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The Big Look seeks to update and


integrate the economic development
goals for the region into a forwardlooking economic plan .
On the cover: Eugene Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors Chairwoman Sheryl Balthrop
and County Commissioner Sid Leiken
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Advocating for your
business on Mandatory
Sick Leave ordinance

Latino Business Network Chairwoman, Ashley Valdez, with


door prize winner Lali Garcia.

Latino business on the rise


We dont focus on the here and now.

Nearly 100 Latino business professionals discovered new tools and


resources at the annual Eugene Chamber Latino Business Showcase
in July. Participants were connected to a variety of financial
resources and business tips while networking with peers. The
Eugene Chamber Latino Business Network was created to support
the growth and success of the rising segment of Latino business
owners and professionals in the Eugene/Springfield area through
customized programming and networking opportunities. Meetings
take place bi-monthly. The remaining schedule for the year can found
on the Eugene Chamber website: www.eugenechamber.com.

The Eugene Chamber provides a


myriad of benefits to its members and
one that is taken very seriously is the
political advocacy work on behalf of the
business community.
Lately, the focus has been on an
important local issue: mandatory sick
leave. The Eugene City Council has set
out to adopt a local ordinance that will
mandate that all employers in the City
of Eugene provide paid sick leave for all
of their employees.
Paid sick leave is a well-intentioned
policy, but this issue was pushed quickly
to become adopted without much
attention to the typical public process
and discourse Eugene is known for.
The Eugene Chamber worked
diligently to educate the business
community, engage citizens in the
public process, communicate concerns
and ideas to public officials, and to
ultimately provide a voice of opposition
to this ordinance. Stay tuned to find out
how this ordinance may impact your
business.

Chamber-supported programs boost startups


SmartUps is a Chamber operated program that offers
support to entrepreneurs and founders of startups
through monthly networking events and educational
classes. On average, fifty or more people connected
to the Willamette Valley startup scene attend the
monthly networking events to socialize with their peers
and learn from experienced founders. Eric Harvey,
founder of Mason-ry, says attending SmartUps events
and pitching at the Wild Card Competition helped me
prepare for a Kickstarter campaign that will take our
startup from prototype to product. Harvey explains
that he found the environment supportive and adds,
I would not have been able to get so far without the
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3. What is the best thing
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Making RAIN in Eugene

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Business in
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RAIN (Regional Accelerator and Innovation Network) Eugene, a collaboration


among the University of Oregon, Eugene Chamber and City of Eugene was launched
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THE

BIG
LOOK

Chamber aims at reviving


countys economic development
By Taylor Robertson & Summer Young Jelinek
Photo by David Loveall

he Big Look is bringing big changes to the


way the region attracts and retains employers.
Led by the Eugene and Springfield
Chambers of Commerce, the cities of
Eugene and Springfield, Lane County and
the existing leadership of the Lane Metro
Partnership, the Big Look is a collaborative
effort to update and integrate the economic development goals
for the region into a strong, forward-looking economic development organization.
The goal, says Sheryl Balthrop, attorney with Gaydos, Churnside & Balthrop and chairwoman of the Eugene Chamber of
Commerce board of directors, is not just a reboot of the Lane
Metro Partnership.
Its much bigger than that its an effort to re-envision and
realign our communities behind a shared goal of enhancing the
prosperity and sustainability of the region, she said.
Its a lofty goal. But County Commissioner Sid Leiken says
its possible if communities and interests cooperate to raise all
ships.
In recent years, there have been a lot of separate economic
development efforts, such as the Eugene Chambers Regional
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Eugene Chamber
Board of Directors
Chairwoman Sheryl
Balthrop and County
Commissioner
Sid Leiken say the
Big Look is about
improving prosperity
and sustainability in
O P Ethe
N F region.
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The Regional Prosperity


