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Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation: Make local business the anchor tenant at Canal Side
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    1. Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation
  2. Created By
    Sarah Bishop
    Buffalo, NY
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Together, we can guarantee that public money is used for the purpose of real economic development at Canal Side -- built on hard work, not subsidies, by those who live in the community, not outside of it, for the good of all, not just a few.

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Make local business the anchor tenant at Canal Side

Greetings,

I just signed the following petition addressed to: Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation.
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Make local business the anchor tenant at Canal Side

When a community agreement is finalized, there will be provisions in place that make local business the backbone of real economic development at Canal Side. They are as follows:

1. Prioritize and set the goal for locally owned businesses at Canal Side at 50 percent.
2. Mechanisms to monitor compliance with local hiring and minority and women-owned business enterprise goals.
3. An individual to perform outreach with local and MWBE firms to ensure that they have the tools necessary to bid directly on ESDC contracts.

I support the provisions. They embody the desire to see our tax dollars used for the purpose of real economic development.

Local business and the entrepreneurial spirit should be the cornerstone on which all other development rests. I urge the ECHDC to swiftly negotiate an agreement that will make local business the anchor tenant at Canal Side.

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Sincerely,

[Your name]

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