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Local adviser asks commission to accommodate service-based vendors at downtown events
Summary
At the May 5 Downtown Estacada Commission meeting, financial adviser Jenny Alsman asked why service providers were excluded from Uncorked and other downtown vendor events and discussed options including a business fair, chamber collaboration and limited promotion by the commission.
Jenny Alsman, a financial adviser with Edward Jones, asked the Downtown Estacada Commission on May 5 why service-based small businesses are excluded from recurring downtown events such as Uncorked and whether there is any path for their participation.
Alsman said she was denied participation at Uncorked because, she was told, she provides a service rather than selling a good. She told commissioners she has worked in the community about 18 years and would like opportunities to meet residents who need retirement or financial-advising help.
Commission member Connie said the events the commission runs…
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