Economic Development Plan
accelerators located in Corvallis and
Eugene and a network of affiliated
business incubators, innovators
and entrepreneurs, RAIN is a major
economic development initiative
that supports our entrepreneurial
ecosystem with workforce development
and education to nurture and retain
new high-tech companies. The RAIN
Eugene business accelerator, currently
located at the Eugene Chamber of
Commerce, opened in July with 10 startup companies in its first cohort.
Economic development strategies
are ongoing, and despite our successes,
much work remains. In November
of 2013, the Eugene Chamber held
its Regional Prosperity Summit to
give the community an update on
the status of the Regional Prosperity
Economic Development Plan and to
gather feedback from businesses
and community members about their
priorities.
The resulting feedback clearly
identified the need for additional
effort in workforce development and
the value of education in energizing a
creative economy. The Lane Workforce
Partnership has already made great
strides toward making our region a
National Workforce Ready community
through the creation of new certification
programs partnering employers and
schools. Looking forward, adapting
our institutions and businesses to
the fast pace of technological change
and building greater flexibility into our
workforce pipelines will be essential to
our prosperity.
The Regional Prosperity Economic
Development Plan established ambitious
goals in response to many challenges
that existed when the plan was adopted.
Clearly, there are significant milestones
to celebrate, definite signs of positive
momentum and many opportunities and
challenges ahead.

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of good reasons to open for business here,


but without a centralized source of information, potential investors may overlook us.
The specifics about how information
will be gathered and communicated to the
public will not be determined until the new
economic development organization is
formed. Likely, however, the end result will
be a website maintained by the organization
and fed by information from an extended
network of public and private entities.
People arent physically travelling to
gather this kind of data, said Leiken,
theyre looking online first. We need to
provide useful information in an up-todate, user-friendly way that will pique their
interest and make them think, hmmm
this is a place Ive got to visit.
An information hub will be a useful
research tool, says Leiken, but without additional efforts, the onus is still on investors
to identify Lane County as a potential location for building their businesses.
In the new economy, we cant just wait

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for investors to come to us, he said. We


have to be more proactive, and focus our
economic development energies on actively
recruiting investors to the area.
To that end, The Big Look has identified business recruitment and growth as the
second key service area the new economic
development agency will need to offer.
To recruit new businesses, Leiken says
identifying specific industry sectors that
have the greatest chance of succeeding in
the regions unique communities is the best
course of action.
Its a much more strategic, focused
approach than weve had in the past, said
Leiken. But why put a lot of effort into

trying to attract industries that wont add


to the long-term prosperity and livability
of the region? Focusing on those businesses
that will be a good fit in our communities
will have more positive results for them, and
for us.
Although The Big Look has not yet
specified the industries on which the new
economic development agency should
focus, Leiken says there are some obvious
potential clusters.
Healthcare, food and hi-tech industries,
for example, are growing sectors that would
align well with our health-conscious population; benefit from proximity to research
and higher education facilities; and be able
to take advantage of our high standard of
living to attract the best talent, he said.
While attracting new businesses is important to the long-term economic stability
of the region, Balthrop says retaining existing business is equally important.
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already invested locally and identify and

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Since it was adopted at the beginning


of 2010, the Regional Prosperity
Economic Development Plan has served
as the regions guide to meeting the
challenges of the Great Recession.
Substantial progress is evident in our
downtowns, along our waterfronts
and in the surging energy of our
entrepreneurial community.
Adding to our urban vitality are a
host of major new projects: the $25
million Northwest Community Credit
Union headquarters; the redevelopment
of EWEBs riverfront property; and a
planned hotel and convention center
in Glenwood. All represent major steps
toward the realization of a strong
regional economic identity and the
communitys vision of a vibrant urban
core connected to our most important
natural resource, the Willamette River.
Existing business are also expanding.
In downtown Springfield, Neighborhood
Economic Development Corporation
(NEDCO) has developed a new food hub,
commercial kitchen and small business
center that support development of our
regional food and beverage industry.
Growth in the food and beverage
industry is having positive ripple effects
region-wide; SnoTemp cold storage
recently celebrated completion of its
$15 million warehouse expansion in
West Eugene.
An inclusive network of creative,
diverse professionals is emerging as
we continue to encourage a culture of
entrepreneurship and reinvestment
into our regional economy. Utilizing
private and public networks and spaces
to incubate innovative new businesses,
the University of Oregon, Oregon
State University, City of Eugene, City
of Corvallis, the Eugene Chamber of
Commerce and other partners have
collaborated to create RAIN (Regional
Accelerator and Innovation Network).
Comprised of two major

