Coming into the pandemic we were seen a system already broken, only exacerbated by this problem so where we stand today is post a whole bunch of state shutdowns that limited capacity led to 30 of childcare workers being laid off and now that we are in a stage where were trying to, you know, regain the economic gains we have had over the last year, get people back to work and parents are going to struggle to be able to find affordable and available childcare as they look to return to work. Phone numbers are on the screen for our guests, isabel soto, parents call 202 7488000, employers is02 7488001, everybody else 202 7488002, our guest is isabel soto with the American Action forum. Explain what the American Action forum is and what its mission is and how it is funded. Guest could you repeat the question . Host your organization, tell us about it. Guest the American Action forum is a centerright think tank and we focus on Rapid Response policy pieces to inform the public as well as polic
Years. I think these things are related. Governmentthe main is strong and open it, its been going now for almost 20 years. The United States first liberated the kurds in the first gulf war in 1991. They have basically been autonomous since then. That is the birth of the kurdish government such as it is. They have been at it for a long time. They have had to protect that area and fight for it. Its very homogeneous there. They had a big head start on everybody else. Charlie they are getting a lot of support from american airstrikes. Everybody is dropping out. Its america from the air and the kurds in the ground. Are you sure they would not want to take most of most will . Dexter thats only my impression. The americans would love it if they would. Charlie the iraqis would love it if they would. Dexter maybe they would be persuaded to do it. If you look back at last year when isis swept in to western , tens of iraqi Army Thousands of soldiers were garrisoned. They just walked in. The iraqi
Understood], [speaker not understood]. We have been instrumental in shaping this corridor and this city and we are a jewel and we need your support. And its Many Organizations like [speaker not understood] that are still facing that in our corridor. Dance mission is in the same predicament. Maybe they havent been around for 30 years, but theyre facing the small issues of Small Business and rent increases he. And we need to come together to really address this instability. Every day that i drive by there, i think of marcus brooks store. If i see a sign on the door, im thinking, is that my 30day notice . So, i really hope this is like a step in the right direction, that we can be at the table to provide more information, and to look at our history where we have to, you know, make it permanent. If its not on 24th were willing to look for somewhere else, but this has to be addressed immediately. It what devastating to he see the news last week that [speaker not understood] is closing, anot
Occur and continue into the spring. And because we have a Family Business course that is what we call the practicum where students are actually out doing things, we believe that, in essence, at least three of these projects will be able to continue into the spring past whatever was accomplished by december 9th. So, that concludes the information that i wanted to very quickly share with you. Im happy to respond to any questions you might have. Commissioner dooley. I just wanted to add my great thanks also for getting this going. Im seeing in my own neighborhood every day businesses leaving because theyre forced out. These are valuable neighborhood assets, successful businesses that just simply cant pay, you know, when their landlord quadruples their rent. And anything we can do in this area, i consider of great importance. Well, we he want to thank you for the opportunity to actually work ~ with the city on this program. I just wanted to share with you that our students conducted a stud
Having a student teamwork with the office of Small Business on the refinement of the information, the matrix. We have received the work that has already been done by the intern that is there. Were looking at Additional Information regarding gross receipts, generation of ownership, as well as other facilitate i have numbers, [speaker not understood] codes, et cetera, so there is a comprehensive index put together. The third project relates to Legacy History information. And toward that end im going to be joined by a colleague who is a business historian who will be working with teams, hopefully two teams, who will be looking at having and collecting some stories from some of the legacy Family Businesses. Not just the Family Business owners, but also neighborhood residents and adjacent businesses, in essence, trying to assist in defining what you have said, what makes this legacy business so critical to a community. The first project were looking at is what we call a legacy best practice