{"id":8840,"date":"2017-11-14T10:00:55","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T15:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/?p=8840"},"modified":"2017-11-14T09:46:30","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T14:46:30","slug":"roger-berliner-on-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/?p=8840","title":{"rendered":"Roger Berliner on Jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Job growth has been stagnant in Montgomery County over the past few years. What would you do to encourage increased job growth?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Increasing prosperity — and having that prosperity shared more broadly — is the central platform of my campaign.\u00a0 As in most things, achieving this will be a multi-prong effort:<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0 In our county, small business is big business. And for far, far too long, businesses in Montgomery County have seen our county as a foe, not a friend.\u00a0 We need to be a partner to business, not an obstacle.\u00a0 That is what prompted me to be the lead sponsor on legislation that created both the Small Business Navigator and the Business Solutions Group in county government — to put in county government resources that are intended to make life easier for our small business community. When we adopt new programs and regulations in our county, we need to make sure we are doing so in a manner that will not harm small businesses.\u00a0 That is how I have done my work on the Council and it is how I will do my work as County Executive if I have the privilege of leading our great county.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 We need to attract businesses to Montgomery County. We have extraordinary assets. Amazon\u2019s request for proposals for its new H2Q brought that home:\u00a0 Montgomery put checks in all the important boxes.\u00a0 Smart, skilled work force — check. Transit — check.\u00a0 Vibrant urban amenities \u2013 check.\u00a0 Awesome quality of life — check.\u00a0 Diverse population- check.\u00a0 Good government-check.\u00a0 Strong, national business leaders-check.\u00a0 We need to do a better job of promoting our county.\u00a0 As County Executive, I will be a passionate, ceaseless champion of our county.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 What are the fundamentals that create economic growth and opportunities? A skilled workforce<\/em>, which is why I have been the leading champion of workforce development; world class transit<\/em>, which is why I have championed fixing Metro, building the Purple Line & Bus Rapid Transit and supporting Ride On Extra; affordable housing<\/em>, which is why I sponsored legislation that requires our county to consider co-locating affordable housing on county property and increases the obligation of developers to provide affordable housing; creating vibrant urban nodes<\/em>, with world class architecture, that attracts millennials and businesses like Marriott and Fox 5 to Bethesda; embracing innovation<\/em>, which is why I led the way to create the Office of Innovation in our county government — we either lean forward or fall back.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0 Build a \u201cgreen economy\u201d. Under my leadership, our county has become one of the most sustainable communities in our country.\u00a0 Those efforts have not only led to our county government being \u201ccarbon neutral\u201d, but to creating good green jobs.\u00a0 Solar companies are thriving; energy efficiency firms are flourishing; composting and organic farming is growing; and our commitment to storm water management should increase jobs and job training opportunities.\u00a0 A green economy is a healthy economy.<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0 Support our immigrant entrepreneurs. Immigrant-owned businesses are the fastest-growing segment of the county\u2019s economy. Often, these businesses need only a little help to get started. That is what motivated me to lead the effort to create our county\u2019s first micro-loan program, modeled after successful programs around the world.<\/p>\n

6.\u00a0 Pay people a decent wage, which is why I support increasing the minimum wage to $15 an hour consistent with the County Executive\u2019s proposal.<\/p>\n

My record on creating a more favorable economic climate in our county has led four Montgomery County Business Hall of Famers, past presidents of local chambers of commerce, entrepreneurs of the year, minority business leaders and green business leaders to endorse me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Job growth has been stagnant in Montgomery County over the past few years. What would you do to encourage increased job growth? Increasing prosperity — and having that prosperity shared more broadly — is the central platform of my campaign.\u00a0 As in most things, achieving this will be a multi-prong effort: 1.\u00a0 In our county, … Continue reading Roger Berliner on Jobs<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[338,2054,46],"tags":[1993,873,1480],"class_list":["post-8840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economy","category-montgomery-county-executive","category-roger-berliner","tag-economy","tag-jobs","tag-roger-berliner"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4mKJE-2iA","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8840"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8841,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8840\/revisions\/8841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}