What can You do to help support John and Econ. Dev?

WRITE 1. have folks write letters to their city councilors and county commissioners with a specific, personal story of how John helped their business, and the results that came from it, and then recommend continuing funding support for Economic development

SHOW UP AND SPEAK 2. Encourage people to come to the Upcoming city budget Meetings- May 11 is most important, as there will be an opportunity for public testimony there.
May 4, 2010 City Manager will Present the Budget
7:00 PM
Fire Station Main Meeting Room
400 NW Harrison

May 11, 2010 (Public Hearing- Opportunity to give short testimony)
7:00 PM
OSU Lasells Stewart Center - Construction & Engineering Auditorium
875 SW 26th Street

May 13, 2010 (deliberations- be present, they know you're listening, it changes the conversation)
7:00 PM
Fire Station Main Meeting Room
400 NW Harrison


GO PUBLIC 3. write a letter to the editor support economic development and Johns' work-- or post a note to your facebook or blog page, or tweet about the upcoming meetings. (you can find some talking points on my blog at www.clelandmarketing.blogspot.com) or chime in on www.welovecorvallis.com, where there are few folks who are at best skeptics, and at worst venomous towards Economic Development.

CONTRIBUTE 4. make a contribution to private fundraising for John's position...you can make a check to the Corvallis Benton Economic Development or make an online contribution at the Chamber Coalition's web site. http://www.cbchambercoalition.com/index.php/econdev/edreport.html

SPREAD THE WORD and finally, join me in making some noise.

There are so many in Corvallis who don't understand A. what economic development is. and A1. Think that the word "development" only means bad things... B. that private sector jobs are what pay for public sector jobs and services through property taxes.

Tell others who may have been impacted by one of John's many programs, or who care about the business environment in Corvallis to get engaged, because if we don't we won't have a say. and If we don't have a say, its pretty clear there won't be any resources to build Jobs and Businesses in Corvallis.