Would you support a law: “For each month of the COVID-19 crisis, small businesses that lost more than 25% revenue have the option to pause (extend) their lease or mortgage?”
413 Oregonians were polled: 61% support and 16% oppose.
If you and your business would endorse, that’d be helpful.
Endorsements include (all categories are welcome):
- Small Business Advocacy:
- Joy Church, Executive Director, Venture Portland
- Katy Connors, Founding Member and Main Organizer, Portland Independent Restaurant Alliance (PIRA)
- Main Street Alliance
- Political, Nonprofits, and People:
- Sarah Iannarone, Portland Mayoral Candidate
- Gregory McKelvey, Campaign Manager, Friends of Sarah for Portland
- Our Revolution Oregon
- Our Revolution PDX
- 350PDX
- Julia DeGraw, nonprofit and political consultant
- Margot Black, housing activist
- James Ofsink, civic advocate
- Self-Care:
- Amanda Furbee, The Herb Shoppe LLC (Mississippi)
- Meagen Alm-Lunan, MAbodywork, LLC (Montavilla)
- Michael Edera, Gardenworks Inc. (SE)
- Arts, Culture, Bars and Nightlife:
- Lani Jo Leigh, Clinton Street Theater, LLC (Clinton)
- Jaydra Perfetti and Noah Grunzweig, PDX Contra Remix (St Johns)
- Viola Parker, Sub Rosa PDX (SE)
- Sanctuary Lounge (Pearl)
- Shake Bar PDX (Chinatown)
- Candy (Pearl)
- Food and Beverage:
- Vino Veritas Wine Bar + Bottle Shop (Montavilla)
- Victoria Swink, Welcome to Jam Rock: Taste of Jamaica (Montavilla)
- Coworking:
- Alex Linsker, Collective Agency (Montavilla, Division, Downtown)
- Alex Hillman, Indy Hall (Philadelphia, PA)
- Jamie Russo, Everything Coworking (Burlingame, CA)
- Jerome Chang, Blankspaces (Santa Monica, Culver City, Long Beach, CA)
We’ll soon start a letter-writing campaign. We’re an alliance called Small in this Together, or Small Together. If you have questions, here’s the FAQ.