[THREAD] Hi there. Jim Brunberg (founder of Mississippi Studios & Rev Hall) here. There's something I'd like to share:

First off, to music fans and musicians: THANK YOU for your patience. Venues are really hurting, and will be for a long time.

Music Venues were first to close in this crisis, and they'll be last to reopen. To get us back on our feet, assembly spaces need more than the eight-week loan (as offered by the Paycheck Protection Program). Venues are essential!

No venues means no workplaces for musicians, and huge holes in our local community/culture. This is how musicians and thousands of others make a living.

The PPP won’t Save Oregon’s venues ( #SaveOrVenues ). Assembly spaces will need several more months to get going again.

Performance Venues are an ESSENTIAL part of life in Oregon, and the 7th biggest industry in the state. And they represent our largest cultural community—and we need your help.

Please retweet from this thread, or tweet your own message of support and tag your representatives—it WILL help! They are CONSIDERING helping us. Thank you! And be sure to use the hashtag #SaveOrVenues