[Vision2020] Dispel the anti-growth myth

[lfalen]

Not that it matters, but BioTracking has been around for several years.
Roger
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From: "Saundra Lund" sslund at roadrunner.com
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:26:15 -0700
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: [Vision2020] Dispel the anti-growth myth

> The letter below appears in today's Daily News -- anyone care to add more to
> Ms. Sullivan's list?
> 
> Also, do any of you GMAers care to provide a list of new businesses that
> came to Moscow during any two-year period of Comstock's reign and a list of
> businesses that were denied?
> 
> I think it might be interested to have a ***factual*** comparison rather
> than just rumors designed to tear down the community.
> 
> 
> Saundra Lund
> 
> 
> "Dispel the anti-growth myth
> 
> I agree that having the "perception" of being anti-growth/anti-business is
> harmful to the city of Moscow, and I was driven to find out why that
> perception exists when Wayne Krauss expressed concerns and asked, "Why do we
> have this perception?" at a recent forum. 
> 
> Since the most recently elected council came into office in January 2006,
> more than 35 new businesses have opened in Moscow, including Old Navy, Bed,
> Bath and Beyond, Cramer's Furniture, Dad's Diner, Marco Polo, Nectar,
> Lilliput, Sisters Brew Coffeehouse, West of Paris, Palouse Scoots, Moscow
> Bagel and Deli, Anytime Fitness, San Miguels, Sure Shot Sporting Goods,
> Subway, and BioTracking just to name a few. Many businesses have expanded
> and moved into larger spaces during this time. Only two businesses were
> denied by the city and these were both handled in the way that Walter Steed
> states he would address a pig farm wanting to locate behind his property;
> they were denied in the specific proposed locations in accordance with
> zoning regulations. Never did city officials say they were not wanted in
> Moscow.
> 
> Back to the question posed by Krauss: "Why do we have this perception?" For
> the answer, I would look to recent advertisements in the Moscow-Pullman
> Daily News for Krauss, Steed and Carscallen in which the headline calls the
> current city leadership "anti-growth politicians." I would pay attention to
> who is repeating this anti-growth message over and over.
> 
> I believe Dan Carscallen is concerned when he says, "Changing the perception
> is the thing that needs to happen," and if we can all agree that this is
> harmful, we should all agree to stop, to dispel this myth and to promote
> Moscow.
> 
> Brandy Sullivan, Moscow"
> 
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