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Hey David,

Truthfully, I've had that thought cross my mind on more than one occaision and it would impact Central Oregon in a big way. 

Not only by workers being able to commute easily and quickly between the cities, but also it would greatly impact Portland area shopping as well as Bend area recreation economics by making it merely a "quick trip" rather than an all day event. This alone would get a lot more people to travel more often.

Great idea! I also haven't seen any studies on the topic... maybe it's time to start getting the ball rolling w/ preliminary studies of our own to catch the attention of policy and decision makers.

I'm a real estate investor and internet marketing consultant to mid-sized companies (revenues from $5mm to $20mm)... I'd love to help in any efforts on this project going forward. Just let me know.

Trevor Mauch

posted 3 years, 11 months ago
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