Prosperity Initiative and the Regional Accelerator and Innovation Network (RAIN),
said Leiken, who represents Lane County
on The Big Look steering committee.
Each has and will continue to play an
important role in the economic success of
our region, but we also need to refocus on
creating an umbrella organization that represents all of our efforts with a single, strong
voice.
Leiken and Balthrop agree that strong
public/private partnerships will be key to
developing an organization that has the
kind of broad support and involvement to
be successful.
Private sector financial support for the
existing regional economic development
partnership has diminished over time, said
Leiken. Reengaging the private sector to
invest time and money is absolutely necessary to achieving our regional economic
goals.
So far, so good, says Balthrop.
By bringing business, community and
government leaders together, The Big Look
has made it clear that the private sector is
committed to our shared goals of growth,
sustainability and livability, she said.
To that end, The Big Look has identified
three key service areas on which the new
economic development organization will
focus: a central information hub; business
recruitment and growth; and outreach and
promotion. Together, these services will
empower the organization to leverage the
regions strengths to grow local businesses
and attract new investment.
The first priority of a new regional economic development organization, a regional
information hub will create a much-needed
clearinghouse of information that can give
investors a snapshot of the business climate.
The hub would be a place where businesses
can find data on land availability; local
licensing and permitting processes; transportation; education; housing; recreation;
and other subjects that factor heavily into
business investment decisions.
We need to make it easy for business
to find the information they need to decide
whether or not to locate or expand in Lane
County, said Balthrop. There are hundreds

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eliminate the obstacles and impediments
that stand in the way of their growth, she
said.
For instance, the economic development
organization could help local businesses
navigate complex land use and permitting
processes, and work collaboratively with
permitting agencies to simplify requirements.
Advocating for existing businesses is
crucial to creating a sustainable business
environment, Balthrop stressed.
Further, she said, no matter how many
benefits the region has to offer businesses,
they wont know it if we dont tell them.
We need to do a better job of raising
awareness of Lane County as an excellent choice in the minds of key business
decision-makers, said Balthrop
To ensure that the new economic development agency communicates the right
things to the right people, The Big Look
calls for a detailed outreach and promotion
plan.

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As the conduit through which we will
identify key audiences and relay the message that Lane County is open for business,
the marketing plan is a critical piece of the
economic development puzzle, Leiken
said.
He emphasized that the message needs to
be specific to effectively promote a regional
economic identity that communicates business opportunities, generates excitement
and highlights our natural attractions.
Quality of life has to be one of the most
over-used terms out there, he laughed. I
think our quality of life here is great, but
Birmingham, Alabama, thinks their quality
of life is great, too. We have to go beyond
platitudes and showcase the attributes that
really differentiate the region and make it a
place where people should want to come.
As a planning process The Big Look
has set big-picture goals for the future
economic development agency the steering
committee partners want to see. But with so
few specifics about how the that agency will

operate, Balthrop and Leiken recognize the


community may wonder, Whats the big
deal about The Big Look?
My hope is that sharing what were
working toward will show people that a
broad swath of public and private interests
are committed to the same goals they are
family-wage jobs; well-funded schools and
public safety; and opportunities for improving our standard of living, said Leiken.
Balthrop agrees, adding that she hopes
it will energize and encourage people to get
more involved when the new organization
is up and running.
The Big Look has been an incredibly
encouraging process so far, said Balthrop.
It has united diverse groups behind creating an economic development organization
that will deliver the resources and outcomes
we all want to support. It makes me extremely confident that it will succeed, and
offer ample opportunity for people to be
involved in making a positive impact on the
economic wellbeing of the region.

