[OMS_MANAGERS] OMS: News you can use

[Sheri Stuart]

Please note: this message is coming over the Oregon Main Street
listserve.
 
In this email: 
1. Oregon Main Street Annual Conference
2. Arts Build Communities Grant
3. Oregon Humanities Public Programs Grant
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1. Oregon Main Street Annual Conference, October 3-5, 2012
Get ready to be inspired October 3-5 at the Oregon Main Street Annual
Conference! Make new connections there and get new tools to keep your
downtown vibrant and competitive in today’s market. Register now so you
get all of the conference benefits. And, don't forget to make your hotel
reservations - special rates are available for reservations made through
Sept. 3.

 
Here are three BIG reasons why you should be part of the conference:
 
- Experience the “Power of Main Street” at work in lovely downtown
Corvallis in the heart of the Willamette Valley. A model for
long-standing revitalization efforts, you will have a chance to witness
the culmination of twenty years effort in Corvallis to create a vibrant,
sustainable, and charming downtown.
- Network with others who share a passion and concern for their
downtowns and learn from each other what is working throughout the
state.
- Discover fresh ideas and learn new ways to turn your historic
downtown or neighborhood commercial district into a bustling center of
activity!
 
New this year is a whole track on historic preservation topics
coordinated by conference partner the Historic Preservation League of
Oregon. The conference format includes walking tours, lectures, crash
courses and networking time. Join us for this special, one-of-a-kind
conference!
 
Register for the Oregon Main Street Conference online at
www.2012powerofmainstreet.eventbrite.com

Accommodations:The Downtown Corvallis Association has worked with the
Hilton Garden Inn and the Holiday Inn Express to secure special rates
for conference participants. When making your reservation, please
request the Oregon Main Street Annual Conference rate at the time of
booking. To receive the special rates, reservations must be made by
September 3, 2012. Preferred rates are:Hilton Garden Inn Corvallis:
King Room: $109/single or double; $119/triple; $129/quad
Double Queen: $119/single or double; $129/triple; $139/quad
 
Holiday Inn Express Corvallis:
Standard Rooms: $99/single or double; triple; quad
Riverview Rooms: $109/single/double/triple/quad
Please see www.visitcorvallis.com ( http://www.visitcorvallis.com/ )

2. Arts Build Communities Grants (Deadline: October 1, 2012)
Arts Build Communities grants recognize and support both the arts in
local communities and the involvement of the arts and artists in
community development. The program recognizes the expanding role arts
organizations are taking in the broader cultural, social, educational,
and economic areas of community life. Support will be provided to arts
and other community-based organizations to form alliances and
partnerships to strengthen communities through projects that connect the
arts with local issues and opportunities.
For more information, contact:
Brian Wagner
503-986-0083
brian.wagner at state.or.us


 
3. OREGON HUMANITIES OFFERS PUBLIC PROGRAM GRANTS
 
Oregon Humanities is offering 2013 Public Program Grants to support
humanities-based programs that are open to the general public and that
help to create informed, engaged communities in Oregon. Once a year,
Oregon Humanities’ volunteer board of directors awards Public Program
Grants between $1,000 and $10,000 to nonprofit organizations across
Oregon’s thirty-six counties. Those interested in the applying can learn
more about the Program during a webinar at 11 a.m., Sept. 20, and submit
a letter of interest postmarked no later than Oct. 31.
 
Oregon Humanities encourages applicants from nonprofits across the
state to contact them prior to initiating a grant proposal to discuss
fiscal sponsorships. Organizations incorporated as nonprofits in the
state of Oregon are eligible to apply; you do not need to be a federally
recognized 501(c)(3). Applicants can include those organizations that
may not define their mission specifically through the disciplines of the
humanities.
 
Established in 1971, Oregon Humanities is an independent, nonprofit
affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Oregon
Humanities believes that the humanities help build healthy communities
where citizens think, learn, and talk together about important ideas. 
 
To register for the webinar, visit 
https://oregonhumanities.webex.com/oregonhumanities/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=667114032.
 To learn more about the programs that Oregon Humanities conducts and
funds, or to access Public Program Grants guidelines and application
materials, visit www.oregonhumanities.org (
http://www.oregonhumanities.org/ ).
 
Sheri Stuart, Coordinator

Oregon Main Street
725 Summer St., Suite C
Salem, OR  97301
503.986.0679
www.oregonheritage.org ( http://www.oregonheritage.org/ )
 
Oregon Main Street is administered by the State Historic Preservation
Office, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department.

 
 
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