What Can We Do… To Bring Change to Our Local Economy?

Suggestions from our initial Change is Coming events are posted below – please add your thoughts in the comments….

Provide health care for everyone

Keep an eye on the new county government in Ulster County

support local farms

encourage county, local government to buy local

Make sure the county intermodal facility in Kingston is not built on a flood plain (25-50 year) at Sawkill and Washington Ave in Kingston and situated in uptown Kingston

Link people who need work & skills – get other people to ride bikes – make it safer

Jobs for teenagers

Consumer protection and education consumers union may be helpful to this endeavor. too many people are being ripped off!

Police Mike Hein, local politics

Ban big box stores

Provide more public transportation to job centers

media coverage to broadcast the spirit of the movement

campaign finance reform

electoral college reform

join the league of women voters

Jefferson – every 22 years every law should be changes

get media coverage

What could we do with all the bailout money? (thanks to Brian Lehrer of WNYC for asking this question)

weatherize every building in the country

harness enough wind energy for entire electric consumption

harness enough solar energy for entire electric consumption

give everyone an electric car to use the excess electricity

these things pay for themselves and then some

single payer health care – also comes in cheaper

basic diet, clean water, healthcare for poor people of the earth – platinum lined jail cells for those who have stood in the way…

Take over the government immediately (Jan 1 2009) – To wait is too dangerous

Organize communication among local people to influence representation in government

Let’s get a health care program in immediately

Spending on war – we want accountability. 100 billion spent on war – big mistake

Open city and county accounting books to the public – names of bidders, amounts – all of it

invest in new business – new technology, green, solar power

tax base to help new business

don’t forget people here waiting to start

support new entrepreneurs

invest in housing, performing arts –> tourism
renovations cultural

Ulster Business Resource Center

Grant writing help for non-profits

education tax credits (Ulster County Business)

Business doing green initiatives – give them resources & tax breaks

Create more forums like this today. not just “me & monster.com” quarterly, weekly

green jobs & training opportunities

Support local & organic farms – increase CSAs

Public education on food security issues

Living wage for all

Youth employment

develop individual entrepreneurships – create jobs

establish apprenticeships for young people

prevent evictions by standing with the homeowner

Related sites:

Eat Local Food
A coming together of local food sources, farmers and neighbors in the Shawangunk Ridge Region of the Hudson Valley, New York State
Local Farms
Farmers Markets
Winter Markets
Local CSAs (Community Sustained Agriculture

Woodstock Time Bank
PO Box 783, Woodstock, NY 12498
845-679-4211, woodstocktimeexchange@hotmail.com
For every hour you spend doing something for someone in your community, you earn one Time Dollar. Then you have a Time Dollar to spend on having someone do something for you.
To join: visit http://community.timebanks.org, click on Find a Timebank, scroll down to Woodstock Timebank, click Join!