Its about who you are and what you do


Businesses are eagerly awaiting the Eugene Chambers annual
Business-to-Business Expo this fall. Its no wonder: as the areas
premier networking event and business tradeshow, the Chambers
Business Expo offers businesses of all sizes a lively format in which
to network and gain visibility in a powerful and cost effective way.
Exhibitors return year after year, knowing they will be able to:
gain real-time feedback on the value of what their company offers;
gather business intelligence by learning about other companies
and how they market themselves;
connect and engage with more than 1,500 business professionals;
educate prospective clients and strengthen connections with existing customers;
seek out alliances and referral sources; and
celebrate the diversity of businesses in our community through
the Chambers Business After Hours reception that takes place during
the event.
The Eugene Chamber Business-to-Business Expo will be held
October 23 from 4 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Lane Events Center. Contact Stephanie Brathwaite at stephanieb@eugenechamber.com or go
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been promoted to
human resources
assistant at New
Horizons
In-Home Care.

www.columbia.com

www.eugeneinhomecare.com

Annie Nagler of Silver Sun Travel is


now ready to assist you in booking your
Sandals Resorts Caribbean vacation.
Nagler recently participated in an
intensive travel agent workshop presented
by the company.

Wells Fargo has appointed Diana


Gamarro manager of its bank branch at
2065 River Road in Eugene.
www.wellsfargo.com

www.booneinsuranceassociates.com

Jamie Shelton has been named sales


manager at Valley River Inn. She has
been with Valley River inn since 2012.
www.valleyriverinn.com

www.rowellbrokaw.com

Dawn Brandon has joined PI Graphics


full time as the marketing and sales
manager. Brandon hasmore than 20
years ofexperience in marketing, sales
andpromotional products.
www.pigraphics.biz

www.silversuntravel.com

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BUSINESSNEWS

KPD Insurance
announces the following
new hires: Jennifer
Gibson, account
marketing manager;
customer service
representatives Tammy
Hensley and Tracie Knowlton; Jacob
Hess, network administrator; and Joanne
Abels, select property and casualty
account manager. Lisa Schultz and
Kathleen Burt were recently promoted to
customer service representatives.

Dustin White has been promoted to


human resource manager at the Valley
River Inn.

www.kpdinsurance.com

Casia Chappell of Sapient Private


Wealth Management recently achieved
the Certified Financial Planner (CFP)
designation awarded by the Certified
Financial Planner Board.
www. sapientprivatewealth.com

The Lane Transit


District board of
directors has elected
new officers. Gary
Wildish (pictured) will
begin a two-year term
as board president; Carl Yeh will serve
as vice-president; Julie Grossman as
secretary; and Ed Necker as treasurer.
www.ltd.org

The Science Factory


Childrens Museum
& Exploration Dome
welcomed Haley Sharp,
planetarium director, as
the newest member of
the Museums education team.
www.sciencefactory.org

www.valleyriverinn.com

Luvaas Cobb is
pleased to announce
that Andrew M.J.
Pinchin has joined
the law firm as an
associate attorney.
Mr. Pinchin, a 2013 University of Oregon
School of Law graduate, will focus his
practice in the areas of estate planning,
probate and trust administration,
business law and transactions, and
personal injury.
www.luvaascobb.com

The Board of Directors of the Eugene


Symphony is pleased to announce
that Lindsey McCarthy has joined the
Association as its new Marketing Director.
www.eugenesymphony.org

Business News

Cascade Health Solutions (above)


was named Cooperative Education
Employer of the Year for 2013-14 by Lane
Community College. Each year, Lanes
Cooperative Education department
chooses one business or organization
from among 800 participating co-op
employers who has been exceptional in
providing co-op internship opportunities
for Lane students. www.cascadehealth.org
A&M Auto Body Collision Repair
Center has been certified by Assured
Performance, making it part of an
exclusive group of best-in-class collision
repair businesses located across the
United States. As a consumer advocate,
Assured Performance provides critical
third-party independent certification
services for several leading auto
manufacturers, identifying and promoting
only a few hundred body shops
nationally that meet its rigorous
standards.
www.aandmautobody.com

River Road Health Mart Pharmacy was


selected as Health Mart of the Year for
the region covering the area west of the
Dakotas, which includes more than 1,000
pharmacies.

