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E-Update from Souderton & Telford
Newsletter Subtitle
April 28, 2009 |
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Dear Reader,
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Thank you for all the calls and emails of support for our program.
So many of you have asked what you can do to help us make sure that our elected officials in Harrisburg understand the impact of our Main Street Program on Souderton and Telford.
That is what this email is all about. Please read on to find out how you can help us.
Pam Coleman |
Who to Call?
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Here are the legislators that represent Souderton, Telford and the Indian Valley.
As the commercial core for the Indian Valley (as designated by the Indian Valley Comprehensive Plan) these legislators should be our targets.
Hon. Robert
W. Godshall
PO Box
202053
150 Main
Capitol Building
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2053
rgodshal@pahousegop.com
Hon. Katharine M. Watson
B16 Main Capitol Building
PO Box 202144
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2144
kwatson@pahousegop.com
Hon. Kate
Harper
210 Ryan
Office Building
PO Box 202061
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2061
kharper@pahousegop.com
Hon. Matthew D. Bradford
117 B East Wing
PO Box 202070
Harrisburg, PA 17120-2070
(717) 772-2572
Stewart Greenleaf (R-12)
Senate Box
203012
19 East
Wing
Harrisburg, PA 17120-3012
215-657-7700
(717) 787-6599
http://greenleaf.pasenategop.com
sgreenleaf@pasen.gov
Charles McIlhinney (R-10)
Senate Box
203010
187 Main
Capitol
Harrisburg, PA 17120-3010
215-489-5000
(717) 787-7305
www.charlesmcilhinney.com
cmcilhinney@pasen.gov
Rob Wonderling (R-24)
Senate Box
203024
281 Capitol
Building
Harrisburg, PA 17120-3024
215-368-1500
215- 529-1215
(717) 787-3110
www.senatorwonderling.com
rwonderling@pasen.gov
Below are links to sample letters to send to our representatives. Feel free to email, call and send letters.
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| Preserve Funding for Main Street & Elm Street |
The State Senate has approved a state budget that zeros out the Main
Street and Elm Street program for the 2009/2010 fiscal year. The state
House and the Governor have presented budgets that continue the Main
Street and Elm Street funding at the current level of $7,000,000 each. Now the negotiations begin. We
need to make sure that the residents, business and property owners
across the state speak up and let our elected officials know how these programs have a positive impact on our communities. Each
year, the Main Street and Elm Street managers in all the designated
communties across the state track private and public investments, new
business start ups and closings, new jobs created and jobs lost and
volunteer hours and their value. Consequently, we can show
that for every dollar that the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania invested
statewide in the Main Street program, we returned $9 in private and
public investment.Locally, several major projects that were
completed last year increased our return to $66 for every dollar. Not
bad. The state invested $155,000 last year and we leveraged
$10,320,000. Don't we wish our IRAs returned such a ratio?Add
to that, 96 new jobs created, 12 new businesses, 12 building projects
and 11 vacant storefronts filled and we had a good year. Next year, if
the funding is not restored, we could be singing another song. You
can help us get out the word. Send a letter (specifically for residents and for business owners or an email), get your
friends, family and neighbors to sign a petition. We have attached them
all to this email. Return the petition by June 1 so we can
get them to Harrisburg and into the hands of the leaders who are
negotiating and our local representatives! Any resident of
Pennsylvania can sign the petition. Thanks.
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Give Us An Hour or Two
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We have an opportunity to to get our petition in front of a large number of local citizens but we do not have enough people to man all the booths. On Tuesday, May 19, we can put pop up tents at the polls for people to sign our petition of support after they vote. With two towns, we have five polls. All we ask is that you sign up to work at the poll for an hour or two. Erika has the master schedule. Email her to sign up for a time slot at your poll. Greet your neighbors and ask them to sign the petition to support Souderton Telford Main Street and the restoration of the state funding. We could also use two more tents. We have access to two pop ups and one slightly more complicated one to assemble. |
Local statistics
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Key local statistics from 2008
Net New Businesses-11
New New Employees- 96
Total PRIVATE Investment-$9,075,000
Total PUBLIC Investment-$1,245,000
Total Investment- $10,320,000
Total Volunteer hours- 853
Main Street Funding for 2008
Administrative Funds- $45,000
Design Challenge Grants-$30,000
Main Street Reinvestment-$40,000*
*This $40,000 was used as a match for a $100,000 TCDI grant from DVRPC for streetscape planning in Souderton for a total of $140,000.
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| Your help is critical. Call immediately and express your support for returning the $7,000,000 in the Main Street and Elm Street funding. |
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Pam Coleman
Souderton-Telford Main Streets
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