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Thursday, March 10, 2011

Friendliness

One of our main goals at AntiWood is to provide a business friendly environment. Think about all the problems going on within the city of Antioch right now. Code enforcement...union negotiations...graffiti...etc. It all comes down to one thing: a lack of funding. The "recession" is no longer here everyone. It is time we step up our efforts to make our 2 cities more business friendly to solve those issues.

The other day I was pumping gas when I noticed a sign for a business called Muscle Maker Grill. It made me interested to see what this new business was about so I went to their website. Turns out they are a successful East Coast company making their way out to California. Antioch is their first location. I ended up e-mailing their founder telling him about AntiWood and he was very thankful that we plugged his business. After reading up more on his business I realized what a great opportunity this was for the two sides to come together. Instead of coming into town with little to no connections Muscle Maker Grill will have reached a couple hundred people through AntiWood. Through time the business will grow and who knows maybe it will be an example for other businesses to see Antioch or Brentwood as a worthy place to start a business.

I see Antioch and Brentwood as a great way to start many ventures...whether as an artist or in business. The more success stories we have the more people will hear about our cities and this website. The more they hear about us the more positive press we get. As we raise more money for the city budgets the problems that people now focus on will more likely be handled properly. It's all a domino effect. Providing incentives for business is the number one solution to EVERY single problem we have. We can not advance without new sources of money. We need to come to that conclusion.

For those who have stumbled upon my site and have been overwhelmed by my idea I will say this: that's the point. If you have noticed I have been putting in more work on this site because I feel like I need to set the tone for this company. For those wanting to get involved you need to have creativity and imagination to succeed on this network. You have to think big picture here. Rome wasn't built in a day. The same goes for AntiWood.

1 comment:

  1. I discussed this issue with former Antioch City Council Member Arne Simonsen. He stressed the fact that we don't need new sources of revenue...but we need to expand the base for existing taxes/fees that businesses generate.

    He also made a point that there is too much red tape in the process. The City Council should be working on ways to eliminate some of the pointless measures out there. They're just barriers.

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