In addition to traditional voice and


data offerings, Integra now provides
a wide range of additional information
technology services, from hardware to
cloud solutions. For more information,
contact Marti Gaiter at martin.

www.pharmacyeugene.com

gatier@integratelecom.com.

BRING was ranked No. 35 in Oregon


Business Magazines 100 Best Green
Workplaces in Oregon for 2014. BRING,
with just 22 employees, was one of the
smallest companies in the ranking, which
includes 69 businesses and 31 not-forprofit organizations.

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BUSINESSNEWS
Edward Jones - Larry G. Bowser, Jr.,
Financial Advisor

Kipsters Gymnastics, Dance & Fitness

Therapeutic Associates at Crescent Village

www.kipstersgymnastics.com

www.therapeuticassociates.com/locations/
oregon/eugene/tai-physical-therapy-atcrescent-village/

www.edwardjones.com

K. T. Whiting Construction LLC


Emerald Marketing Association

www.ktwhiting.com

U.S. Lawns - Eugene, OR

www.emeraldmarketingassociation.com

Locksmith Eugene Oregon


Eugene Mindworks

www.uslawns.com

www.locksmitheugeneoregon.com

UniFirst Corporation

eugenemindworks.com/

www.unifirst.com

Fringe Hair Studio & Tanning

Mary Kay Independent Beauty


Consultant-Grisel Castellanos

www.fringehairstudioandtanning.com

www.marykay.com/GriselCastellanos10160

Vino and Vango - We Do Painting


Parties

Glenwood H & CC LLC

PI Graphics

www.vinoandvango.com

www.pigraphics.biz

Greener Side

Westraunt Concepts, Inc.


Purakal Cylinders, Inc.

www.keepeugenegreen.org

www.westrauntconcepts.com

www.purakal.com

Integra

Weyerhaeuser ELP
Sprague Pest Solutions

www.integratelecom.com

www.ilevel.com
Eugene Area
Chamber of
Commerce

www.spraguepest.com

JEME Ventures
Stonewood Construction, Inc.

Construction will begin this summer


on 29th Place (shown above), a new
residential building at Cascade Manor.
The addition will add 30 new apartments
and a new dining option.
www.retirement.org/cascade

Eugene Water & Electric Board (EWEB)


recently won two 2014 Excellence in
Communications Awards from the
American Waterworks Association
Pacific Northwest Section. Competing
against other public water utilities in
Oregon, Washington and Idaho, EWEB won
the Best In Show and Wild Card awards
for its Tap into Great Water campaign.
www.eweb.org

Rowell Brokaw Architects, PC is


honored to be the recipient of seven 2014
AIA Southwestern Oregon (SWO) Design
Awards. This Design Award Program is the
professions highest recognition for work
that exemplifies excellence in architecture,
interior architecture and urban design.

Kudos

New Members

The Union Pacific Foundation assists


non-profit organization in 22 states.
Four Eugene non-profit organizations
were selected to receive grants for
2014: Friends of Trees, St. Vincent de
Paul Society of Lane County, Trauma
Healing Project and the Willamette
Farm and Food Coalition.

When you join the Eugene Area Chamber


of Commerce, you become part of a
vibrant and prosperous community of
creative entrepreneurs, forward-thinking
innovators and visionary business
leaders. Were pleased to welcome
these new members who have chosen to
take advantage of the Chambers tools,
resources and expansive network to grow
their businesses.

