Friday!

Hello again!

Today’s activities were a little more organizational than the rest of the week.
We started by conducting interviews with John and Brad Fitterer of Fitterer’s Furniture in the morning.

That went quite well, we received a lot of information about sustaining an independent business on Main Street throughout economic peaks and valleys.

We then had our weekly “wrap-up” meeting with Timothy Bishop, CMSM and the Executive Director of the EDA.

We then had a break in the action and posted two businesses to the Facebook group page found here Ellensburg Main Street 2010

We then returned to Main Street around 10:30 PM to photograph the street and store fronts at night.

We may return another time for night photography in the future, and we’ll keep everyone updated on that possibility.

The reason behind the night shots is just to show Main Street in a different “light” so to speak. It’s fair to say that any street in America lives one life during the day and another life at night.

When comparing to news reports on America’s financial outlook, I am surprised by the positive outlook by all the people we’ve come in contact with. If someone was to base their opinion of business in America off of the news, it would not be very good.
But what we are finding are business owners and employees who are excited by the positions they find themselves in now, and are ready to move forward.

The only time the recession has been mentioned is in past tense. Not one business we’ve talked to finds the situation to be impossible.

And with that, we sign off for the weekend.

See you on Monday!