According to organizer Charles Carter, about 50% of the roughly 5,000 signatures needed had been collected as of this morning. The rest of the signatures need to be collected within the next 44 days.
Want to help? Volunteers have the option of getting paid $1/ signature OR collecting 50 signatures to attend a special happy hour celebration. Many volunteers are making at least $15/hr.
Volunteers canvass neighborhoods every evening from 5:30pm to dusk and on Saturday mornings from 9am to noon. Volunteers must be 18 or older, do not need to be Georgetown resident, can canvass a variety of locations (potentially including your neighborhood), and can volunteer for any length of time.
If you want to volunteer, be at the Chamber parking lot at 6:30 pm each day thru june to canvass. Instructions, petitions, and walk lists will be provided. Questions? Please call Charles Carter 512-217-7508.
About the Winery Initiative. The Winery Initiative is a ballot initiative to give citizens a chance to vote in next May’s general election on leveling the rules for all of Georgetown when it comes to existing liquor laws. Currently, businesses downtown and in certain other parts of town have to purchase a much more expensive license than other parts of town. Thus, this has become an important economic development issue that is supported by the Downtown Georgetown Association, the Chamber, and the Restaurant Association. The Ministerial Alliance sees it as an economic development and does not object.
For more information: http://georgetownwineryinitiative.blogspot.com/.
