Thread by @chriscantino

Just met with @repblumenauer and #Oregon business leaders. A summary:

-Consumables hoarding is creating artificial shortages and disrupting orderly supply chains
-Most “small” businesses losing $1-10k/day
-Immediate, direct funding (not just loans) needed to save small entities

-Significant drop in investing and deal activity
-PDX stands to lose dozens of performing arts venues
-Xenophobic attacks on biz owners
-We can’t afford to NOT directly fund local recovery; as evidenced by prior recovery acts, it will prove more costly to rebuild than keep afloat

-The most marginalized and vulnerable must be first in line for assistance
-Washington is not trusted or expedient, thus we need to rely on community leaders to convey information
-Biz leaders have the appetite and ability to bridge comms gap between government and the public

-Expectation is we will reach peak #COVID19 in a month—with 2-3 months of after-effects
-Need to form coalitions and letters of community accord, coupled with a financial case to bring back to state/fed
-@ashleyhenrypdx leading the biz community on interfacing with OR officials

Here are some of the engaged folks to follow (please tag more in):

@ashleyhenrypdx @biz4pdx @PDXStephenG @marazepeda @turoczy @mrlnmarce @LisaSedlar @pdxmitch @ChloeEudalyPDX @matthewkish @sarahforpdx @KimberlyLia @jaimeschmidt @repblumenauer @BusinessOregon @BuiltOregon