPLICATIONS: Main Street America / Impact of COVID-19 On Small Businesses
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt">I know none of you has a lack of important reading material at the moment, but I would encourage you to review the attached findings and policy implications from a survey recently conducted by Main Street
America. This report summarizes the current impact of COVID-19 on small businesses across the country, and will be very useful to you as you work with your colleagues and your constituents in preparing and executing immediate and longer-term response & recovery
efforts.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt">While this report includes data from across the nation, OPRD’s Oregon Main Street staff and managers of Oregon Main Street programs around the state promoted it widely so there is representation from our
state and our region. The methodology is included in the report, but I would highlight that greater than 90% of the respondents had fewer than 20 employees, and 65.5% had fewer than five employees. Also, 40% of the small businesses represented operate in towns
fewer than 10,000 residents. Given our experience and engagement with other local partners in the past few weeks, the data in this report is representative of the experience in our region.
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt">Thank you for your continued work on behalf of our citizens and our businesses, particularly as we face this (hopefully) once in a lifetime disruption.
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