Thursday afternoon Independent candidate for Charlottesville City Council Bob Fenwick spoke about how he plans to stimulate job and economic growth in Charlottesville.
Using his experience in real estate and construction, Fenwick said he will create jobs in the private sector by encouraging first-time home buyers to buy now while the prices are low.
“If you are thinking of buying but want to wait for a better deal you might lose out,” he said. “It’s a bird in the hand, two in the bush.”
In turn, he said this buying stimulus will create jobs for roofers, plumbers, painters and landscapers among others.
Fenwick will use his website www.DemandJobs.net to notify people of possible jobs, citing his extensive contact base in the field as a way of hearing about these opportunities for people.
Fenwick said City Council should be doing a better job of marketing job opportunities created in both the private and public sector, adding that if he were on Council, he would use Council’s large speaking platform to accomplish that as quickly as he could.
“The recession is a huge problem and just because you can’t solve a huge problem all at once, doesn’t mean you can’t take small bites here and there,” he said. “You have to fight your way through these things.”