ShelterCare has received the following


grants to benefit its programs for
homeless and at-risk families and
individuals: The Oregon Community
Foundation, $20,000 to fund the
capital campaign for a new Center
for Programs and Services; The
Windermere Foundation, $2,060 to
provide emergency services to homeless
families in the New Start Program; and
The Eugene Rotary, $1,000 to fund
recreational opportunities for homeless
children in the Family Housing Program.
www.sheltercare.org

www.rowellbrokaw.com

ADC Testing Centers, Inc.


Associated Heating & Air Conditioning,
Inc.

Journey Tree Financial Planning &


Investments

www.stonewoodconstruction.com

www.journeytree.com

The Webfoot

Join the Eugene Area

Chamber of Commerce

Chamber membership has given us the opportunity


to build relationships with other businesses.
Were committed in our partnership with the Chamber

www.associatedheating.com

in making this region a great place to live and work.

Commercial Dehydrator Systems, Inc.

After all, a community worth living in is a community

www.dryer.com

Cutting Edge Window Cleaning


Services LLC

Business News covers promotions,


hires, awards, business giving and
business news. E-mail items to
businessnews@eugenechamber.
com.

worth improving. Wouldnt you agree?


Sheryl Balthrop
Gaydos, Churnside & Balthrop, P.C.

www.cuttingedgewindowcleaningservices.com

Datalogic ADC
www.scanning.datalogic.com

Edward Jones - David Grinder, Financial


Advisor

541-484-1314 |

www.eugenechamber.com

www.edwardjones.com

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Stepping up local
economic development efforts

ccording to Wikipedia, economic development is defined as, the sustained,


concerted actions of policy makers andcommunitiesthat promote thestandard of
livingandeconomic healthof a specific area.
In spite of the good work of a host of organizations and individuals, our regions
economic prosperity has rarely aligned with the enormous potential that exists here.

With only 32 percent post-recession job recovery, Lane


County lags behind the state as a whole (65 percent)
and the Portland region (100 percent). Nationwide, the
Eugene-Springfield metropolitan statistical area (MSA)
consistently ranks below average in measures of economic prosperity including growth in economic output,
personal income and jobs.
Great cities have prosperous economies. And while
there are a lot of good things happening here, these
numbers suggest we still have a long way to go in pursuit
of a level of prosperity appropriate for a highly livable
region such as ours.
That is why the Cities of Eugene and Springfield,
Lane County and the Eugene and Springfield Chambers of Commerce are collaborating on an important
process designed to evaluate new approaches to regional
economic development that better serve our communitys goals. The Economic Development Big Look is
intended to align regional partners around a structure
and a plan with an eye toward rebuilding regional economic development efforts. While there are a host of
organizations committed to some piece of this mission,
our region has lacked a dynamic, energetic, strategicallyfocused economic development organization that will
supersede the Lane Metro Partnership.
More specifically, we need an economic development
partnership that will successfully:
Serve as the economic development data hub for

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Our regions economic


prosperity has rarely aligned
with the enormous potential
that exists here.
our region. Collecting, organizing and updating data
about the opportunities here will support business attraction efforts, marketing, communications and technical assistance.
Lead the regions efforts to attract businesses in
traded-sector industries, including the identification and
articulation of the competitive advantages of the region;
building an appropriate suite of traditional and electronic
marketing tools; and actively pursuing targeted industries.
Market and promote the region to potential employers raising awareness of Lane County as a location
of choice in the minds of company decision-makers, site
selectors, brokers and other key influencers.
It would be nice if we could sit back and let new opportunities come to us. But in a competitive economy,
achieving our communitys economic, financial and
development goals will require a concentrated effort to
attract and retain top-notch employers and talent. The
Big Look process is a big step in the right direction.
Eugene Area
Chamber of
Commerce

My name is Bill Dion-Watson and


Im an account representative for
Peterson Cat.
I consult with government agencies
on large equipment purchases.
Traveling is very important to
maintain exceptional customer
service throughout my sales
territory, so I'm out of town quite a
bit.
I use the Eugene Airport because
it's just so convenient. After a long
trip it's nice to just walk off the
plane, get into my car, and in 10
minutes I'm home.
Fly Easy,

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